Colletes dorsalis Morawitz 1888

Colletes dorsalis Morawitz 1888: 242 –243, ♀ (holotype: ♀, ♂, Zeravshan River valley [Uzbekistan/Tajikistan], probably lost).

Colletes fasciatus Radoszkowski 1891 (nec Smith 1853): 256, ♀ (type locality: Caucasus).

Colletes rossicus Dalla Torre 1896: 44, nom. nov. for C. fasciatus Radoszkowski.

Material examined. Armenia: 1 ♀, Arzakan [44°36'E 40°26'N], 19.VII.1962, VAR (ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Kotayk Prov., Geghard monastery [44°49'E 40°08'N], 1750m, 19.VI.2006, O. Berg (coll. Berg); Azerbaijan : 1 ♀, Araxestal [48°30'E 39°30'N], Jahr 1890, Reitter, Warncke’s coll. (OÖLM) ; 1 ♂, 25–35 km E Nakhichevan [45°42'E 39°11'N], 7–17.1982, YAP (ZISP) .

Published records. Noskiewicz 1936 (Azerbaijan: Araxestal).

General distribution. *Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.