taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A8B334CE75A04EFF73FCA6A8CA378A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Uzbekistan. Bukhara Prov.: 1 ♂, Kagan [64 º 55 ' E 40 º 12 ' N], 18. VIII. 1930, ANZ (ZMMU); Fergana Prov.: 5 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 30. VIII. 1979, YUP (ZISP / RCMK). Tajik istan. Sogd Prov.: 6 ♂, Seravschan, Kumar [68 º 32 ' E 39 º 16 ' N], 1892, Glasunov (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 10 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 26. VIII – 6. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP / RCMK); 3 ♂, 27. VIII – 6. IX. 1948, VRR (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 132); Kuhlmann (2005: 1363): Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE75A04EFF73FCA6A8CA378A.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, * Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE75A04DFF73FADEADE532AC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Aktyubins Prov.: 1 ♀, 60 km NNE Karabutak [60 ° 28 ' E 50 ° 25 ' N], 390 m, 27. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♀, Karaganda, Kent Mt. [73 º 07 ' E 49 º 48 ' N], 24. VII. 1957, Sokolova (ZISP); 5 ♀, 38 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 23. VI – 18. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Taldy- Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57 º 32 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 6. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Ul´ken- Kaindy, Jabagly (E of Simkent) [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 1800 m, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ). Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 7 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 13 – 21. VIII. 1937, VBP (ZISP); Kashkadar’ya Prov.: 1 ♂, Kitab [66 º 52 ' E 39 º 08 ' N], 14. VIII. 1939, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU). Kyrgyzstan. Jalal-Abad Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhalal-Abad, 18 km WSW Kazarman [73 º 48 ' E 41 º 22 ' N], 1550 m, M. Engel (AMNH); Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul, 3 km NE of Barskoon [77 º 38 ' E 42 º 11 ' N], 1644 m, L. Best (PCLP); 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul, 5 km NE of Kaji-Say [77 º 13 ' E 42 º 10 ' N], 1626 m, L. Best (PCLP); 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul, Dzhargylchak [77 º 55 ' E 42 º 00 ' N], 30. VI. 1954, D. Panfilov (ZMMU); 1 ♂, Tosor to Barkoon [77 º 29 ' E 42 º 09 ' N], J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Turk menistan. Balkan Prov.: 2 ♂, Ion-Dere, W Kopetdag [56 º 10 ' E 38 º 15 ' N], 20. VI. 1952, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kara-kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 15. VII. 1953, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kosha-goi, B. Balkhany [54 º 32 ' E 39 º 39 ' N], 25. VI. 1934, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 8 ♂, Yarty-kala, Guvendere [56 º 14 ' E 38 º 10 ' N], 15. VIII. 1934, VBP (ZISP); Akhal Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 km NW Kara-Kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 25. VI. 1955, AAP (ZISP); 3 ♂, 95 km E Kara-Kala, Sumbar River [57 º 22 ' E 38 º 25 ' N], 18 – 19. VI. 1955, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kheirabad, Kopetdag [57 º 50 ' E 37 º 52 ' N], 28. VIII. 1894, Golbeck’s coll. (ZISP). Tajikistan. Khatlon Prov.: 2 ♂, 15 km E Komsomolabad [69 º 57 ' E 38 º 52 ' N], 13. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 110); Popov (1952: 83): Turkmenistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1363); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 15); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 5): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE75A04DFF73FADEADE532AC.taxon	description	General distribution. Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunesia, Libya, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, India.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE76A04DFF73FD76AF1D372C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 2 ♂, 15 – 18 km N Kopa [53 º 45 ' E 51 º 12 ' N], 23. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Mergenevo, Ural River [52 º 15 ' E 50 º 30 ' N], 14. VII. 1951, Romadina (ZISP); 12 ♀, Khar'kin, Ural River [51 º 49 ' E 48 º 44 ' N], 28. VI – 2. VII 1951, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 7 ♀, 20 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 29. VI – 18. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP / RCMK); 2 ♂, 6. VI. 1959, Dem'yanova (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 km NEE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78 º 14 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 18. VI. 2003, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 24. VII. 1937, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Popov (1935: 367): Tajikistan; Popov (1967: 13): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1363); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 7): Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE76A04DFF73FD76AF1D372C.taxon	description	General distribution. Spain, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, * Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE76A04DFF73FAFCADDD342C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 5 ♀, 14 ♂, 64 km NW Uralsk [50 ° 39 ' E 51 ° 34 ' N], 15. VII. 1908, B. Uvarov (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂, Barsakelmes, Aral Sea [59 º 54 ' E 45 º 38 ' N], 1900, L. Berg (ZMMU). Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 2 ♀, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 1 – 22. VII. 1937, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 1. VII. 1937, VRR (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, Fergana, Kurg-tyube [72 º 53 ' E 40 º 43 ' N], 6. VI. 1938, Flyagina (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 3 ♂, Kharangon [68 º 46 ' E 38 º 40 ' N], 1. VII. 1944, MNN (ZISP); 7 ♀, Stalinobad (= Dushanbe) [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 24 – 28. VII. 1935, VVG (ZISP); 51 ♀, 49 ♂, 11. VII – 1. VIII. 1943, VBP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 21. VII. 1943, Romadina (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 5 ♀, 2 ♂, Kulyab [69 º 45 ' E 37 º 54 ' N], 15. VII. 1933, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Morawitz (1893: 83); Popov (1935: 367); Popov (1967: 13); Kuhlmann (2005: 1364); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 7): Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE76A04DFF73FAFCADDD342C.taxon	description	General distribution. Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, * Kazakhstan, * Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE77A04CFF73FF21AE1B353B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 ♂, Taisugan Sands, 5 km E Kzyl-kuga [53 º 05 ' E 48 º 60 ' N], 25 – 26. VI. 1951, Borisova, V. Tobias, Shteinberg (ZISP); 1 ♀, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 13. VIII. 1950, Shteinberg (ZISP); Mangistaus Prov.: 1 ♂, Aleksandrovskij Fort [50 º 16 ' E 44 º 31 ' N], 5. VII. 1909, Nasonov (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 ♂, Kulandy [59 º 40 ' E 46 º 10 ' N], 3. VII. 1900, L. Berg (ZMMU); 1 ♀, NE Priaral'e, Bayan [62 º 15 ' E 46.20 ' N], 3 – 5. VII. 1983, D. Piryulin (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 2 ♀, 15 km SSW Ushtobe [77 º 58 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 9. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, 3 km NE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78 º 14 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 7. VII. 1999, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kapchagai, [77 º 05 ' E 43 º 53 ' N], 3. VII. 2003, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Masak, 5 km E Chilik [78 º 15 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 19. VII. 2003, VLK (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 30 km NNW Mynaral, Balkhash Lake [73 º 40 ' E 45 º 25 ' N], 6. IX. 1988, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 35 km NW Kapchagai, Ili River [77 º 05 ' E 43 º 53 ' N], 20. VII. 2003, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Karakalpakastan Republic: 1 ♂, Khiva [60 º 21 ' E 41 º 22 ' N], 21. V. 1927, 2 ♂, 8. VI. 1927, VVG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Korhezm, 25 km S Khiva [60 º 21 ' E 41 º 20 ' N], C. Praz, I. Abdullaev (PCAM); Bukhara Prov.: 4 ♂, 56 km NW Bukhara [63 º 58 ' E 40 º 07 ' N], Gurko (OÖLM); 1 ♀, Kagan [64 º 55 ' E 40 º 12 ' N], 8. VIII. 1930, ANZ (ZMMU); Samarkand Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 7. VII. 1937, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, 3 – 9. VIII. 1937, Sayurov, Khodzhaev, Flyagina (ZISP); 38 ♀, 505 ♂, 20. VI – 21. VII. 1937, VBP (ZISP); 2 ♂, 11. VII. 1937, Sayurov (ZISP); 2 ♂, Kattakurgan [66 º 15 ' E 39 º 53 ' N], 20 – 26. VI. 1931, VVG (ZISP); Kashkadar’ya Prov.: 12 ♂, Kamashi [66 º 27 ' E 38 º 49 ' N], 28. VI. 1931, VVG (ZISP); Tashkent Prov.: 1 ♂, Kaunchi, Tashkent [69 º 00 ' E 41 º 46 ' N], 13. VI. 1931, VVG (ZISP); Surkhandar’ya Prov.: 3 ♂, Dzhankurgan [67 º 25 ' E 37 º 30 ' N], 28. VIII. 1934, ANZ (ZMMU); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, Fergana, Karasu [72 º 53 ' E 40 º 43 ' N], 2. VI. 1938, VBP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 1 ♀, Kara-kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 16. VI – 16. VII. 1955, AAP (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 8 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 28. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP); 3 ♂, 24. V. 1911, 1 ♂, 4. VI. 9012, Golbeck (IZKU); 1 ♀, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62 º 11 ' E 37 º 39 ' N], 12. V. 1917; 1 ♀, 25. VII. 1917, M. Ryabov (ZISP); 1 ♀, " Transkaspia ", Komarow, Morawitz’s coll. (IZKU). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 3 ♀, 21 ♂, Stalinobad (= Dushanbe) [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 7 – 28. VII. 1943; 3 ♀, 11 ♂, 3 – 6. VIII. 1948, VBP (ZISP); 3 ♂, 12. VII. 1943, Romadina (ZISP); 4 ♀, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [71 º 22 ' E 39 º 16 ' N], 11. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♀, Aivadzh, Kafarnigan River [68 º 01 ' E 36 º 59 ' N], 11. IX. 1934, ANZ (ZMMU); 3 ♀, 4 ♂, Dzhili-kul', Vakhsh River [68 º 31 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 11. VI. 1934; 1 ♀, 1. IX. 1935, 1 ♂, 10. VI. 1936, VVG (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Kabadian [68 º 10 ' E 37 º 24 ' N], 28. VI. 1934, VVG (ZISP); 8 ♀, 11 ♂, Kulyab [69 º 45 ' E 37 º 54 ' N], 24. VII. 1933, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 6. VII. 1938; 1 ♂, 18. VI. 1948; 6 ♀, 9 – 10. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 180): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Popov (1935: 357): Tajikistan; Ponomareva (1960: 135): Turkmenistan; Popov (1967: 14): Uzbekistan; Atdayev (1972: 118): Turkmenistan; Warncke (1978: 335): “ sowjetisch Mittelasien ”; Kuhlmann (2005: 1364); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE77A04CFF73FF21AE1B353B.taxon	description	General distribution. Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE77A043FF73F94DAE943061.taxon	description	Colletes balticus Alfken 1912: 121, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE77A043FF73F94DAE943061.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, “ Uralskaya Province, Temirskij uezd, Kuzha-Tugai ” [57 º 00 ' E 49 º 00 ' N], 14. VI. 1908, D. Borodin, B. Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol' Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' 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 [57 º 10 ' E 50 º 17 ' N], 29. VI. 1988, Malysheva (ZISP); 6 ♂, Taisugan Sands, 5 km E Kzyl-kuga [53 º 05 ' E 48 º 60 ' N], 26. VI. 1957, Borisova (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 2 ♂, Chalkar, Barsuki [59 º 37 ' E 47 º 49 ' N], 1. VI. 1908, N. Androsov (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 3 ♂, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67 º 31 ' E 50 º 19 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP / RCMK); Akmolinsk Prov.: 4 ♂, 20 km SW Ezil' [66 º 24 ' E 51 º 57 ' N], 290 m, 25. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP / RCMK); 1 ♀, Petropavlovsk [69 º 08 ' E 54 º 51 ' N], 14. VII. 1911, Karyuzov (ZISP); 6 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 8. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 5 ♂, Beizhanzhal [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 3 – 7. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 4 ♀, 5 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 23 – 30. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 2 ♀, 71 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 29. VI – 27. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Shabdar [66 º 50 ' E 49 º 80 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 4 ♂, Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57 º 32 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 15. VI. 1959; 1 ♂, 6. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 3 ♀, 13 ♂, Tengiz Lake [68 º 54 ' E 50 º 26 ' N], 3. VII. 1967, VRR (ZISP); Pavlodar Prov.: 1 ♀, 25 km SSE Ekibaztuz [75 º 19 ' E 51 º 43 ' N], 290 m, 22. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Semipalatinsk (= Semei) [80 º 13 ' E 50 º 24 ' N], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 1 ♀, 40 km SW Ayaguz [80 º 26 ' E 47 º 58 ' N], 14. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Khorezm Prov.: 1 ♀, Shurakhan, Petroaleksandrovaskaya krepost', Amu-Dar'ya River [61 º 02 ' E 41 º 29 ' N], 20 – 22. V. 1875, Mielberg (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 km NW Kara-Kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 25. VI. 1955, AAP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Kulyab [69 º 45 ' E 37 º 54 ' 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.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE77A043FF73F94DAE943061.taxon	description	General distribution. Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, * Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE78A043FF73FC74AFD63619.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 1 ♀, Kara-kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 16. VI – 16. VII. 1955, AAP (RCMK); Akhal Prov.: 1 ♀, 95 km E Kara-Kala, Sumbar River [57 º 22 ' E 38 º 25 ' N], 17. VI. 1955, AAP (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, Karateginskiy Ridge, Komarou River [69 º 55 ' E 38 º 70 ' N], 16. VII. 1975, YUP (RCMK); 1 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 46 ' N], 1100 m, 7. VIII. 1938, VVG (ZISP); 1 ♂, Stalinobad (= Dushanbe), Botanical Garden [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 17. