Colletes friesei Cockerell 1918

Colletes mongolicus Friese 1913 (nom. praeocc., nec Pérez 1903): 59, ♀, ♂ (type locality: “Zaidam, Mongolia ” [Qaidam, Qinghai Prov., China]).

Colletes friesei Cockerell 1918: 159 (replacement name for Colletes mongolicus Friese 1913).

Material examined. Tajikistan. Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 2 ♂, 35 km SW Murgaba, Pamir [73°37'E 38°00'N], 3500 m, 26.VII.1979, YUP (ZISP/RCMK); 1 ♂, Kona-Kurghan [74º06'E 38º12'N], 3635 m, L. Best (RCMK). Published records. –

General distribution. Russia, * Tajikistan, China.