The bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius 1793 of the Asian part of Russia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) Author Yu, Maxim Author Dathe, Holger H. text Zootaxa 2012 3401 1 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.208438 e751b573-a9e6-44be-be36-ea3ae06d09e4 1175-5326 208438 Hylaeus ( Prosopis ) confusus Nylander 1852 ( Figs 3 d, 11a–b) Hylaeus confusus Nylander 1852b : 232 , Ƥ, 3 ( type locality: Europe); Davydova 2002: 94; Davydova & Pesenko 2002: 583; Proshchalykin 2003a : 26 ; 2004: 3; 2005: 30; 2007a: 883; 2007b: 89; 2008: 6; 2009: 6; 2010: 509; Proshchalykin et al . 2004: 158; Ignatenko & Proshchalykin 2005 : 244 ; Eremeeva et al . 2006 : 26 ; 2009: 118; Konusova et al . 2007 : 213 ; Quest 2009 : 126 ; Proshchalykin & Quest 2009 : 239 . Prosopis sublaevis Schenck 1853 : 215 , Ƥ (neotype—Ƥ, designated by Straka & Bogusch 2011 : 53 , “Klánovický les –V, Praha- Klánovice” [ Czech Republic ] [Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main]). Hylaeus xanthocnemis Förster 1871 : 969 , Ƥ (neotype—Ƥ, designated by Straka & Bogusch 2011 : 53 , “Klánovický les, Praha- Klánovice” [ Czech Republic ] [Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main]). Hylaeus nigriceps Förster 1871 : 977 , Ƥ (holotype—Ƥ, Aachen, Germany ). Hylaeus similatus Förster 1871 : 994 –995, 3 ( type locality: Piesting, Austria ). Prosopis pallididens Dalla Torre 1896 : 28 , nom. nov. pro H . pallidens Curtis 1831 . Hylaeus monticola Bridwell 1919 : 155 , Ƥ, 3 ( type locality: Chuzenji, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan ); Kuwayama 1967 : 208 ; Proshchalykin 2003b : 5 ; 2004: 3; 2007a: 883; Chen et al . 2010 : 119 . Syn. nov. Hylaeus wilmattae Cockerell 1924a : 280 –281, Ƥ, 3 (holotype—3, “Kudia River, Siberia” [Primorskiy Terr., Russia ], VI.1923 , leg. W. Cockerell). Synonymized by Warncke 1981 : 157 . Prosopis confusa : Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995 : 487 . Hylaeus confusa : Konusova & Yanyushkin 2000 : 284 . FIGURE 11. Subgenus Prosopis Fabricius. Face: a, b— H . confusus Nylander , 3, Ƥ (both Yakutia); c, d— H . signatus (Panzer) , 3 (S Europe), Ƥ (Caucasus); e, f— H . variegatus (Fabricius) , 3 (Jewish AP), Ƥ (Tyva Rep.). Scale bar: 1 mm. Material examined: 78 Ƥ, 98 3. Russia . Altai Republic (Talda, 20 km NNW Aktash); Khakasia Republic (Shira Lake); Irkutsk Prov. (Bratsk, Sosnovyi I.); Zabaikalskiy Terr. ( 12 km N Darasun, Tura River); Yakutia (Amga, Michailovka, Khaptagai, Zhemkon, 75 km SE Yakutsk, Pilka River, Olekminsk); Amurskaya Prov. (Kundur, 20 km SW Fevralsk, Talakan); Primorskiy Terr. (Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, Anisimovka, Spassk, Kievka, Andreevka, Novokachalinsk, Blagodatnoe, Novovladimirovka, Lozovoi, Rudnaya Pristan, Preobrazhenie, Evseevka, Khorol); Khabarovsk Terr. (Pivan, Sulak, Bychikha, Komsomolsk on Amur); Sakhalin (Kholmsk, 10 km E Boshnyakovo, Tymovsk); Kuril Islands (Kunashir: Tret'yakovo, Stolbchatyi, Alekhino, Dubovoe, Lagunnoe Lake, Goryachee Lake, Sernovodsk, Yuzhno-Kurilsk). Distribution in Russia . European part ( Osytshnjuk et al . 1978 ), Tomsk. Prov., Kemerovo Prov., Khakasia Republic ( Konusova & Yanyushkin 2000 ; Konusova et al . 2007 ), *Altai Republic, Zabaikalskiy Terr., Yakutia, Amurskaya Prov., Primorskiy Terr., Khabarovsk Terr., Sakhalin, Kuril Islands (Kunashir) ( Kuwayama 1967 ). General distribution. Transpalaearctic up to Kuril Islands; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Tsushima) ( Ikudome 1989 ); China (Jilin, Xizang); all over Europe to 66° north, south to Greece ; China (Xizang), Asia Minor , Caucasus. Remarks. Until now Hylaeus confusus Nylander 1852 has been considered to be very common in the Russian Far East, but absent on the Japanese islands; in Japan , until now, only a similar species, H . monticola Bridwell 1919 , was recorded. We have now compared the taxa in question, using material from Russia and Japan that includes the type of H . monticola (3, type no 50734, NMNH Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution). It was also necessary to consider new insights on the taxonomy of the Hylaeus gibbus species-group provided by Straka & Bogusch (2011) . The result is clear: the Japanese specimens belong to the common and widespread H . confusus Nylander.