Colletes albomaculatus ( Lucas 1849 )

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2016, The bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) of the Caucasus region, Zootaxa 4161 (3), pp. 367-385 : 380

Colletes albomaculatus ( Lucas 1849)

Halictus albomaculatus Lucas 1849: 183 , ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, Algeria).

Colletes spectabilis Morawitz 1868: 154 –155, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Nizza, France).

Colletes niveofasciatus Dours 1872: 295 –296, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France).

Material examined. Armenia: 1 ♂, Hosrev Res. , 30.V.1983, Kozjutchiz ( RCMK) ; 1 ♀, Gukasjan [44°24'E 40°07'N], 20.V.1983, Kozjutchiz ( RCMK) ; 1 ♂, Aschtarak near mt. Arailer n.e. [44°21'E 40°17'N], 5.V.2003, Mucka ( OÖLM) ; 3 ♀, Vayots Dzor prov., Selimi caravanserai [45°14'E 39°56'N], 2020m, 20.VI.2006, O. Berg (coll. Berg); Azerbaijan : 1 ♂, Zuvang [48°28'E 39°18'N], 1200m, 8.VI.1985, V. Tobias ( ZISP) ; 3 ♀, Yardmly , Avash [48°10'E 38°50'N], 1200–1500m, 17.VI.1996, M. Hauser (coll. Burger) ; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, Lerik, Zuvand Gosmalian [48°20'E 38°40'N], 1300m, 12.VI.1996, M. Hauser (coll. Burger).

Published records. Morawitz 1874 ( Russia: Derbent, Dagestan Republic) ; Skhirtladze 1984 (as C. spectabilis ) ( Russia: Derbent, Dagestan Republic) ; 2003 ( Georgia: Tbilisi) ; Aliev & Kirschey 2010 ( Azerbaijan: Kusari, Kuzun); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2014b ( Russia: Krasnodar Prov.).

General distribution. *Armenia, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.