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 5 ♂, 15 km E Komsomolabad [69 º 57 ' E 38 º 52 ' N], 13. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Dashti-dzhum, Kulyab [69 º 46 ' E 37 º 54 ' N], 22. IX. 1936, VVG (ZISP). Published records. –	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE78A043FF73FC74AFD63619.taxon	description	General distribution. Pakistan, Iran, * Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE78A043FF73FA7EA9763400.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Taisugan Sands, Kzyl-kuga [53 º 05 ' E 48 º 60 ' N], 25 – 26. VI. 1951, Shteinberg (ZISP); Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Taisugan Sands, Kzyl-kuga [53 º 05 ' E 48 º 60 ' N], 25 – 26. VI. 1951, Shteinberg (ZISP); 2 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 1. VIII. 1950, VRR (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♂, 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity [69 º 28 ' E 51 º 02 ' N], 160 m, 30. VII. 1987, YUP (RCMK). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 166, as C. lebedewi; 168); Kuhlmann (2005: 1364, as C. lebedewi); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 12): Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE78A043FF73FA7EA9763400.taxon	description	General distribution. Portugal, Spain, France, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE78A042FF73F867AD8E3712.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 13. VIII. 1950, Shteinberg (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂, 20 km E Chingil'da, Sarybulak, Sholak Mt. [72 º 25 ' E 43 º 46 ' N], 12. VI. 2002, VLK (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♂, Charyn valley W Chundsa [79 º 21 ' E 43 º 37 ' N], 1500 m, 22 – 30. VIII. 1963, R. Wootton, P. Wootton (NHML); 1 ♀, Masak, 5 km E Chilik [78 º 15 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 19. VII. 2003, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♂, Uigurskiy Distr., 17 km E Chundzhi [79 º 28 ' E 43 º 33 ' N], 24. VI. 2002, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 8 ♀, 7 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 25. VI – 16. VII. 1937, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♂, 7. VII. 1937, VRR (ZISP); Surkhandar’ya Prov.: 1 ♀, Babatag Ridge [68 º 05 ' E 38 º 15 ' N], 1200 m, 5. IX. 1985, E. Budris (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 8 ♀, 23 ♂, Fergana, Kurg-tyube [72 º 53 ' E 40 º 43 ' N], 23. V. 1938, VBP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♀, 25 km SE Rybach'e (= Bylykchi), Terekei-Alatau Ridge [76 º 11 ' E 42 º 28 ' N], 2000 m, 9. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 2 ♂, Yarty-kala, Guven-dere [56 º 14 ' E 38 º 10 ' N], 15. VIII. 1934, VBP (ZISP); Akhal Prov.: 2 ♂, Chuli (= Gokdere), Kopetdag [58 º 01 ' E 37 º 59 ' N], 5 – 8. V. 1913, Golbeck (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 5 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 20. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 1 ♂, Farab, W Bukhara [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 19. VI. 1915, Golbeck (IZKU). Tajikistan. Sogd Prov.: 1 ♂, Makhram [70 º 10 ' E 40 º 15 ' N], 14. VI. 1931, N. Fursov (ZISP); 2 ♂, Shurab, Madigen [70 º 32 ' E 40 º 02 ' N], 2800 m, Schmidt (SDEI); Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♂, Karatechinskij Ridge, Komarou River [69 º 55 ' E 38 º 70 ' N], 16. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 5 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 46 ' N], 1100 m, 16. VII – 21. IX. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 1 ♂, Pamir, Muksu-Gebiet, Uishlak, Kandon [71 º 60 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 1815 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH); 2 ♂, Stalinobad (= Dushanbe) [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 8. VI. 1944, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Kulyab [69 º 45 ' E 37 º 54 ' N], 1. IX. 1933, VBP (ZISP); 2 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 14. VI. 1938, VBP (ZISP); 2 ♂, Sary-xhashma, SE Kulyab [69 º 45 ' E 37 º 54 ' N], 1000 m, 24. VIII. 1933, VBP (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 1 ♂, Vanch, NW Pamir [71 º 25 ' E 38 º 21 ' N], 18. IX. 1943, Shtakel'berg (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 176): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Popov (1935: 367); Popov (1949: 689): Tajikistan; Popov (1952: 84); Ponomareva (1960: 135): Turkmenistan; Popov (1967: 14): Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1364); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE78A042FF73F867AD8E3712.taxon	description	General distribution. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE79A040FF73FB68AF6A338D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes transitus is closely related to C. transitorius Noskiewicz. The males of both species are characterized by an unmodified apical hair fringe of S 5 (medially broadened in all other species of the group) in combination with the shape of S 7 (Figs. 3 c, d) and the relatively long gonostylus (Figs. 3 e, f). Colletes transitus differs from C. transitorius in the more dispersed and slightly finer punctation of T 1 and T 2 (Figs. 3 a, b), the shorter apical sternal hair fringes, narrower S 7 (Figs. 3 c, d), and a slightly shorter gonostylus (Figs. 3 e, f).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE79A040FF73FB68AF6A338D.taxon	description	Description. Female. Unknown. Male. Bl = 9.0 – 10.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except tips of mandible partly dark reddish-brown. Face densely covered with long, yellowish-white, erect hairs. Malar area medially about 1 / 2 as long as width of mandible base, finely punctured. Antenna black, ventrally dark brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc densely punctate (i = 0.5 d). Scutellum anteriorly with few punctures but with more dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, light yellowish-brown erect hairs. Wings. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation brown. Legs. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture white. Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins reddish translucent (Fig. 3 a). T 1 sparsely covered with long, erect white hairs (Fig. 3 a); apical tergal hair bands broad and deeply and sharpely depressed (Fig. 3 a). T 1 with dense and coarse punctation (i = 0.5 d), between punctures smooth and shiny, on following terga punctation of disc successively smaller (Fig. 3 a). T 7 narrowly rounded, without emargination or spines. Terminalia. Genitalia and S 7 as illustrated (Figs. 3 c, e).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE79A040FF73FB68AF6A338D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens). Holotype, male, Tajikistan, 35 km N Stalinobad (= Dushanbe), Kvak, 2000 m [68 ° 47 ' E 38 ° 53 ' N], 5. VIII. 1937, V. Gussakovskij (ZISP). Paratype: 1 ♂, Tajikistan, Kondara, Varzoba, 1100 m (68 ° 49 ' E 38 ° 46 ' N), 12. IX. 1937, V. Gussakovskij (RCMK).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE79A040FF73FB68AF6A338D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Like its close relative C. transitorius this one shows a transitional morphology (S 7 like in C. caspicus group but unmodified apical hair fringe of S 5 like in C. nigricans group) linking the species-groups of C. nigricans and C. caspicus. General distribution. Only known from the type locality in Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE79A040FF73FB68AF6A338D.taxon	description	Floral hosts. unknown. Seasonal activity (first – last observations). VIII – IX.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA040FF73FE96AF9B305E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 3 ♀, Kara-kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 16. VI – 16. VII. 1955, AAP (ZISP / RCMK). Tajik istan. Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 10. VII. 1938; 9 ♂, 26. VIII – 4. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP / RCMK); 5 ♀, 30. VIII – 4. IX. 1948, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♀, 25. VII. 1938, Loktionov (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 199): Turkmenistan; Popov (1949: 690): Tajikistan; Ponomareva (1960: 135): Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Popov (1967: 15); Kuhlmann (2005: 1365): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA040FF73FE96AF9B305E.taxon	description	General distribution. Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA040FF73FCB5A969352E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂, Tartugai [66 º 25 ' E 44 º 45 ' N], 3 – 15. VI. 1929, ASH (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 7 ♂, 15 km SSW Ushtobe [77 º 58 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 9. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP / RCMK); 2 ♂, 3 km NE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78 º 14 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 19 – 27. VI. 2003, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Bukhara Prov.: 1 ♂, 50 km N Bukhara, Bag-Abzai [64 º 25 ' E 40 º 10 ' N], 23. V. 1932, VVG (ZISP); 7 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978, YUP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 1 ♂, Mollakara, Dzhebela [54 º 09 ' E 39 º 39 ' N], 10. VI. 1934, VBP (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 1 ♂, Eroilanduz Lake, Badkhyzskii Nature Reserve [61 º 50 ' E 35 º 40 ' N], 7 – 8. VII. 1991, Volkovich (ZISP); 1 ♂, “ Transkaspia ”, Imam-Baba-Merv [62 º 27 ' E 36 º 45 ' N], 28 – 31. V. 1912, Kozhanchikov (IZKU); 3 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 28. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP); 1 ♀, 3. VII. 1912, Golbeck (IZKU); 3 ♂, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62 º 11 ' E 37 º 39 ' N], 8. VI. 1912, Kozhanchikov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 12. V. 1917, M. Ryabov (ZISP); 1 ♂, 1. VI. 1928, VVG (ZISP); 6 ♂, Takhta-Bazar [62 º 54 ' E 35 º 57 ' N], 26. VI. 1930, VBP (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, 7 ♂, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [71 º 22 ' E 39 º 16 ' N], 11. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhili-kul' [68 º 31 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 26. V. 1931, N. Fursov (ZISP); 3 ♀, 2 ♂, 11 – 12. VI. 1934, VVG (ZISP); 10 ♀, 17 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 4 – 9. IX. 1948; 1 ♀, 26. VIII. 1948, VBP (ZISP / RCMK); 1 ♀, 30. VIII. 1948, VRR (RCMK); 1 ♂, Vakhsh River, Tigrovaya balka [68 º 30 ' E 37 º 15 ' N], 24. VII. 1943, VVG (ZISP). Published records. Radoszkowski (1891: 260); Popov (1952: 84); Atdayev (1972: 119): Turkmenistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 230); Ponomareva (1960: 135); Kuhlmann (2005: 1366): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Popov (1949: 690): Tajikistan; Popov (1967: 15): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA040FF73FCB5A969352E.taxon	description	General distribution. Syria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA046FF73F945AE87338D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes askhabadoides is closely related to the Central Asian C. askhabadensis and the shape of S 7 in both species is very similar (Fig. 4 c). The male of C. askhabadoides can be easily recognized by the shape of its S 7 (Fig. 4 c) in combination with the abundant thick and appressed hairs on T 1 (Fig. 4 b) (much shorter in C. askhabadensis).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA046FF73F945AE87338D.taxon	description	Description. Female. Unknown. Male. Bl = 6.0 – 7.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except mandible partly dark reddishbrown. Face densely covered with long, white, erect hairs. Malar area medially about 1 / 3 as long as width of mandible base, finely striate. Antenna black, ventrally yellowish-brown (Fig. 4 a). Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc almost impunctate, smooth and shiny. Scutellum nearly impunctate with a few punctures apically, surface smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, greyish to yellowish-white erect hairs (Fig. 4 a). Wings. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation and stigma yellowish-brown. Legs. Integument mostly dark reddish-brown, tarsi yellowish-brown. Vestiture white (Fig. 4 a). Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins whitish to yellowish or reddish translucent (Fig. 4 b). Disc of T 1 densely covered with long, appressed hairs and few erect yellowish-white hairs (Fig. 4 b); apical tergal depression and hair bands of T 2 – T 5 very broad, much broader than the respective discs and densely covered with long, appressed white hairs; apical tergal depression and hair band of T 1 only about half the width of the other ones (Fig. 4 a, b). Terga scattered and finely punctate (i = 1 – 1.5 d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 4 b). Terminalia. Genitalia and S 7 as illustrated (Figs 4 c – d).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA046FF73F945AE87338D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (5 specimens). Holotype, male, Kazakhstan: Karaganda Prov., Koksengir, S Zhana-Arka [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 12. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP). Paratypes: 2 ♂, same dates and locality as holotype (ZISP / RCMK); 2 ♂, Kazakhstan: Akmolinskaya Province, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 ° 12 ' E 53 ° 05 ' N], 29. V. 1957, VRR (ZISP / RCMK).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA046FF73F945AE87338D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named for its similarity with C. askhabadensis. General distribution. Only known from the type localities in Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7BA046FF73F945AE87338D.taxon	description	Floral hosts. unknown. Seasonal activity (first – last observations). V – VII.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FEDFA8653121.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 5 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 13. VI – 21. VIII. 1937, VBP (ZISP / RCMK). Tajik istan. Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhili-kul', Vakhsh River [68 º 31 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 10. VI. 1936, VVG (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1366): Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FEDFA8653121.taxon	description	General distribution. * Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FD34AE2E30EF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1366): Kazakhstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FBF1A88F3603.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 216): Kazakhstan; Popov (1949: 690); Popov (1967: 15): Tajikistan; Ponomareva (1960: 135); Kuhlmann (2005: 1366): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Warncke (1978: 340): “ sowjetisch Mittelasien ”.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FBF1A88F3603.taxon	description	General distribution. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FA55A8A5347B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♂, Akzhar, Karatal River [77 º 10 ' E 46 º 00 ' N], 29. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Fergana Prov.: 11 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978, YUP (ZISP / RCMK). Turkmenistan. Maryi Prov.: 7 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 28. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 222); Kuhlmann (2005: 1367): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1952: 84): Turkmenistan; Warncke (1978: 332): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA046FF73FA55A8A5347B.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Kazakhstan, * Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7DA045FF73F88DAE3A33A1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Popov (1949: 690); Kuhlmann (2005: 1367): Tajikistan. General distribution. Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7EA045FF73FEB4A852310C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1367): Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7EA045FF73FEB4A852310C.taxon	description	General distribution. Syria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Pakistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7EA045FF73FD5FAE1630E9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1367): Turkmenistan. General distribution. Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7EA045FF73FBFCAE923669.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkmenistan. Maryi Prov.: Dzhu-Dhzu-Klu [61 º 50 ' E 37 º 34 ' N], 22. V. 1985, A. Lelej (IBSS). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 209); Kuhlmann (2005: 1367): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1952: 84): Turkmenistan. General distribution. Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7EA045FF73FA7CA86F3433.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Atyrausk Prov.: 1 ♀, Karabatan, Transkaspia [52 º 48 ' E 47 º 21 ' N], 8. VI. 1932, Kusakin (RCMK); Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 8 ♂, Kyzyl-Kulov, 10 km SW Arsanai [68 º 00 ' E 41 º 01 ' N], 27. VII. 1979, YUP (ZISP / RCMK). Turkmenistan. Maryi Prov.: 2 ♂, Bairamali [62 º 09 ' E 37 º 37 ' N], 7. VII. 1910, Uvarov (ZISP); 2 ♀, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62 º 11 ' E 37 º 39 ' N], 22. V – 26. VII. 1917, M. Ryabov (ZISP); Lebap Prov.: 1 ♂, Repetek [63 º 10 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], VII. 1925, VVG (ZISP). Tajik istan. Sogd Prov.: 1 ♂, Makhram [70 º 10 ' E 40 º 15 ' N], 14. VI. 1931, N. Fursov (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♀, Aivadzh, Kafarnigan River [68 º 01 ' E 36 º 59 ' N], 14. IX. 1934, ANZ (ZMMU); 1 ♂, Kabadian [68 º 10 ' E 37 º 24 ' N], 29. VI. 1934, VVG (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 203): Turkmenistan; Popov (1949: 690): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1368): Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7EA045FF73FA7CA86F3433.taxon	description	General distribution. * Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7FA044FF73FF6FAF0332BA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkmenistan. Maryi Prov.: 2 ♂, Dzhu-Dhzu-Klu [61 º 50 ' E 37 º 34 ' N], 22. V. 1985, A. Lelej (IBSS / RCMK). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 213); Kuhlmann (2005: 1368): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1952: 84): Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7FA044FF73FF6FAF0332BA.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7FA044FF73FDCEAE8F301C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Ashkhabad [58 º 23 ' E 38 º 00 ' N], 5 – 6. VI. 1925, VVG (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 188); Kuhlmann (2005: 1368): Turkmenistan. General distribution. Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7FA044FF73FC6FAD693603.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Almata Prov.: 1 ♂, 15 km W Chundzhi [79 º 28 ' E 43 º 33 ' N], 21. VI. 2003, VLK (ZISP); 4 ♂, 3 km NEE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78 º 14 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 30. V. 2002; 5 ♂, 18 – 19. VI. 2003, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 30 km NE Kokpeka [78 º 59 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 9. VII. 1999, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Fergana Prov.: 4 ♀, 40 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978; 2 ♀, 30. VIII. 1979, YUP (ZISP / RCMK). Turkmenistan. Lebap Prov.: 1 ♀, 120 km SW Kirki [64 º 00 ' E 37 º 19 ' N], 1990, A. Sitdikov (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 1 ♀, Badkhyz, Kyzyl-Dzhar [61 º 49 ' E 35 º 42 ' N], 4. VI. 1976, YUP (ZISP); 3 ♀, 3 ♂, 26. V. 1986, Budris (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1368); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. General distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Pakistan, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7FA05BFF73FA55A97F32AC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, 5 ♂, Tartugai [66 º 25 ' E 44 º 45 ' N], 3 – 15. VI. 1929, ASH (ZISP); 1 ♀, Baigakum [66 º 11 ' E 44 º 18 ' N], 5. VII. 1907, L. Wollmann, Wollmann’s coll. (IZKU); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♂, Akzhar, Karatal River [77 º 10 ' E 46 º 00 ' N], 363 m, 29. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, 40 km NW Kapcagai, Ili River [76 ° 53 ' E 44 ° 13 ' N], 4. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♂, “ Beer Tschogur, Mugodjargebirge ” [58 º 30 ' E 48 º 30 ' N], L. Wollmann, Wollmann’s coll. (ZISP); 1 ♀, 5 ♂, “ Baigakum bei Djoulek Turkest. ” [66 º 11 ' E 44 º 18 ' N], Wolmann’s coll. (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 12 ♀, 64 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 13 – 29. VI. 1937, VBP (ZISP); 5 ♂, 21. VI – 7. VII. 1937, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kattakurgan [66 º 15 ' E 39 º 53 ' N], 26. VI. 1931, VVG (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 30. VIII. 1979, YUP (ZISP). Turk menistan. Balkan Prov.: 3 ♀, 2 ♂, Kara-kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 25. VI – 12. VII. 1955, AAP (ZISP); Akhal Prov.: 2 ♂, 95 km E Kara- Kala, Sumbar River [57 º 22 ' E 38 º 25 ' N], 17. VI. 1955, AAP (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 8 ♂, Bairamali [62 º 09 ' E 37 º 37 ' N], 13 – 14. VI. 1910, Uvarov (IZKU / ZISP); 2 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 20. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP); 1 ♂, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62 º 11 ' E 37 º 39 ' N], 28 – 31. V. 1912, VVG (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♂, Kharangon [68 º 46 ' E 38 º 40 ' N], 1. VII. 1944, MNN (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, 15 km E Komsomolabad [69 º 57 ' E 38 º 52 ' N], 13. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Aivadzh, Kafarnigan River [68 º 01 ' E 36 º 59 ' N], 30. VII. 1934, VVG (ZISP); 1 ♂, Dzhili-kul', Vakhsh River [68 º 31 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 11. VI. 1934, VVG (ZISP); 5 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 9. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 191): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan; Popov (1949: 689): Tajikistan; Ponomareva (1960: 135): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1967: 14): Tajikistan; Warncke (1978: 341, as C. squamosus wollmanni): Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1368): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE7FA05BFF73FA55A97F32AC.taxon	description	General distribution. Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Pakistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE60A05BFF73FD76AE9930CE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1369): Kazakhstan; Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE60A05BFF73FC12A8053619.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂, Kuz-Dzhetnes Is. (= Barsakel'mes), Aral Sea [59 º 54 ' E 45 º 38 ' N], 27. VII. 1900, L. Berg (ZMMU). Uzbekistan. Surkhandar’ya Prov.: 1 ♂, Khatynrabat, Amu-Dar'ya River [67 º 43 ' E 37 º 16 ' N], 20. IX. 1934, ANZ (RCMK). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 242): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1949: 690): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1369): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE60A05BFF73FA6CAE293599.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 3 ♂, Issyk-Kul Lake, Ak-Ulen [75 º 49 ' E 46 º 41 ' N], 23. VI. 1953, D. Panfilov (ZMMU); 2 ♂, Issyk-Kul Lake, 5 km NE of Kaji-Say [77 º 13 ' E 42 º 10 ' N], 1626 m, L. Best (PCLP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1369): Kyrgyzstan. General distribution. Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE60A05AFF73F8ECADA2304C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂, Teran-Unjak, Kzyl-Orda [65 º 31 ' E 44 º 51 ' N], 9. VI. 1925, ANZ (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity [69 º 28 ' E 51 º 02 ' N], 160 m, 30. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂, 20 km E Chingil'da, Sarybulak, Sholak Mt. [72 º 25 ' E 43 º 46 ' N], 12. VI. 2002, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♂, East of Taraz [73 º 25 ' E 42 º 59 ' N], 600 m, OTA (KUFJ); 4 ♂, Kenen, near Otar [75 º 12 ' E 43 º 32 ' N], OTA (KUFJ); 4 ♀, 30 km NNW Mynaral, Balkhash Lake [73 º 40 ' E 45 º 25 ' N], 6 – 8. IX. 1988, YUP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 14 ♂, 3 km NEE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78 º 14 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 30. V – 21. VII. 1999, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 30 km E Shelek Mt., Zhingilsu River [78 º 36 ' E 43 º 48 ' N], 26. VI. 2003, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♂, 30 km NE Kokpeka [78 º 57 ' E 43 º 37 ' N], 18. VI. 1999, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 5 km E Aidarla, Ili River [77 º 90 ' E 43 º 90 ' N], 10. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 70 km E Shelek Mt., Malye Boguty Ridge [79 ° 07 ' E 43 ° 35 ' N], 31. V. 2002, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♂, Uigurskiy Distr., 17 km E Chundzhi [79 º 28 ' E 43 º 33 ' N], 24. VI. 2002, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♂, 12 km W Chundzha, Charyn River [79 º 17 ' E 43 º 32 ' N], 12. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Bukhara Prov.: 1 ♀, 50 km N Bukhara, Bag-Abzai [64 º 25 ' E 40 º 10 ' N], 19. IX. 1937, ANZ (ZMMU); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978, YUP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 3 ♂, Issyk-Kul, 2 km E Tong [77 º 08 ' E 42 º 09 ' N], 1624 m, L. Best (PCLP). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 21 ♀, 10 ♂, 30 km N Gasan-Kuli [53 º 58 ' E 37 º 43 ' N], 23. V. 1977, YUP (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [71 º 22 ' E 39 º 16 ' N], 11. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 240): Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1369); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 7): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE60A05AFF73F8ECADA2304C.taxon	description	General distribution. Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE61A05AFF73FC9FAD69357F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Chelkar [57 º 10 ' E 50 º 17 ' N], 29. VI. 1988, Malysheva (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 14 ♂, Tartugai [66 º 25 ' E 44 º 45 ' N], 3 – 15. VI. 1929, ASH (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 km NEE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78 º 14 ' E 43 º 35 ' N], 27. VI. 2003, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 40 km W Panfilow (= Zharkent) [79 º 28 ' E 44 º 14 ' N], 1200 m, M. Hauser (PCCS); 1 ♂, Charyn valley W Chundsa [79 º 21 ' E 43 º 37 ' N], 650 m, 29 – 31. V. 2001, M. Hauser (PCCS); 10 ♂, “ Baigakum bei Djoulek Turkest. ” [66 º 11 ' E 44 º 18 ' N], Wolmann’s coll. (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Karakalpakastan Republic: 1 ♂, Khiva [60 º 21 ' E 41 º 22 ' N], 20. V. 1927, VVG (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978, YUP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 8 ♀, Mollakara, Dzhebela [54 º 09 ' E 39 º 39 ' N], 6 – 7. VI. 1934, VBP (ZISP / IZKU); Maryi Prov.: 10 ♀, 5 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 28. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP); 2 ♂, 14. IX. 1982, S. Kuznetsov (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 3 ♂, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [68 º 40 ' E 37 º 15 ' N], 11. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 4 ♀, Kabadian [68 º 10 ' E 37 º 24 ' N], 3. X. 1931, N. Fursov (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 10. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 237); Kuhlmann (2005: 1370): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Popov (1949: 690); Warncke (1978: 332): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1952: 83): Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE61A05AFF73FC9FAD69357F.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE61A05AFF73F981AE3A3496.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [71 º 22 ' E 39 º 16 ' N], 11. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhili-kul', Vakhsh River [68 º 31 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 11. IX. 1935, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, 8 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 9 – 10. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Parkhar, Pyandzh River [69 º 24 ' E 37 º 30 ' N], 11. X. 1935, VVG (ZISP / RCMK). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1370): Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE61A05AFF73F981AE3A3496.taxon	description	General distribution. Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE62A059FF73FBA6A8D83469.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Baizhakum [66 º 28 ' E 44 º 18 ' N], coll. Morawitz’s (ZISP); 1 ♂, Dzhulek [66 º 24 ' E 44 º 17 ' N], 30. V. 1898, Geier (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Karakalpakastan Republic: 4 ♀, Beruni, Sand dunes [60 º 59 ' E 41 º 39 ' N], C. Praz, L. Abdullaev (RCMK); Samarkand Prov.: 1 ♀, Kattakurgan [66 º 15 ' E 39 º 53 ' N], 26. VI. 1931, VVG (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 30. VIII. 1979, YUP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Talass Prov.: 1 ♂, Talas, BooTerek [71 º 45 ' E 42 º 35 ' N], 1000 m, leg J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♂, 5 km SE Firyuza [58 º 06 ' E 37 º 54 ' N], 2 – 3. VI. 1985, A. Lelej (IBSS); Maryi Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Farab [63 º 36 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 12 – 28. V. 1929, ASH (IZKU / ZISP); 1 ♂, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62 º 11 ' E 37 º 39 ' N], 7. VII. 1915; 1 ♂, 21. IV. 1917; 1 ♀, 26. VII. 1917, M. Ryabov (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 11 ♀, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [68 º 40 ' E 37 º 15 ' N], 11. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 3 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 9 – 10. IX. 1948, VBP (ZISP). Published records. Morawitz (1876: 264): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 251): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1370); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE62A059FF73FBA6A8D83469.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, * Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE62A059FF73FF21AE55308C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Chelkar [57 º 10 ' E 50 º 17 ' N], 4. VII. 1988, Malysheva (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Chalkar, Barsuki [59 º 37 ' E 47 º 49 ' N], 30. VI – 17. VII. 1907, N. Androsov, Wollmann’s coll. (IZKU); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♀, 30 km NNW Mynaral, Balkhash Lake [73 º 40 ' E 45 º 25 ' N], 6. IX. 1988, YUP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 2 ♂, Almatinskoe Lake [78 º 05 ' E 43 º 57 ' N], 1650 m, OTA (KUFJ); 3 ♀, Chilik (village W of Otar) [74 º 30 ' E 43 º 30 ' N], 1360 m, OTA, RMU (KUFJ). Kyrgyzstan. Jalal-Abad Prov.: 2 ♀, 3 ♂, 10 km W Ala-Buka [71 º 22 ' E 41 º 23 ' N], 1300 m, 29. VIII. 1988, YUP (ZISP); Chui Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Issyk-ata, near Bishkek [74 º 53 ' E 42 º 37 ' N], V. Gurko (RCMK). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 2 ♀, Darvaz, Viskharvi Ridge [70 º 47 ' E 38 º 27 ' N], 2. VIII. 1960, L. Zimina (ZISP / RCMK); 1 ♂, Khodzha-obi-garm (52 km N Dushanbe), S Gissarkii Ridge [68 º 47 ' E 39 º 11 ' N], 11. IX. 1943, MNN (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 46 ' N], 1100 m, 9. IX. 1937; 3 ♂, 30. VIII – 14. IX. 1938; 1 ♂, 29. VII. 1940, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, 2 ♂, 40 km E Komsomolobad, Petra Velokogo Ridge [70 ° 25 ' E 38 ° 51 ' N], 27. VII. 1979, YUP (RCMK); 13 ♀, 14 ♂, 31. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 2 ♂, Khorog, Botsad [71 º 33 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 2300 m, 28. VII. 1960, L. Zimina (ZISP / RCMK). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 247): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan; Popov (1952: 83): Turkmenistan; Warncke (1978: 359): “ sowjetisch Mittelasien ”; Kuhlmann (2005: 1370); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 7): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE62A059FF73FF21AE55308C.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Pakistan, Mongolia.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A058FF73FD1FAF0337FE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zhambyl Prov.: 6 ♀, 5 ♂, 12 km Sarybarak, Peski Muyunkum (Muyunkum Sands) [71 º 28 ' E 43 º 22 ' N], 2. VI. 1978, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 6 ♂, 12 km NW Tatti, Muyunkum Sands (N of Talas) [73 º 18 ' E 43 º 56 ' N], 15. V. 2004, OTA, RMU (KUFJ / RCMK); 4 ♀, 2 ♂, “ Baigakum bei Djoulek Turkest. ” [66 º 11 ' E 44 º 18 ' N], Wolmann’s coll. (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Maryi Prov.: 1 ♂, ” Transkaspia ”, Imam-Baba-Merv [62 º 27 ' E 36 º 45 ' N], 28 – 31. V. 1912, Kozhanchikov (IZKU); 1 ♀, “ Transkaspia ”, Komarow, Morawitz’s coll. (IZKU). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 264); Kuhlmann (2005: 1371); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 16): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A058FF73FD1FAF0337FE.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A058FF73FB02AF0D357E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Almata Prov.: 1 ♂, 5 km E Aidarla, Ili River [77 º 90 ' E 43 º 90 ' N], 10. VI. 2004, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, “ Baigakum bei Djoulek Turkest. ” [66 º 11 ' E 44 º 18 ' N], Wolmann’s coll. (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 267); Kuhlmann (2005: 1371): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A058FF73FF21AF4D3117.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Aktyubins Prov.: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Temir [57 º 07 ' E 49 º 08 ' N], 2. VI. 1908, Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, Barsuki, Aral Sea [59 º 37 ' E 47 º 49 ' N], N. Androsov (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 2 ♂, 12 km Sarybarak, Peski Muyunkum (Muyunkum Sands) [71 º 28 ' E 43 º 22 ' N], 2. VI. 1978, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 255); Kuhlmann (2005: 1371); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 8): Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A058FF73FF21AF4D3117.taxon	description	General distribution. Russia, Kazakhstan, Tadjikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Aktyubins Prov.: 1 ♂, Chelkar [57 º 10 ' E 50 º 17 ' N], 2. VI. 1928, VBP (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 70 ♂, Aralskoe More (= Aralsk) [68 º 45 ' E 40 º 60 ' N], 31. V. 1928, VBP (ZISP / IZKU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 16 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 16. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Yuzhno- Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Chardara [67 º 58 ' E 41 º 15 ' N], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Kyzylkum [68 º 00 ' E 42 º 00 ' N], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 2 ♀, 20 ♂, Lake Charbarinskoe, Chordara, Wof Tashkent [67 º 58 ' E 41 º 15 ' N], 180 m, OTA, RMU (KUFJ); 3 ♂, Komsomolskoe, Kyzylkum desert (N of Chardara) [67 º 58 ' E 41 º 15 ' N], OTA (KUFJ); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, NW of Tatti, Muyunkum desert (N of Talas) [73 º 18 ' E 43 º 12 ' N], OTA, RMU (KUFJ / RCMK); 7 ♂, S of Balkhash Lake, 6 km E Mulaly [78 º 24 ' E 45 º 26 ' N], V. Gurko (OÖLM). Uzbekistan. Navoiy Prov.: 3 ♂, Bukantau Mts., Tshingildy [63 º 28 ' E 42 º 36 ' N], V. Gurko (OÖLM); Syrdar’ya Prov.: 1 ♂, Karmakchi [64 º 05 ' E 45 º 25 ' N], 23. V. 1928, VBP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Lebap Prov.: 2 ♀, Repetek [63 º 10 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 13. V. 1889, Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 1 ♂, 24. VI. 1937, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU); 36 ♂, 5. V. 1978, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Uch-Adzhi [62 º 48 ' E 38 º 05 ' N], 1 – 3. V. 1929, ASH (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 3 ♂, Petra Velikogo Ridge, Zakh-Bursi [71 º 40 ' E 41 º 10 ' N], 5. VII. 1913, Golbeck (IZKU / ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 12 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 24 – 25. VII. 1913, Golbeck’s coll. (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 260); Kuhlmann (2005: 1371); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 17): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan. Colletes kaline Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin sp. nov. (Figs 5 a – e)	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes kaline is closely related to C. pallipes. With the latter and the females of C. rubripes and C. skorikowi, both from the C. squamosus - group, C. kaline shares the conspicuously raised clypeus (Fig. 5 c). However, C. kaline differs from these three species by its metasomal terga that are completely and densely covered with short appressed hairs hiding the sculpture of the terga (Fig. 5 a, e) while in the other species the discs of T 2 – T 6 are at least medially narrowly hairless.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	description	Description. Female. Bl = 10.0 – 11.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except part of mandible, apical part of malar area, labrum and part of clypeus dark reddish-brown. Face except clypeus densely covered with long, whitish-grey, erect hairs (Fig. 5 c – d). Clypeus distinctly raised, convex and with a shallow longitudinal median depression, supraclypeal area triangular and convex in profile. Clypeus finely and scattered punctate (i = 3 – 4 d), in median depression slightly coarser and denser (i = 1 d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 5 d). Malar area medially about ½ as long as width of mandible base, partly finely punctate. Antenna black, ventrally bright yellowish-brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc impunctate, smooth and shiny. Scutellum anteriorly impunctate with more dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny (Fig. 5 b). Mesoscutum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with greyish to yellowish-white, erect hairs (Fig. 5 a, b). Wings. Very slightly yellowish; wing venation and stigma light yellowish-brown. Legs. Integument light to dark reddish-brown; tarsi partly yellowish-brown. Vestiture whitish to greyish, scopa white. Metasoma. Integument black to dark reddish-brown, depressed apical tergal margins yellowish translucent (Fig. 5 e). Terga densely covered with short, appressed white to yellowish-white hairs; on T 1 anteriorly with a few long, erect white hairs; apical tergal hair band moderately wide and often indistinguishable from the pilosity of the discs (Fig. 5 a, e). Terga densely and very finely punctate (i <d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 5 e). Male. Unknown.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (4 specimens). Holotype, female, Turkmenistan: Lebap Prov., Repetek (63 ° 10 ' E 38 ° 34 ' N), 24. VI. 1937, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU). Paratype: 1 ♀, same dates as holotype (RCMK); 2 ♀, Turkmenistan: Repetek (63 ° 10 ' E 38 ° 34 ' N), 13. – 18. V. 1977, V. Kaplin (IBSS, RCMK).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name highlights the fact that in this species only the female is known. In Masematte “ Kaline ” means “ girl ” and is here used as a noun in apposition. Masematte is a regional sociolect or social dialect that was exclusively used in the poorer urban quarters of the city of Münster (NW Germany). It belongs to Rotwelsch which is a secret language of thieves, beggars and hustlers (Thieves´cant or Rogues´cant) primarily spoken in parts of Germany and Switzerland. General distribution. Only known from the type locality in Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE63A05FFF73F982AE8E34CD.taxon	description	Floral hosts. unknown. Seasonal activity (first – last observations). V – VI.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE65A05EFF73FF6FAE2E322C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 275); Kuhlmann (2005: 1372): Kazakhstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05DFF73FB96AE3A3601.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Popov (1949: 690); Kuhlmann (2005: 1372): Tajikistan. General distribution. Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05DFF73FF6FAE94329C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Uzbekistan. Fergana Prov.: 3 ♀, 20 km NW Kokand [70 º 56 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 15. V. 1978, YUP (RCMK). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1372): Kazakhstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, * Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05DFF73FDEFAFE6308C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 3 ♂, Dzhulek [66 º 24 ' E 44 º 17 ' N], Wolmann’s coll. (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 1 ♀, 9 ♂, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67 º 31 ' E 50 º 19 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP / RCMK); 1 ♀, Naurzum [64 º 18 ' E 51 º 29 ' N], 10. VII. 1939, A. Kamenskij (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 4 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 17. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP / RCMK); 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 16. VI – 9. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 2 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 16. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 13 ♂, Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57 º 32 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 15 – 27. VI. 1959, AAP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 274); Kuhlmann (2005: 1372): Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05DFF73FDEFAFE6308C.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05DFF73FA54AF3B358E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Uzbekistan. Navoiy Prov.: 1 ♂, Bukantau Mts., Tshingildy [63 º 28 ' E 42 º 36 ' N], 2180 – 3400 m, M. Engel (AMNH). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1372): Turkmenistan. General distribution. * Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05CFF73F88AAD263126.taxon	description	Colletes daviesanus Smith 1846: 1278, ♀, ♂ (type locality: England). Colletes daviesanus signatus Verhoeff 1890: 334 (type locality: Germany)	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05CFF73F88AAD263126.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 16 ♀, 9 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 11. VII – 1. VIII. 1950, VRR (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 1. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 4 ♀, Borovoe [71 º 05 ' E 52 º 60 ' N], 22. VII. 1932, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Chernov River, near Bukhtarma River [86 º 10 ' E 47 º 30 ' N], 29. VII. 1897, Silant'ev (ZISP). Published records. Morawitz (1876: 264); Popov (1934: 53): Kazakhstan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1373); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 8); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 15); Proshchalykin (2012: 449): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE66A05CFF73F88AAD263126.taxon	description	General distribution. Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE67A05CFF73FD2AA851352B.taxon	description	? Apis fosorius Razoumowsky 1789: 220 – 221, ♀ (type locality: Switzerland). Apis pallidicincta Kirby 1802: 295 (type locality: England). Colletes kirgisica Radoszkowski 1867: 77 – 78, pl. 3, fig. 3, ♀ (type locality: “ Steppes de Kirghises ”, South Ural). Colletes fodiens kirgisicus: Noskiewicz 1936: 302. Colletes fodiens hispanicus Noskiewicz 1936: 303 – 304, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE67A05CFF73FD2AA851352B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 13 ♀, 3 ♂, Khar'kin, Ural River [51 º 49 ' E 48 º 44 ' N], 21. VI – 19. VII. 1951, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♀, 5 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 29. VI – 11. VII. 1950, VRR (ZISP); Aktyubins Prov.: 1 ♀, Aktyubinsk (= Aktobe) [57 º 13 ' E 50 º 16 ' N], 29. VII. 1928, B. Roddendorf (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity [69 º 28 ' E 51 º 02 ' N], 160 m, 30. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 8. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 29. VI. 1957; 1 ♂, 25. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, near Sternjak, Kokchetav District [70 º 46 ' E 52 º 50 ' N], VLK, A. Jdanko, V. Rascheev (KUFJ); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂, 12 km SE Zhabagly, Kshi-Kaindy River, Talasskii Alatau [70 º 28 ' E 42 º 26 ' N], 5. VII. 2001, VLK (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 2 ♀, Arashan, near Karakol, E of Issyk-Kul Lake [78 º 23 ' E 42 º 29 ' N], 1850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♀, Kungei-Alatau Ridge, Cholpon-Ata [77 º 05 ' E 42 º 39 ' N], 7. VIII. 1953, D. Panfilov (ZMMU). Published records. Morawitz (1880: 387, as C. kirgisica): Uzbekistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 302): Kazakhstan; Noskiewicz (1936: 303, as C. fodiens kirgisicus): Kyrgyzstan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1373, as C. fodiens kirgisicus); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 17, as C. fodiens kirgisicus); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 9); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 16): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE67A05CFF73FD2AA851352B.taxon	description	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).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE67A053FF73F93DA8C83289.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 1. VIII. 1950, VRR (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 2 ♀, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 23. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Chui Prov.: 1 ♂, Kungei-Alatau [75 º 38 ' E 42 º 30 ' N], 2200 m, 6 – 10. VII. 1999; 2 ♀, 4 ♂, 8 – 15. VII. 2001, Z. Klyuchko (OÖLM / RCMK). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 15 km NW Dushanbe, Luchob river, Kosataresh vill. [68 º 40 ' E 38 º 40 ' N], 6 – 9. V. 2003 (OÖLM); 2 ♂, Gissar Mts., 20 km N Dushanbe, Varzob vill. [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 41 ' N], 1000 m, (OÖLM / RCMK); 2 ♂, Shekhron [71 º 29 ' E 37 º 24 ' N], 2148 m, L. Best (PCLP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 3 ♀, 3 ♂, 5 km E of Khorog [71 º 36 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 2114 m, L. Best (PCLP); 3 ♀, 1 ♂, 5 km E of Khorog [71 º 36 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 2114 m, L. Best (PCLP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1373); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 20): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE67A053FF73F93DA8C83289.taxon	description	General distribution. Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE68A053FF73FDDCAF0130E4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, Kungei Ridge, Kokbel' [79 º 51 ' E 42 º 92 ' N], 5. VIII. 1953, D. Panfilov (ZMMU). Kyrgyzstan. Osh Prov.: 1 ♂, Osh, Chon-Byulolyu Ravine [73 º 37 ' E 40 º 10 ' N], 3500 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM); 1 ♂, Osh, Karakuldzha, Lajsu Ravine [73 º 37 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 2050 m, M. Engel (RCMK); Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♂, 10 km E Sary-Bulak, Terskei-Alatau Ridge [78 º 35 ' E 42 º 10 ' N], 15. VIII. 1988, YUP (ZISP). Tajikistan. Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 2 ♀, Vanch, NW Pamir [71 º 25 ' E 38 º 21 ' N], 30. VIII. 1943, Shtakel'berg (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1373): Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE68A053FF73FDDCAF0130E4.taxon	description	General distribution. * Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, * Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE68A052FF73FBF7ADE23164.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 6 ♂, Uralsk [51 º 22 ' E 51 º 14 ' N], 10. VII. 1908, Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 12. VIII. 1949, VRR (ZISP); 2 ♂, Khar'kin, Ural River [51 º 49 ' E 48 º 44 ' N], 3 – 19. VII. 1951, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂, 28. VII. 1951, VBP (ZISP); Atyrausk Prov.: 1 ♀, Sakgiz River, 60 km NE Makata [54 º 21 ' E 47 º 52 ' N], 23. IX. 1981, YUP (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 1 ♀, Naurzum [64 º 18 ' E 51 º 29 ' N], 28. VII. 1939, A. Kamenskij (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 8. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 8. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Aksu Valley (W of Jabagly) [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 3 ♀, 2 ♂, Jabagly [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 1080 m, RMU (KUFJ); 13 ♂, Ul´ken-Kaindy, Jabagly (E of Simkent) [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 950 m, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ); Pavlodar Prov.: 1 ♀, 25 km SSE Ekibaztuz [75 º 19 ' E 51 º 43 ' N], 290 m, 22. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 31 ♂, Borovoe [71 º 05 ' E 52 º 60 ' N], 7. VII. 1932, VBP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 3 ♀, Zailiiskiy Alatau, Malyi Almaatin River [76 º 60 ' E 43 º 25 ' N], 27. VII. 1938, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU); 3 ♂, Fabrichini [76 º 24 ' E 43 º 09 ' N], 1094 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Uzbekistan. Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, 21 ♂, Fergana, Kurg-tyube [72 º 53 ' E 40 º 43 ' N], 23. V. 1938, VBP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Osh Prov.: 1 ♀, Osh, Karakuldzha, Lajsu Ravine [73 º 37 ' E 40 º 31 ' N], 1650 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM); Talass Prov.: 10 ♂, 10 km N Kegart [73 º 65 ' E 41 º 20 ' N], 1500 m, 25. VII. 1988, YUP (ZISP); Chui Prov.: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Ala-Archa riv. vall., Kaskha-Suu [74 º 39 ' E 43 º 03 ' N], 1600 – 1850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♂, Chuy, Thon-Aryk (Boz- Peldek Mt.), Bishkek [74 º 34 ' E 42 º 46 ' N], 1815 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♂, Kheirabad, Kopetdag [57 º 50 ' E 37 º 52 ' N], 28. VIII. 1894, Golbeck’s coll. (ZISP). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 4 ♂, Kzyl-tam, NW Gissarskii Ridge [67 º 90 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 2080 m, 20. VIII. 1933, Veltishchev (ZISP); 3 ♂, 40 km N Stalinobad, Ruidasht [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 52 ' N], 3000 m, 4 – 14. IX. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, Khodzha-obi-garm (52 km N Dushanbe), S Gissarkii Ridge [68 º 47 ' E 39 º 11 ' N], 6 – 11. VIII. 1944, VRR (ZISP); 5 ♂, Ziddy River, Gissarskij Ridge [68 º 40 ' E 38 º 65 ' N], 15 – 19. VII. 1944, MNN (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, 15 km E Komsomolabad [69 º 57 ' E 38 º 52 ' N], 13. VII. 1975; 2 ♀, 10 ♂, 31. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 23. V – 7. VI. 1938, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Shuroabad, 30 km SE Kylyab [70 º 22 ' E 37 º 50 ' N], 19. IX. 1936, VVG (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 1 ♀, Sangvor River [70 º 55 ' E 38 º 23 ' 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 (2009 a: 17); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 13); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 20): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE68A052FF73FBF7ADE23164.taxon	description	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).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE69A051FF73FD77AF0D32F4.taxon	description	Colletes tuberculatus siculus Noskiewicz 1959: 511 – 513, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Etna, Sicily). Syn. nov. Colletes tuberculatus anatolicus Noskiewicz 1959: 513 – 515 ♀, ♂ (type locality: Nigda, Turkey). Syn. nov. Colletes daviesanus tuberculatus: Warncke 1978: 349 – 350. Colletes tuberculatus siculus Noskiewicz 1959 and C. t. anatolicus Noskiewicz 1959 are here synonymized with Colletes tuberculatus Morawitz 1894. Both species were described based on slight differences of the colour of pilosity and the breadth of apical metasomal tergal hair bands. These characters vary with the climatic conditions the bees live in (steppic to temperate) and are unsuitable for a taxonomic differentiation. Within the taxonomically difficult C. fodiens species-group C. tuberculatus is well characterized with the intraspecific morphological and colour variation not exceeding that of other widespread Colletes species like C. cunicularius (Kuhlmann 2000), C. fodiens (Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011), C. floralis or C. chengtehensis (Kuhlmann 2009 b). Thus, it is not justified to retain subspecies in C. tuberculatus.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE69A051FF73FD77AF0D32F4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, 10 km N Zharkol' Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 17. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Aktyubins Prov.: 1 ♀, 60 km NNE Karabutak [60 ° 28 ' E 50 ° 25 ' N], 390 m, 27. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 2 ♀, 9 ♂, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67 º 31 ' E 50 º 19 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♂, 20 km SW Ezil' [66 º 24 ' E 51 º 57 ' N], 290 m, 25. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂, 30 km NNW Mynaral, Balkhash Lake [73 º 40 ' E 45 º 25 ' N], 6. IX. 1988, YUP (ZISP); Pavlodar Prov.: 14 ♀, 1 ♂, 25 km SSE Ekibaztuz [75 º 19 ' E 51 º 43 ' N], 290 m, 22. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Pavlodar [76 º 57 ' E 52 º 18 ' N], 7 – 9. VIII. 1922, A. Reikardt (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 6 ♀, 1 ♂, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [66 º 17 ' E 54 º 13 ' N], 17. VI – 8. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 4 ♀, 16 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 29. V – 23. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 2 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 14 – 18. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 6 ♂, Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57 º 32 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 15 – 19. VI. 1959, AAP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, Almatinskoe Lake [78 º 05 ' E 43 º 57 ' N], 2530 m, M. Engel (AMNH). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 3 ♀, 25 km SE Rybach'e (= Bylykchi), Terekei-Alatau Ridge [76 º 11 ' E 42 º 28 ' N], 2000 m, 9. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♂, Kopt-Dag, Nuchur [58 º 13 ' E 37 º 48 ' N], VI. 1923, E. Smirnov (ZMMU); 1 ♀, Firyuza [58 º 03 ' E 37 º 56 ' N], 16. V. 1928, VVG (IZKU); 6 ♂, 22. VI. 1934, VBP (IZKU / ZISP). Tajikistan. Sogd Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Kshtut (= Pass, 3800 m) [68 º 13 ' E 39 º 15 ' N], 29 – 31. V. 2001, M. Hauser (PCCS); Region of Republican Subordination: 4 ♂, 30 km NW Ramit, Sardan-Miena River [69 ° 05 ' E 38 ° 54 ' N], 11. VI. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, 35 km N Stalinobad (= Dushanbe), Kvak [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 53 ' N], 10. VII. 1937; 1 ♂, 17. VIII. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 1 ♂, Gushari (Khush-er), Gissarskij Ridge [68 º 48 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 14. VII. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Karateginskiy Ridge, Komarou River [69 º 55 ' E 38 º 70 ' N], 16. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Khodzha-obi-garm (52 km N Dushanbe), S Gissarkii Ridge [68 º 47 ' E 39 º 11 ' N], 6. IX. 1943, MNN (ZISP); 1 ♀, 28. VIII. 1946, VRR (ZISP); 5 ♀, 9 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 46 ' N], 1100 m, 7. VI – 21. IX. 1937; 9 ♂, 7. VIII – 20. IX. 1938; 1 ♀, 19. VI. 1939, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, Kvak, 35 km N Stalinobad (= Dushanbe) [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 53 ' N], 2000 m, 5. VIII. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 3 ♀, 3 ♂, Stalinobad (= Dushanbe) [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 7. V – 9. X. 1943; 10 ♀, 2 ♂, 6 – 11. V. 1944, VBP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Ziddy River, Gissarskij Ridge [68 º 40 ' E 38 º 65 ' N], 15 – 18. VII. 1944, MNN (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♀, 40 km E Komsomolobad, Petra Velokogo Ridge [70 º 25 ' E 38 º 51 ' N], 27. VII. 1979; 9 ♀, 17 ♂, 31. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 329): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Alfken (1932: 827); Popov (1949: 690): Tajikistan; Popov (1952: 84): Turkmenistan; Popov (1967: 16): Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1374); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 17); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 21): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Warncke (1978: 350, as C. daviesanus tuberculatus): “ Turkestan ”.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE69A051FF73FD77AF0D32F4.taxon	description	General distribution. Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Pakistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6AA051FF73FDBEAEB63016.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1375): Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. General distribution. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6AA051FF73FC5AAF88378D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Tajikistan. Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: Chartym, Gunt River [72 º 00 ' E 41 º 55 ' N], 2800 m, 25. VI. 1909, Yakobson (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 344): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan; Warncke (1978: 354): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1375); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 13): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. General distribution. Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6AA050FF73FADFAF933141.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 1. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 23. VI. 1959, AAP (ZISP); Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 2 ♀, Jabagly [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 1080 m, RMU (KUFJ); 1 ♂, Aksu Valley (W of Jabagly) [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 950 m, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♀, 40 km SW Ayaguz [80 º 26 ' E 47 º 58 ' N], 14. