Colletes caspicus Morawitz 1874

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2013, The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 3750 (5), pp. 401-449 : 408-409

Colletes caspicus Morawitz 1874

Colletes caspicus Morawitz 1874: 174 –175, ♀ (type locality: Derbent, Dagestan Republic, Russia).

Colletes balticus Alfken 1912: 121 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, “Uralskaya Province, Temirskij uezd, Kuzha-Tugai” [57º00'E 49º00'N], 14.VI.1908, D. Borodin, B. Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol' Lake [66º17'E 54º13'N], 8.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂, 64 km NW Uralsk [50°39'E 51°34'N], 16.VII.1908, B. Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, Chelkar [57º10'E 50º17'N], 29.VI.1988, Malysheva (ZISP); 6 ♂, Taisugan Sands, 5 km E Kzyl-kuga [53º05'E 48º60'N], 26.VI.1957, Borisova (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 2 ♂, Chalkar, Barsuki [59º37'E 47º49'N], 1.VI.1908, N. Androsov (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 3 ♂, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67º31'E 50º19'N], 21.VI.1957, VRR (ZISP/RCMK); Akmolinsk Prov.: 4 ♂, 20 km SW Ezil' [66º24'E 51º57'N], 290 m, 25.VIII.1987, YUP (ZISP/ RCMK); 1 ♀, Petropavlovsk [69º08'E 54º51'N], 14.VII.1911, Karyuzov (ZISP); 6 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66º17'E 54º13'N], 8.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); 5 ♂, Beizhanzhal [66º17'E 54º13'N], 3–7.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); 4 ♀, 5 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70º12'E 53º05'N], 23–30.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 2 ♀, 71 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65º82'E 44º35'N], 29.VI–27.VII.1959, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Shabdar [66º50'E 49º80'N], 21.VI.1957, VRR (ZISP); 4 ♂, Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57º32'E 45º15'N], 15.VI.1959; 1 ♂, 6.VII.1959, AAP (ZISP); 3 ♀, 13 ♂, Tengiz Lake [68º54'E 50º26'N], 3.VII.1967, VRR (ZISP); Pavlodar Prov.: 1 ♀, 25 km SSE Ekibaztuz [75º19'E 51º43'N], 290 m, 22.VIII.1987, YUP (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Semipalatinsk (=Semei) [80º13'E 50º24'N], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 1 ♀, 40 km SW Ayaguz [80º26'E 47º58'N], 14.VIII.1987, YUP (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Khorezm Prov.: 1 ♀, Shurakhan, Petroaleksandrovaskaya krepost', Amu-Dar'ya River [61º02'E 41º29'N], 20–22.V.1875, Mielberg (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 km NW Kara-Kala [56º44'E 38º54'N], 25.VI.1955, AAP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Kulyab [69º45'E 37º54'N], 19.VII.1933, VBP (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 266): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Morawitz (1880: 387): Uzbekistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 159); Kuhlmann (2005: 1364); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 7); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 9): Kazakhstan.

General distribution. Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, * Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan.