Colletes ottomanus Noskiewicz 1958

Colletes ottomanus Noskiewicz 1958: 5 –15, ♀, ♂ (holotype: ♂, “ Konia [Turkey], 8.VIII.1951, leg. Bytinski-Salz ”, MNHW).

Colletes squamosus ottomanus: Warncke 1978: 340 –341.

Material examined. Armenia: 1 ♂, Flum. Kanga, pr., Erevan [44°32'E 40°12'N], 19.VII.1932, G. Kostylev Warncke’s coll. (OÖLM) ; 1 ♀, Mt. Arhagaz, Arzhagat, 16.VII.1963, A.G. Soika, Warncke’s coll. (OÖLM) ; 1 ♀, Araxestal [46°00'E 38°50'N], Leder, Reitter, Warncke’s coll. (OÖLM) ; Azerbaijan: 1 ♂, Abrakunis [45°39'E 39°08'N], 27–29.IV.1978, VAR (RCMK) ; 1 ♀, 25–35 km E Nakhichevan [45°42'E 39°11'N], 7–17.VII.1982, YAP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 30 ♂, NW Baku, Varafta Mts. W Kilyazi [49°10'E 40°50'N], 250m, 25.VI.1996, M. Hauser (coll. Burger / RCMK) .

Published records. Warncke 1978 (Armenia: Arzhagaz; Erevan).

General distribution. Armenia, *Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey.