Colletes roborovskyi Friese 1913

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

Colletes roborovskyi Friese 1913

Colletes roborovskyi Friese 1913: 59 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: " Mongolia " [ China: Xinjiang]).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Chelkar [57º10'E 50º17'N], 4.VII.1988, Malysheva (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Chalkar, Barsuki [59º37'E 47º49'N], 30.VI–17.VII.1907, N. Androsov, Wollmann’s coll. (IZKU); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♀, 30 km NNW Mynaral, Balkhash Lake [73º40'E 45º25'N], 6.IX.1988, YUP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 2 ♂, Almatinskoe Lake [78º05'E 43º57'N], 1650 m, OTA (KUFJ); 3 ♀, Chilik (village W of Otar) [74º30'E 43º30'N], 1360 m, OTA, RMU (KUFJ). Kyrgyzstan. Jalal-Abad Prov.: 2 ♀, 3 ♂, 10 km W Ala-Buka [71º22'E 41º23'N], 1300 m, 29.VIII.1988, YUP (ZISP); Chui Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Issyk-ata, near Bishkek [74º53'E 42º37'N], V. Gurko (RCMK). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 2 ♀, Darvaz, Viskharvi Ridge [70º47'E 38º27'N], 2.VIII.1960, L. Zimina (ZISP/RCMK); 1 ♂, Khodzha-obi-garm (52 km N Dushanbe), S Gissarkii Ridge [68º47'E 39º11'N], 11.IX.1943, MNN (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68º49'E 38º46'N], 1100 m, 9.IX.1937; 3 ♂, 30.VIII–14.IX.1938; 1 ♂, 29.VII.1940, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, 2 ♂, 40 km E Komsomolobad, Petra Velokogo Ridge [70°25'E 38°51'N], 27.VII.1979, YUP (RCMK); 13 ♀, 14 ♂, 31.VIII.1985, YUP (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 2 ♂, Khorog, Botsad [71º33'E 37º29'N], 2300 m, 28.VII.1960, L. Zimina (ZISP/RCMK).

Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 247): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan; Popov (1952: 83): Turkmenistan; Warncke (1978: 359): “sowjetisch Mittelasien”; Kuhlmann (2005: 1370); Kuhlmann (2009a: 16); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 7): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

General distribution. Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Pakistan, Mongolia.