Colletes clypearis Morawitz 1876

Colletes clypearis Morawitz 1876: 268 –269, ♀ (holotype: ♀, Kavuk Pass, Kyrgyzstan, 4400 m, 24.VII.1871); Alfken 1932: 827; Kuhlmann 2005: 1377; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2013a: 429.

Material examined. Tajikistan. 40 km S Karakul' Lake [73°29'E 38°53'N], 4000 m, 25.VII.1979, YAP [ZISP]. Distribution. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China (Xinjiang).

Remarks. This is a high alpine species that has been recorded in altitudes between 2300–4400 m.