Colletes similis Schenck 1853

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2013, The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 3750 (5), pp. 401-449 : 425-426

Colletes similis Schenck 1853

Colletes similis Schenck 1853 (nom. praeocc., nec Robertson 1904, nec Jørgensen 1912): 172, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Colletes picistigma Thomson 1872: 165 –166 (type locality: South Sweden).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 6 ♂, Uralsk [51º22'E 51º14'N], 10.VII.1908, Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53º15'E 51º27'N], 12.VIII.1949, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♂, Khar'kin, Ural River [51º49'E 48º44'N], 3–19.VII.1951, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂, 28.VII.1951, VBP (ZISP); Atyrausk Prov.: 1 ♀, Sakgiz River, 60 km NE Makata [54º21'E 47º52'N], 23.IX.1981, YUP (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 1 ♀, Naurzum [64º18'E 51º29'N], 28.VII.1939, A. Kamenskij (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66º17'E 54º13'N], 8.VII.1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65º82'E 44º35'N], 8.VII.1959, AAP (ZISP); Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Aksu Valley (W of Jabagly) [70º15'E 42º15'N], 850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 3 ♀, 2 ♂, Jabagly [70º15'E 42º15'N], 1080 m, RMU (KUFJ); 13 ♂, Ul´ken-Kaindy, Jabagly (E of Simkent) [70º15'E 42º15'N], 950 m, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ); Pavlodar Prov.: 1 ♀, 25 km SSE Ekibaztuz [75º19'E 51º43'N], 290 m, 22.VIII.1987, YUP (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 31 ♂, Borovoe [71º05'E 52º60'N], 7.VII.1932, VBP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 3 ♀, Zailiiskiy Alatau, Malyi Almaatin River [76º60'E 43º25'N], 27.VII.1938, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU); 3 ♂, Fabrichini [76º24'E 43º09'N], 1094 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Uzbekistan. Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, 21 ♂, Fergana, Kurg-tyube [72º53'E 40º43'N], 23.V.1938, VBP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Osh Prov.: 1 ♀, Osh, Karakuldzha, Lajsu Ravine [73º37'E 40º31'N], 1650 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM); Talass Prov.: 10 ♂, 10 km N Kegart [73º65'E 41º20'N], 1500 m, 25.VII.1988, YUP (ZISP); Chui Prov.: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Ala-Archa riv. vall., Kaskha-Suu [74º39'E 43º03'N], 1600–1850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♂, Chuy, Thon-Aryk (Boz- Peldek Mt.), Bishkek [74º34'E 42º46'N], 1815 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♂, Kheirabad, Kopetdag [57º50'E 37º52'N], 28.VIII.1894, Golbeck’s coll. (ZISP). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 4 ♂, Kzyl-tam, NW Gissarskii Ridge [67º90'E 39º10'N], 2080 m, 20.VIII.1933, Veltishchev (ZISP); 3 ♂, 40 km N Stalinobad, Ruidasht [68º49'E 38º52'N], 3000 m, 4–14.IX.1937, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, Khodzha-obi-garm (52 km N Dushanbe), S Gissarkii Ridge [68º47'E 39º11'N], 6–11.VIII.1944, VRR (ZISP); 5 ♂, Ziddy River, Gissarskij Ridge [68º40'E 38º65'N], 15–19.VII.1944, MNN (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, 15 km E Komsomolabad [69º57'E 38º52'N], 13.VII.1975; 2 ♀, 10 ♂, 31.VIII.1985, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69º35'E 37º46'N], 23.V–7.VI.1938, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Shuroabad, 30 km SE Kylyab [70º22'E 37º50'N], 19.IX.1936, VVG (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 1 ♀, Sangvor River [70º55'E 38º23'N], 9.VII.1975, YUP (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 265); Popov (1967: 15): Kyrgyzstan; Noskiewicz (1936: 308): Popov (1934: 53): Kazakhstan; Popov (1952: 84): Turkmenistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1374); Kuhlmann (2009a: 17); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 13); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 20): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

General distribution. Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, Tunesia, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, * Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, China (Xinjiang).