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 4 ♀, 4 ♂, Degeres [75 º 49 ' E 43 º 14 ' N], 850 m, D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 2 ♂, Kurday [74 º 57 ' E 43 º 21 ' N], 880 m, D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 11 ♀, 32 ♂, Nogaibay [76 º 30 ' E 43 º 15 ' N], 780 m, OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♀, 20 ♂, Uzenagash [76 º 18 ' E 43 º 13 ' N], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ). Kyrgyzstan. Jalal-Abad Prov.: 1 ♀, Distr. Nooken, Beketschal vall. (Fergana-Geb.) [72 º 30 ' E 41 º 32 ' N], 850 m, F. Pühringer (PCAE); 4 ♀, 1 ♂, Dzhalal-Abad, Taran-Bazar [73 º 00 ' E 40 º 56 ' N], 28. VI. 1938, VBP (ZISP); Talass Prov.: 1 ♀, Talas, Tschitschkan River [72 º 49 ' E 42 º 07 ' N], 1670 m, F. Pühringer (PCAE); Chui Prov.: 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Bishkek [74 º 34 ' E 42 º 51 ' N], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 2 ♂, Chuy, 10 km N Telek [74 º 03 ' E 43 º 10 ' N], 570 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH); 1 ♂, Issyk-ata [74 º 53 ' E 42 º 37 ' N], 1300 m, D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♂, 10 km SSW Teploklyuchenka, Terkei-Alatau Ridge [78 º 23 ' E 42 º 30 ' N], 2200 m, 6. VII. 1988, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 9 ♂, Krasnayarichika, 800 m, OTA (KUFJ). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, 30 km NW Ramit, Sardan-Miena River [69 ° 05 ' E 38 ° 54 ' N], 11. VI. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 2 ♀, Karateginskiy Ridge, Komarou River [69 º 55 ' E 38 º 70 ' N], 16. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP); 3 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 46 ' N], 1100 m, 15 – 29. VI. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 1 ♂, Ziddy River, Gissarskij Ridge [68 º 40 ' E 38 º 65 ' N], 26. VII. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 8 ♀, 20. VII. 1944, MNN (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 19 ♀, 37 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69 º 35 ' E 37 º 46 ' N], 23 – 28. V. 1938, VBP (ZISP); Gorno- Badakhshan Prov.: 1 ♂, Sangvor [70 º 55 ' E 38 º 23 ' N], 9. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Popov (1967: 16): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1375); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 17); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 13); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 23): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6AA050FF73FADFAF933141.taxon	description	General distribution. Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA050FF73FA0DAF713583.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1376): Tajikistan. General distribution. Tajikistan, Mongolia, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA050FF73FD94A88E30A7.taxon	description	Colletes juvenculus Eversmann 1852: 46, ♀, ♂ (type locality: “ in terris transuralensibus ” [Orenburg Prov., Russia]).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA050FF73FD94A88E30A7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Akmolinsk Prov.: 7 ♀, 4 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 1. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 10 ♀, 2 ♂, [58 º 30 ' E 48 º 30 ' N], “ Beer Tschogur, Mugodjargebirge ”, L. Wollmann, Wollmann’s coll. (IZKU / ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 341); Kuhlmann (2005: 1376); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 13): Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA050FF73FD94A88E30A7.taxon	description	General distribution. Italy, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA050FF73FBAAAEF53603.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 346); Kuhlmann (2005: 1376): Kazakhstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA057FF73F88CA81C33AE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Morawitz (1876: 262, as C. cunicularius); Warncke (1978: 367): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1376): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6BA057FF73F88CA81C33AE.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA057FF73FB65A85036DE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 422): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1377): Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2009 a: 18): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA057FF73FB65A85036DE.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA057FF73FA22AFE1359C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Alfken (1932: 827): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1377): Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. General distribution. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China (Xinjiang).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA057FF73FEB4A8E2375B.taxon	description	Apis cinerea Geoffroy in Fourcroy 1785: 444, ♂ (type locality: N France). Colletes hirtus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1825: 406 (type locality: N France). Colletes pilosus Spinola 1838: 507, ♂ (type locality: Egypt). Colletes cunicularius infuscatus Noskiewicz 1936: 396 – 398, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain, Italy, North Africa). Colletes cunicularius celticus O’Tolle 1974: 163 – 167 (type locality: England). Colletes cunicularius tauricus Warncke 1978: 365 – 366, ♂ (type locality: Akseki, Taurua, Turkey). Colletes cunicularius khasanensis Osytshnjuk in Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995: 482, ♀ (type locality: Primorskiy Terr., Russia).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA057FF73FEB4A8E2375B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Uralsk [51 ° 22 ' E 51 ° 14 ' N], 14. IV. 1906, B. Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♂, 18. IV. 1907, D. Borodin (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♂, 40 km S Zhana-Arki, Atasu [71 ° 39 ' E 48 ° 19 ' N], 5. V. 1959, V. Tobias (ZISP); 11 ♂, Taldy-Manaka River, S Zhana-Ark [57 ° 32 ' E 45 ° 15 N'], 8. V. 1959, AAP (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Semipalatinsk (= Semei) [80 ° 13 ' E 50 ° 24 ' N], IV. 1909, Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP). Published records. –	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA057FF73FEB4A8E2375B.taxon	description	General distribution. Great Britain, Spain, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, * Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Western and North-eastern China, Japan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA056FF73F8EFAEA7338C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, 20 km SW Ezil' [66 º 24 ' E 51 º 57 ' N], 290 m, 25. VIII. 1987, YUP (RCMK). Published records. –	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6CA056FF73F8EFAEA7338C.taxon	description	General distribution. * Kazakhstan, Mongolia.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA056FF73FEDFAFAB3661.taxon	description	Colletes suecica Aurivillius 1903: 214 – 215 (type locality: Sweden). Colletes kudiensis Cockerell 1924: 594 (type locality: “ Kudia River, Amagu ” [Primorskiy Terr., Russia]). Colletes yasumatsui Hirashima et Ikudome in Ikudome 1989: 109, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Hokkaido, Japan).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA056FF73FEDFAFAB3661.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 52 º 59 ' N], 14. VI, N. Shiryaev (ZISP); Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Aksu Valley (W of Jabagly) [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 950 m, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ); 1 ♀, Jabagly [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 1180 m, OTA (KUFJ); 2 ♂, Kashi-Kaindy, Jabagly [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 1700 – 1800 m, OTA, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ); 4 ♂, Ul´ken-Kaindy, Jabagly (E of Simkent) [70 º 15 ' E 42 º 15 ' N], 1800 m, OTA, R. Miyanaga (KUFJ); Almata Prov.: 1 ♂, Almatinskoe Lake [78 º 05 ' E 43 º 57 ' N], 2000 – 2050 m, RMU (KUFJ); 1 ♂, Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Karoi River [79 º 20 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 1937, V. Shitnikov (ZMMU); 2 ♂, Ketmen, Lehmwand [80 º 21 ' E 43 º 26 ' N], T. Osten (SMNS); 1 ♀, Kungei Ridge, Kokbel' [79 º 51 ' E 42 º 92 ' N], 5. VIII. 1953, D. Panfilov (ZMMU). Uzbekistan. Fergana Prov.: 2 ♂, Novyi Margelan (= Fergana) [72 º 53 ' E 40 º 43 ' N], K. Maurer (ZMMU). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♂, 10 km E Sary-Bulak, Terskei-Alatau Ridge [78 º 35 ' E 42 º 10 ' N], 15. VIII. 1988, YUP (ZISP); 3 ♂, 10 km SSW Teploklyuchenka, Terekei-Alatau Ridge [78 º 23 ' E 42 º 30 ' N], 2200 m, 6. VII. 1988, YUP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, Chil' - Dara, Pamir [70 º 10 ' E 38 º 15 ' N], 12. VI, N. Bogoyavlenskij (ZMMU); 1 ♀, Jagnob [68 º 49 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 1892, Glasunov (ZISP); 2 ♂, Pamir, Muksu-Gebiet, Uishlak, Kandon [71 º 60 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 2800 m, Schmidt (SDEI); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, 40 km E Komsomolabad, Petra Velokogo Ridge [70 ° 25 ' E 38 ° 51 ' N], 31. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Pamir, Dschailgan Umg. Defscharr (?) 2500 m, Nartmann (?) (SDEI); 3 ♂, Pamir, Husku (?) - Gebiet, Subran-Schlucht, 2800 m, Schmidt (SDEI). Published records. Popov (1934: 53, as Colletes montanus): Kazakhstan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1377); Kuhlmann (2009 a: 18); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 14); Proshchalykin (2012: 449): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA056FF73FEDFAFAB3661.taxon	description	General distribution. Spain, Ireland, Great Britain, France, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Belarus, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, * Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Mongolia, China, India, Japan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA056FF73FA74AE8D358E.taxon	description	Colletes friesei Cockerell 1918: 159 (replacement name for Colletes mongolicus Friese 1913).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA056FF73FA74AE8D358E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Tajikistan. Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 2 ♂, 35 km SW Murgaba, Pamir [73 ° 37 ' E 38 ° 00 ' N], 3500 m, 26. VII. 1979, YUP (ZISP / RCMK); 1 ♂, Kona-Kurghan [74 º 06 ' E 38 º 12 ' N], 3635 m, L. Best (RCMK). Published records. – General distribution. Russia, * Tajikistan, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA055FF73F8D2A8683219.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Mangistaus Prov.: 1 ♀, Berezovka, Bukhtarma River [84 º 15 ' E 49 º 43 ' N], 11. V. 1897, Silant'ev (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 1 ♀, 20 km SW Ezil' [66 º 24 ' E 51 º 57 ' N], 290 m, 25. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP). Published records. –	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6DA055FF73F8D2A8683219.taxon	description	General distribution. Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, * Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA055FF73FE6CAE993127.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 429); Kuhlmann (2005: 1377): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA055FF73FD29A8EC3706.taxon	description	Colletes ventralis Pérez 1903: 225, ♂ (type locality: Mongolia). Colletes ventraliformis Cockerell 1924: 595, ♂ (type locality: “ Okeanskaya, Siberia ” [Vladivostok, Primorskiy Terr., Russia]).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA055FF73FD29A8EC3706.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♂, Pamir, Muksu-Gebiet, Uishlak, Kandon [71 º 60 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 2800 m, Schmidt (SDEI). Published records. Kuhlmann (2009 a: 18); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 17); Proshchalykin (2012: 449): Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA055FF73FD29A8EC3706.taxon	description	General distribution. Russia, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Western and North-eastern China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA054FF73FB4AAEA1306E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes muellermotzfeldi most likely belongs to the C. clypearis species-group and seems to be closely related to C. floralis Eversmann and C. radoszkowskii Noskiewicz but the unknown male is required to identify its taxonomic status with certainty. The female of C. muellermotzfeldi is characterized by a combination of the following characters: clypeus as in Fig. 6 b (much denser punctation in C. floralis, see Fig. 25 a in Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011), disc of mesoscutum covered with black hairs (Fig. 6 a, c), metasomal tergum 1 densely and coarsely punctate with punctation apically much finer and denser than on disc (Fig. 6 d) (punctation in C. floralis much more dispersed und punctures smaller, see Fig. 25 b in Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011), apical tergal hair band of T 1 medially distinctly narrower than laterally (interrupted medially in C. floralis), on T 2 only slightly narrower medially (Fig. 6 d), T 1 covered with long erect hairs.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA054FF73FB4AAEA1306E.taxon	description	Description. Female. Bl = 9.0 – 10.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except part of mandible dark reddish-brown. Face except clypeus densely covered with long, whitish-grey, erect hairs, vertex with yellowish-brown hairs, sometimes with a few blackish hairs intermixed (Fig. 6 a, b). Clypeus with a very shallow longitudinal median depression, supraclypeal area rectangular and convex in profile. Clypeus coarsely and densely punctate (i = 0.5 d), in median depression slightly finer and denser (i <0.5 d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. XXb). Malar area medially about 1 / 3 as long as width of mandible base, finely striate. Antenna black. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc with scattered punctures (i = 2 – 3 d). Scutellum anteriorly with small and scattered puncation becoming more dense apically, surface smooth and shiny (Fig. 6 c). Mesoscutum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with yellowishbrown, erect hairs, on mesoscutal disc intermixed with black hairs (Fig. 6 a, c). Wings. Very slightly yellowish; wing venation dark brown. Legs. Integument black. Vestiture whitish to greyish, scopa white. Metasoma. Integument black except the narrow and slightly depressed apical tergal margins reddish translucent (Fig. 6 d). T 1 sparsely covered with long, erect yellowish-white hairs; discs of T 3 – T 5 with short but successively longer black hairs; apical tergal hair band of T 1 medially narrowed, on the following terga hair bands broader (Fig. 6 a, d). Terga densely and finely punctate (i = 0.5 d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 6 d). Male. Unknown.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA054FF73FB4AAEA1306E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (4 specimens). Holotype, female, Kyrgyzstan, Issyk-Kul-Becken, Halbwüste 40 km östl. Ottuk b. Dorf Ak-Saj [76 ° 44 ' 25,4 '' E 42 ° 08 ' 56,8 '' N], 1980 m, 23. VII. 2000, Kornmilch (ZISP). Paratypes: 3 ♀, same dates as holotype, 2 ♀ F. Wagner (RCMK); 1 ♀, Tajikistan, Kzyl-tam, NW Gissarskii Ridge (67 ° 54 ' E 39 ° 10 ' N), 2080 m, 20. VIII. 1933, Veltishchev (ZISP).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA054FF73FB4AAEA1306E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Gerd Müller-Motzfeld (19. July 1941 – 24. July 2009), a renown carabidologist and one of the pioneers of entomofaunistic research in Central Asian mountains (Klausnitzer 2009; Klausnitzer & Dathe 2009; Michalik et al. 2010). MK had the pleasure to join him on an unforgettable expedition to Kazakhstan in 2002. General distribution. Only known from the type locality in the lake Issyk-Kul basin in Kyrgyzstan. This area seems to be a centre of endemism with C. issykkuli Kuhlmann also only known from here (Kuhlmann 2003, 2005, 2006).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE6EA054FF73FB4AAEA1306E.taxon	description	Floral hosts. unknown. Seasonal activity (first – last observations). VII.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FF6FA874307F.taxon	description	Colletes floralis karadagi Warncke 1978: 355 – 356, ♂ (type locality: Madensehir, Turkey).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FF6FA874307F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 4 ♂, 10 km E Sary-Bulak, Terskei-Alatau Ridge [78 º 35 ' E 42 º 10 ' N], 15. VIII. 1988, YUP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Sogd Prov.: 1 ♂, Seravschan, Kumar [68 º 32 ' E 39 º 16 ' N], 1892, Glasunov (ZISP); Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♂, 40 km N Stalinobad, Ruidasht [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 52 ' N], 3000 m, 2. IX. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Khodzha-obi-garm (52 km N Dushanbe), S Gissarkii Ridge [68 º 47 ' E 39 º 11 ' N], 10 – 16. IX. 1943, MNN (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kondara, Varzoba [68 º 49 ' E 38 º 46 ' N], 1100 m, 17. IX. 1937, VVG (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kzyl-tam, NW Gissarskii Ridge [67 º 90 ' E 39 º 10 ' N], 2080 m, 13. VIII. 1933, Veltishchev (ZISP); 1 ♂, Tanymas River, Kyzyltukoi, Pamir [71 º 12 ' E 42 º 24 ' N], 19. VIII. 1928, Shcherbakov (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 2 ♂, Rushan, W Pamir Mts. [71 º 32 ' E 37 º 57 ' N], RMU (KUFJ); 2 ♂, W Pamir Mts., 30 km N of Rushan [71 º 32 ' E 38 º 00 ' N], 3500 – 3700 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM / RCMK); 1 ♂, Khorog, W Pamir [71 º 33 ' E 37 º 29 ' N], 2200 m, 21. IX. 1943, Shtakel'berg (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 455): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; Popov (1967: 16): Tajikistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1378): Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FF6FA874307F.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FC82A89E36C7.taxon	description	Colletes mongolicus Pérez 1903: 224 – 225 (type locality: Mongolia).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FC82A89E36C7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Akmolinsk Prov.: 7 ♂, Shchuch'ya [70 º 12 ' E 52 º 59 ' N], 14 – 18. VI, N. Shevyrev (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Saur Ridge, Yush-bulak [85 º 10 ' E 47 º 15 ' N], 17. VII. 1910, B. Karavaev (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Tyan' - Shan', Karkara [79 º 15 ' E 43 º 05 ' N], 27. VII. 1953, D. Panfilov (ZMMU). Kyrgyzstan. Chui Prov.: 1 ♀, Chuy, Karagajly-Bulak, 9 km W Ak-Tyuz [76 º 02 ' E 42 º 52 ' N], 2200 m, 14 – 15. VII. 2001, Z. Klyuchko (OÖLM); 3 ♀, Kungei-Alatau [75 º 38 ' E 42 º 30 ' N], 1080 m, OTA (KUFJ); Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 ♂, 10 km SSW Teploklyuchenka, Terkei-Alatau Ridge [78 º 23 ' E 42 º 30 ' N], 2200 m, 6. VII. 1988, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 459): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1378); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 18); Proshchalykin (2012: 449): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FC82A89E36C7.taxon	description	General distribution. Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China, Nepal.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06BFF73FA09AEB435A3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1378): Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. General distribution. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06AFF73F86CA8BE323C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, 35 – 44 km N Karazhom [66 º 00 ' E 44 º 00 ' N], 7. VI. 1959, AAP (RCMK); Kostanai Prov.: 2 ♀, 1 ♂, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67 º 31 ' E 50 º 19 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 1 ♀, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 9. VI. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 3 ♀, 9 ♂, Taldy- Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57 º 32 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 15. VI – 15. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1379): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE50A06AFF73F86CA8BE323C.taxon	description	General distribution. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Mongolia, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A06AFF73FE06A96C3476.taxon	description	Colletes pallescens Noskiewicz 1936: 468 – 469, ♀, ♂ (type locality: “ Südostrussland (westlich bis Krim), Südsibirien, Mongolei, Ost-Turkestan und Turkestan ”). Colletes tsunekii Yasumatsu 1946 (1948): 19 (type locality: Mongolia). Colletes marginatus pallescens: Warncke 1978: 358.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A06AFF73FE06A96C3476.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂, 64 km NW Uralsk [50 ° 39 ' E 51 ° 34 ' N], 15. VII. 1908, B. Uvarov (ZISP); 2 ♂, Khar'kin, Ural River [51 º 49 ' E 48 º 44 ' N], 26 – 29. VII. 1951, VBP (ZISP); 24 ♀, 128 ♂, 31. V – 30. VII. 1951, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂, Krutaya River, Uralskaya Province [51 º 65 ' E 51 º 78 ' N], 4. VII. 1908, Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 4 ♂, Mergenevo, Ural River [52 º 15 ' E 50 º 30 ' N], 12. VII. 1951, Romadina (ZISP); 1 ♂, Uralsk [51 º 22 ' E 51 º 14 ' N], 5. VII. 1908, Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); 3 ♀, 18 ♂, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [53 º 15 ' E 51 º 27 ' N], 29. VI – 1. VIII. 1950, VRR (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂, Kazalinsk [62 º 07 ' E 45 º 46 ' N], 4. VI. 1900, S. Berg (ZMMU); Kostanai Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 ♂, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67 º 31 ' E 50 º 19 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 1 ♀, Naurzum [64 º 18 ' E 51 º 29 ' N], 14. VII. 1940, A. Kamenskij (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 3 ♀, 5 ♂, 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity [69 º 28 ' E 51 º 02 ' N], 160 m, 30. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 3 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 14. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 8 ♀, 30 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70 º 12 ' E 53 º 05 ' N], 16. VI – 9. VII. 1957, VRR (ZISP); 19 ♀, 46 ♂, Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [65 º 82 ' E 44 º 35 ' N], 30. VI – 18. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 97 ♂, Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [57 º 32 ' E 45 º 15 ' N], 15. VI – 6. VII. 1959, AAP (ZISP); 3 ♀, Tengiz Lake [68 º 54 ' E 50 º 26 ' N], 3. VII. 1967, VRR (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂, 20 km E Chingil'da, Sholak Mt. [72 º 25 ' E 43 º 46 ' N], 11. VI. 2002, VLK (ZISP); 2 ♀, Kenen, near Otar [75 º 12 ' E 43 º 32 ' N], OTA (KUFJ); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, 40 km SW Ayaguz [80 º 26 ' E 47 º 58 ' N], 14. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♂, 40 km W Panfilow (= Zharkent) [79 º 28 ' E 44 º 14 ' N], 1200 m, M. Hauser (PCCS); 1 ♂, Almaty, [76 º 55 ' E 43 º 16 ' N], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 2 ♂, Fabrichini [76 º 24 ' E 43 º 09 ' N], 850 m, OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♂, Kemertogan [76 º 30 ' E 43 º 15 ' N], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Sortogai, Charyn River [79 º 28 ' E 43 º 33 ' N], 23. VII. 1999, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Uzenagash [76 º 18 ' E 43 º 13 ' N], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ). Uzbekistan. Samarkand Prov.: 26 ♂, Dzhuma [66 º 39 ' E 39 º 42 ' N], 22. VI – 16. VII. 1937, VBP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 25 km SE Rybach'e (= Bylykchi), Terekei-Alatau Ridge [76 º 11 ' E 42 º 28 ' N], 2000 m, 9. VIII. 1985, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Pokrovra, Issyk-Kul Lake [76 º 11 ' E 42 º 22 ' N], 13. VII. 1954, D. Panfilov (ZMMU). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 19 ♀, Kara-Kala [56 º 44 ' E 38 º 54 ' N], 28. VI – 16. VII. 1955, AAP (ZISP); Akhal Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, 95 km E Kara-Kala, Sumbar River [57 º 22 ' E 38 º 25 ' N], 18. VI. 1955, AAP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 2 ♀, 4 ♂, Pamir, Shakhdara River [70 º 35 ' E 38 º 20 ' N], 2800 m, 10. VII. 1960, L. Zimina (ZMMU). Published records. Warncke (1978: 358, as C. marginatus pallescens): “ sowjetisch Mittelasien ”; Proshchalykin (2008: 4, as C. pallescens): Middle Asia; Kuhlmann (2005: 1379, as C. pallescens); Kuhlmann (2009 a): 18; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 19); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 23): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A06AFF73FE06A96C3476.taxon	description	General distribution. Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan, Iran, Mongolia, North-eastern China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A068FF73F88FAE9F338D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes pesenkoi belongs to the C. marginatus - group that in the males is characterized by the shape of S 7. This species is unique in this species-group because the punctation of the metasomal terga is sparse (i = 1 – 2 d) (Fig. 7 b) while in all the other species of the group terga are densely punctate (i <d).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A068FF73F88FAE9F338D.taxon	description	Description. Female. Unknown. Male. Bl = 7.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except tips of mandible partly dark reddishbrown. Face densely covered with long, yellowish-brown, erect hairs. Malar area medially about 1 / 3 as long as width of mandible base, finely striate. Antenna black, ventrally dark brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc densely punctate (i = 1.0 – 1.5 d). Scutellum anteriorly with few punctures but with more dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, yellowish-brown erect hairs (Fig. 7 a). Wings. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation brown. Legs. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture yellowish-white. Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins reddish to yellowish translucent (Fig. 7 b). T 1 and disc of T 2 sparsely covered with long, erect yellowish-white hairs (Fig. 7 b); apical tergal hair bands broad (Fig. 7 a, b). Terga with scattered and relatively fine punctation (i = 1 – 2 d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 7 b). Terminalia. Genitalia and S 7 as illustrated (Figs. 7 c – d).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A068FF73F88FAE9F338D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (1 specimen). Holotype, male, Kyrgyzstan: Issyk-Kul Prov., 25 km SE Rybach'e [= Bylykchi], Terekei-Alatau Ridge [76 ° 11 ' E 42 ° 28 ' N], 2000 m, 9. VIII. 1985, Yu. Pesenko (ZISP).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A068FF73F88FAE9F338D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is dedicated to the outstanding bee expert Dr. Yuri Andreevich Pesenko (18. October 1944 – 23. September 2007), a renown taxonomic expert of halictid bees (Astafurova et al. 2008). General distribution. Only known from the type locality in Kyrgyzstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE51A068FF73F88FAE9F338D.taxon	description	Floral hosts. unknown. Seasonal activity (first – last observations). VIII.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FA7AAE17344C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♂, 10 km SSW Teploklyuchenka (= Ak-suu), Terkei-Alatau Ridge [78 ° 23 ' E 42 ° 30 ' N], 2200 m, 6. VII. 1988, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1380); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 29); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 28): Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FA7AAE17344C.taxon	description	General distribution. Portugal, Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunesia, Syria, Jordan, Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, * Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FE96AF02305E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 2 ♂, N Priaral'e, NE Shevchenko [61 º 10 ' E 46 º 05 ' N], 2. IX. 1983, D. Piryulin (ZISP); Akmolinsk Prov.: 13 ♀, 8 ♂, 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity, [69 º 28 ' E 51 º 02 ' N], 30. VII. 1987, YUP (ZISP / RCMK); 3 ♀, Sakgiz River, 60 km NE Makata [54 º 21 ' E 47 º 52 ' N], 23. IX. 1981, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 10 km W Malyi Tengiz, Kurgal'dzh [69 º 61 ' E 50 º 57 ' N], 18. IX. 2004, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 20 km SW Ezil' [66 º 24 ' E 51 º 57 ' N], 25. VIII. 1987, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Popov (1934: 53, as C. succinctus); Kuhlmann (2005: 1380, as C. succinctus): Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FE96AF02305E.taxon	description	General distribution. Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FCA2AEAF37BE.taxon	description	Colletes incerta Radoszkowski 1891: 252, ♂ (type locality: “ des environs de Vladivostok ” [Primorskiy Terr., Russia]). Colletes frigidus Pérez 1903: 227 – 228, ♀, ♂ (type locality: SW France). Andrena riukiuensis Matsumura in Matsumura & Uchida 1926: 69 (type locality: " Okinawa-honto ", Japan).