Colletes fodiens ( Fourcroy, 1785 )

Niu, Ze-Qing, Zhu, Chao-Dong & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2014, The Bees of the Genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China, Zootaxa 3856 (4), pp. 451-483 : 458

Colletes fodiens ( Fourcroy, 1785)

Apis fodiens Fourcroy 1785: 444 ; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011: 9; 2013a: 424; 2013b: 260; Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann 2012: 16.

? Apis fosorius Razoumowsky 1789: 220 –221.

Apis pallidicincta Kirby 1802: 295 .

Colletes fodiens kirgisicus: Noskiewicz 1936: 302 ; Kuhlmann & Dorn 2002: 94; Kuhlmann 2005: 1373; 2009a: 17.

Colletes kirgisica Radoszkowski 1867: 77 –78, pl. 3, fig. 3. Synonymy by Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011.

Colletes fodiens hispanicus Noskiewicz 1936: 303 –304. Synonymy by Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011.

Material examined: China, Xinjiang: 2♀♀, 1♂, Altay, Fuhai Xian, Daqiao (87º30′E 47º06′N), 1050 m, 10.VIII.1960, Shu-Yong Wang; 2♀♀, 2♂♂, Altay, Talate (88º12′E 47º48′N), 930 m, 13–14.VIII.1960, Shu-Yong Wang; 1♀, Burqin Xian (86º54′E 47º42′N), 480 m, 25.VIII.1960, Shu-Yong Wang; 1♀, Tacheng Xian (82º54′E 46º42′N), 24.VII.1955, Shi-Jun Ma & Yon-Ling Cheng; 1♂, Altay (88º12′E 47º48′N), 880 m, 19.VIII.1960, Shu- Yong Wang; 1♂, Zhaosu Xian (81º06′E 43º06′N), 1620 m, 7.VIII.1957, Guang Wang; 5♀♀, Manas Xian (86º12′E 44º12′N), 16.VII.2012, Chun-Ling He.

Floral association: Chondrilla sp. ( Asteraceae ).

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).