Colletes fodiens (Fourcroy 1785)

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2013, The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 3750 (5), pp. 401-449 : 424

Colletes fodiens (Fourcroy 1785)

Apis fodiens Fourcroy 1785: 444 , ♀ (type locality: northern France).

? Apis fosorius Razoumowsky 1789: 220 –221, ♀ (type locality: Switzerland). Apis pallidicincta Kirby 1802: 295 (type locality: England).

Colletes kirgisica Radoszkowski 1867: 77 –78, pl. 3, fig. 3, ♀ (type locality: “Steppes de Kirghises”, South Ural). Colletes fodiens kirgisicus: Noskiewicz 1936: 302 .

Colletes fodiens hispanicus Noskiewicz 1936: 303 –304, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 13 ♀, 3 ♂, Khar'kin, Ural River [51º49'E 48º44'N], 21.VI–19.VII.1951, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♀, 5 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53º15'E 51º27'N], 29.VI– 11.VII.1950, VRR (ZISP); Aktyubins Prov.: 1 ♀, Aktyubinsk (=Aktobe) [57º13'E 50º16'N], 29.VII.1928, B. Roddendorf (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity [69º28'E 51º02'N], 160 m, 30.VII.1987, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66º17'E 54º13'N], 8.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70º12'E 53º05'N], 29.VI.1957; 1 ♂, 25.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, near Sternjak, Kokchetav District [70º46'E 52º50'N], VLK, A. Jdanko, V. Rascheev (KUFJ); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂, 12 km SE Zhabagly, Kshi-Kaindy River, Talasskii Alatau [70º28'E 42º26'N], 5.VII.2001, VLK (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 2 ♀, Arashan, near Karakol, E of Issyk-Kul Lake [78º23'E 42º29'N], 1850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♀, Kungei-Alatau Ridge, Cholpon-Ata [77º05'E 42º39'N], 7.VIII.1953, D. Panfilov (ZMMU).

Published records. Morawitz (1880: 387, as C. kirgisica ): Uzbekistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 302): Kazakhstan; Noskiewicz (1936: 303, as C. fodiens kirgisicus ): Kyrgyzstan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1373, as C. fodiens kirgisicus ); Kuhlmann (2009a: 17, as C. fodiens kirgisicus ); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 9); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 16): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

General distribution. Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang).