Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz, 1936

Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana & Rameshkumar, A., 2025, Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24), pp. 1725-1741 : 1732

Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz, 1936

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Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz, 1936: 368

Material examined

1 ♂, INDIA, Ladakh, Drass , 32.4244°N, 75.7416°E, 12 June 1973, sweep net, Khanna – coll . NZC.

Floral association. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Jammu and Kashmir (Kuhlmann 2003), Ladakh (3300m above msl) (new record).

Worldwide: China (Xizang) ( Ferrari et al. 2021).

Figures

Figure 4. (A–D) Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz, male: (A) habitus, lateral view (scale bar: 1 mm); (B) head, frontal view (scale bar: 1 mm); (C) sternum 7 (scale bar: 1 mm); (D) genital capsule (scale bar: 0.5 mm). (E–H) C. roborovskyi Friese, male: (E) habitus, lateral view (scale bar: 1 mm); (F) head, frontal view (scale bar: 1 mm); (G) sternum 7 (scale bar: 0.5 mm); (H) genital capsule (scale bar: 0.5 mm).