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FCA2AEAF37BE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No additional specimens examined. Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 485); Kuhlmann (2005: 1379); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 21); Proshchalykin (2012: 449); Niu et al. (2013: 181): Kazakhstan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A068FF73FCA2AEAF37BE.taxon	description	General distribution. Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, South Korea, Japan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A06FFF73F8A6AD323195.taxon	description	Colletes rossicus Dalla Torre 1896: 44, nom. nov. for C. fasciatus Radoszkowski.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A06FFF73F8A6AD323195.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 3 ♂, 10 km SE Zhabagly, Kshi-Kaindy River, Talasskii Alatau [70 º 28 ' E 42 º 26 ' N], 17. VI. 2001, VLK (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 70 km E Shelek Mt., Malye Boguty Ridge [79 ° 07 ' E 43 ° 35 ' N], 31. V. 2002, VLK (ZISP); 1 ♂, Zailynskyi Alatou, Almatinskoe Lake [76 º 58 ' E 43 º 03 ' N], 2500 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM). Kyrgyzstan. Jalal-Abad Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhalal-Abad, Chandalash River, 6 km N Chatkal River [70 º 52 ' E 41 º 44 ' N], 1630 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH); Chui Prov.: 1 ♀, 7 ♂, Ala-Archa riv. vall., Kaskha-Suu [74 º 39 ' E 43 º 03 N], 1650 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM); 1 ♂, Kungei-Alatau [75 º 38 ' E 42 º 30 ' N], 2200 m, Z. Klyuchko (OÖLM); Naryn Prov.: 1 ♂, Tien-Shan, Chatkalsky Ridge, Kizilchasai [74 º 30 ' E 41 º 20 ' N], 2000 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM). Turkmenistan. Lebap Prov.: 1 ♂, Repetek [63 º 10 ' E 38 º 34 ' N], 19. V. 1889, Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 2 ♂, Gissar Mts., 20 km N Dushanbe, Varzob vill. [68 º 47 ' E 38 º 41 ' N], 1000 m (OÖLM); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Anzob Pass, Gissarskii Ridge [68 º 52 ' E 39 º 04 ' N], 15. VI. 1937; 1 ♂, 31. VII. 1937, VVG (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 1 ♀, 8 ♂, Sangvor [70 º 55 ' E 38 º 23 ' N], 9. VII. 1975, YUP (ZISP). Published records. Morawitz (1893: 82): Tajikistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 502): Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1380): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE53A06FFF73F8A6AD323195.taxon	description	General distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE54A06FFF73FC9EAE1637CA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Turkmenistan. Lebap Prov.: 1 ♀, NE Karabil', 120 km SW Kirki [64 º 00 ' E 37 º 19 ' N], 18. V. 1990, S. Belokobylskij (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann (2005: 1381): Turkmenistan. General distribution. Turkmenistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE54A06DFF73FB1EAEBF32F5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes mirabilis cannot be assigned to any of the Colletes species-groups. Due the dense yellowishwhite pilosity that covers most of the body in both male and female and its size C. mirabilis reminds of a species of the C. squamosus - group but the distinct dorsal incision of the male gonocoxite (secondarily fused in all species of the species-groups of C. nigricans, C. carinatus, C. hylaeiformis, C. caspicus and C. squamosus) clearly contradicts this assumption. Morphologically C. mirabilis is isolated and the male can easily recognized by the characteristic shape of S 7 (Fig. 8 c) and the unique pilosity of the discs of T 2 – 4 (Fig. 8 a, b). The discs are free of the thick yellowish-white, appressed appressed hair but instead are densely covered with very fine and short erect hairs that make the discs appear yellowish to greyish while the sculpture of the terga is still visible. This is unique among all Colletes species known to us. The female is characterized by T 1 – 4 densely and completely covered with appressed yellowish-white hairs (Fig. 8 a, d) and the very large pair of apical clypeal depressions (Fig. 8 b).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE54A06DFF73FB1EAEBF32F5.taxon	description	Description. Female. Bl = 9.5 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except part of mandible dark reddish-brown. Face except clypeus densely covered with long, yellowish-white, erect hairs, on vertex a bit darker (Fig. 8 a, b). Clypeus flat, without longitudinal median depression, supraclypeal area triangular and convex in profile. Clypeus relatively finely and densely punctate (i = 0.5 d), apically coarser and more dispersed; surface between punctures smooth and shiny, large pair of apical clypeal depressions (Fig. 8 b). Malar area medially about 1 / 4 as long as width of mandible base, finely punctate. Antenna black, ventrally dark reddish-brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc impunctate, smooth and shiny. Scutellum largely impunctate, smooth and shiny (Fig. 8 c). Mesoscutum, mesepisternum and propodeum densely covered with long light yellowish-white, erect hairs (Fig. 8 a, c). Wings. Very slightly yellowish; wing venation yellowish-brown. Legs. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture whitish to yellowish-white, scopa white. Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins reddish to yellowish translucent (Fig. 8 d). T 1 – 4 densely covered with short appressed, yellowish hairs, on T 1 additionally with a few long, erect yellowish-white hairs; apical tergal hair bands broad but mostly indistinguishable from discs; terga apically slightly but distinctly depressed (Fig. 8 d). Terga densely and very finely punctate (i <0.5 d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 8 d). Male. Bl = 8.5 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except part of mandible dark reddishbrown. Face densely covered with long, yellowish-white, erect hairs. Malar area medially about 1 / 3 as long as width of mandible base, finely striate. Antenna black, ventrally dark brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc sparsely punctate (i = 1.5 – 2.0 d) with small punctures. Scutellum anteriorly impunctate but with dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, yellowish-white erect hairs (Fig. 8 a). Wings. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation yellowish-brown. Legs. Integument black, base and tips of tibias and barsitarsi reddish-brown and other tarsomeres yellowish-brown. Vestiture white. Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins reddish to yellowish translucent (Fig. 8 b). T 1 densely covered with yellowish-white short appressed hairs and with much longer erect hairs; discs of T 2 – 4 densely covered with very fine and short erect hairs that make the discs appear yellowish to greyish while the sculpture of the terga is still visible; rest of terga densely covered with short appressed yellowish-white hairs (Fig. 8 b); apical tergal hair band on T 1 narrow, on following terga broad but irregularly shaped (Fig. 8 b). Terga apically deeply and sharply depressed. Terga with very dense and fine punctation (i <0.5 d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 8 b). Terminalia. Genitalia and S 7 as illustrated (Figs. 8 c – d).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE54A06DFF73FB1EAEBF32F5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens). Holotype, male, Tajikistan, Tabakchi Ridge (68 ° 55´E 37 ° 51´N), 28. – 30. V. 2004, O. Pak (IBSS). Paratype: 1 ♀, same dates as holotype (RCMK).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE54A06DFF73FB1EAEBF32F5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species shows some unusual characters (see above) so its discovery was surprising (Latin: mirabilis). General distribution. Only known from the type locality in Tajikistan.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE54A06DFF73FB1EAEBF32F5.taxon	description	Floral hosts. unknown. Seasonal activity (first – last observations). V.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE56A06DFF73F99DAEB534F1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kostanai Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [67 ° 31 ' E 50 ° 19 ' N], 21. VI. 1957, VRR (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♀, 70 km E Shelek Mt., Malye Boguty Ridge [79 ° 07 ' E 43 ° 35 ' N], 31. V. 2002, VLK (ZISP). Published records. Kuhlmann & Dorn (2002: 102); Kuhlmann (2005: 1381): Kazakhstan. General distribution. Kazakhstan, Mongolia.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE57A060FF73FEDDA9E234BE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colletes comatoides (Fig. 10 b, 11 b) is closely related to C. bernadettae Kuhlmann (Fig. 10 a, 11 a) and C. comatus Noskiewicz. Both species are well characterized (Noskiewicz 1936; Kuhlmann 2000) so the diagnosis focuses on the differences between them. In the females of the three species the best characters for identification are morphology and pilosity of metasomal terga. In C. bernadettae the discs of terga are at least partially without short appressed hairs and medially the apical depression of T 2 is almost truncate and clearly separated from the disc (Fig. 10 c) (less pronounced in the other terga) while in C. comatus and C. comatoides all terga are completely covered with pilosity and the apical depressions are less distinct (Figs 10 d, 10 e). The females of C. comatoides and C. comatus are almost identical and differences are subtle. In C. comatoides the apical tergal hair bands of T 1 and T 2 are slightly wider (Fig. 10 d) than in C. comatus (Fig. 10 e). In the males of C. bernadettae (Fig. 11 a), C. comatoides (Fig. 11 b) and C. comatus differences in the morphology and pilosity of metasomal terga are as described for the females (Figs. 11 c, d). In C. comatus apical spines of T 7 are short and close together like in C. bernadettae (Fig. 11 c) while in C. comatoides the spines are more prominent and further apart (Fig. 11 f). In C. bernadettae (Fig. 12 a) and C. comatoides (Fig. 12 c) S 7 is almost identical while in C. comatus (Fig. 12 e) it is apically much narrower. The shape of the gonostylus and the dorsal wings of penisvalves are identical in all three species (Figs. 12 b, d, f).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE57A060FF73FEDDA9E234BE.taxon	description	Description. Female. Bl = 9.0 – 10.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except part of mandible dark reddish-brown. Face except clypeus densely covered with long, greyish to yellowish-white, erect hairs. Clypeus with a shallow longitudinal median depression, supraclypeal area convex in profile. Clypeus above finely and very densely punctate (i <0.5 d), in median depression even finer, punctation in the lower part becoming coarser and more scattered, punctures more elongate; surface between punctures smooth and shiny. Malar area medially about ¼ as long as width of mandible base, finely striate. Antenna black, ventrally dark yellowish-brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc coarsely and densely punctate (i = 1.0 – 1.5 d). Scutellum anteriorly impunctate with more dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, mesepisternum and propodeum densely covered with yellowish-white, erect hairs (Fig. 10 b). Wings. Slightly yellowish; wing venation light brown. Legs. Integument blackish to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture whitish, scopa white. Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins reddish to bright yellowish translucent (Fig. 10 d). Terga densely covered with short appressed hairs, T 1 anteriorly also with sparse long, erect white hairs; apical tergal hair bands very broad but hardly distinguishable from pilosity of discs (Fig. 10 b, d). Terga very densely and finely punctate (i <d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 10 d). Male. Bl = 7.5 – 9.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except mandible and labrum partly dark reddish-brown. Face densely covered with long, white, erect hairs. Malar area medially about 1 / 2 as long as width of mandible base, finely striate. Antenna black, ventrally dark brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc densely punctate (i = 0.5 – 1.0 d). Scutellum anteriorly impunctate with dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, yellowish-white, erect hairs (Fig. 11 b). Wings. Slightly yellowish; wing venation brown. Legs. Integument black, tarsi partly or entirely reddish-brown. Vestiture white. Metasoma. Integument black except depressed apical tergal margins yellowish translucent and sometimes disc of T 1 – T 2 apicomedially dark red (Fig. 11 d). T 1 densely covered with short appressed white hairs; T 1 and disc of T 2 also sparsely covered with long, erect white hairs and T 2 with a broad basal hair band (Fig. 11 d); apical tergal hair bands broad (Fig. 11 b, d, f). Terga densely and finely punctate (i <d), between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 11 d); T 7 apically with a pair of protruding teeth (Fig. 11 f). Terminalia. Genitalia and S 7 as illustrated (Figs. 12 c – d).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE57A060FF73FEDDA9E234BE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (24 specimens). Holotype, male, Turkey, Van, Ahtamar [E 43 ° 02´N 38 ° 20´], 1650 m, 9. VIII. 1986, K. Warncke (OÖLM). Paratypes: 8 ♂, 10 ♀, same dates as holotype (OÖLM, RCMK); 1 ♀, Turkey, Ercek – Gölü, Van [E 43 ° 38´N 38 ° 39´], 1900 m, 3. VIII. 1983, Warncke (OÖLM); 1 ♂, Turkey, Ihlara, Nigde [E 34 ° 17´N 38 ° 13´], 1300 m, 9. VIII. 1991, Warncke (OÖLM); 1 ♂, Turkey, Gürün, Sugul-Tal [E 37 ° 16´N 38 ° 43´], 1400 m, 31. VII. 1986, A. Ebmer (RCMK); 1 ♀, Iran, Kermanshahan, Hamadan Exper. Sta. [E 48 ° 31´N 34 ° 48´], 11. VII. 1966 (OÖLM); 1 ♂, Iran, 15 km SO Karaj [E 51 ° 05´N 35 ° 45´], 21. VII. 1975, P. F. Torchio (OÖLM).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
03A8B334CE57A060FF73FEDDA9E234BE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named for its similarity with C. comatus. General distribution. Only known from the type localities in eastern Turkey and Iran. Floral hosts. A single female was collected on Medicago sativa (Fabaceae). Seasonal activity (first – last observations). VII – VIII. Species Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Number of collecting sites 114 22 32 27 49 Number of bees examined 1442 872 114 226 684 albomaculatus + + alicularis + + + ...... continued on the next page	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. (2013): The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 401-449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1
