New records to the bee fauna of Russia (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Author Astafurova, Yulia Author Schwarz, Maximilian Author Levchenko, Timofei Author Byvaltsev, Alexandr text Far Eastern Entomologist 2017 337 337 17 24 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.337.2 journal article 10.25221/fee.337.2 2713-2196 7163549 22E183B4-2E79-4DEA-921E-41131CDA4873 Bombus ( Pyrobombus ) biroi Vogt, 1911 Bombus biroi Vogt, 1911: 49 , 51–52, , ( lectotype : , designated by Tkalců, 1968: 195, “Alai mont. 1905 Korb”, Kazakhstan , HNHM). MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia : Altai Republic , Kurai Ridge : S slope, 25.VI 1977 , 1 ( NSU ); N slope, 25. VI 1977, 3♀ ( NSU ); steppe behind the Kuray Ridge, 27-28. VI 1977, 4♀ ( NSU ); Shebalino, 30.VI 1977 , 2♀ ( NSU ) . DISTRIBUTION. * Russia ( Altai Republic ); Afghanistan , Pakistan , Tajikistan , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Mongolia , India (Williams, 1991).