Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2013, The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 3750 (5), pp. 401-449 : 419

Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876

Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876: 263 –264, ♀, ♂ (lectotype –♂, designated here // gold circle // Bairakum [ Kazakhstan] // arenarius Mor. Typ. , handwritten by F. Morawitz // lectotype Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876 design. Kuhlmann et Proshchalykin 2013, typewritten red label, examined [ZISP]).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Baizhakum [66 º 28 'E 44 º 18 'N], coll. Morawitz’s (ZISP); 1 ♂, Dzhulek [66 º 24 'E 44 º 17 'N], 30.V. 1898, Geier (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Karakalpakastan Republic: 4 ♀, Beruni, Sand dunes [60 º 59 'E 41 º 39 'N], C. Praz, L. Abdullaev (RCMK); Samarkand Prov.: 1 ♀, Kattakurgan [66 º 15 'E 39 º 53 'N], 26.VI. 1931, VVG (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 'E 40 º 31 'N], 15.V. 1978; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 30.VIII. 1979, YUP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Talass Prov.: 1 ♂, Talas, BooTerek [71 º 45 'E 42 º 35 'N], 1000 m, leg J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♂, 5 km SE Firyuza [58 º06'E 37 º 54 'N], 2–3.VI. 1985, A. Lelej (IBSS); Maryi Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 'E 39 º 10 'N], 12–28.V. 1929, ASH (IZKU/ZISP); 1 ♂, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62 º 11 'E 37 º 39 'N], 7.VII. 1915; 1 ♂, 21.IV. 1917; 1 ♀, 26.VII. 1917, M. Ryabov (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 11 ♀, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [68 º 40 'E 37 º 15 'N], 11.IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 3 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 'E 37 º 46 'N], 9– 10.IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 264): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 251): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1370); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

General distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, * Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.