Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910

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 : 1730

Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910

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Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910: 241

Material examined

1 ♂, INDIA, Ladakh , Leh, 34.1665°N, 77.5633°E, 13 June 1973, sweep net, Khanna – coll . NZC; 4 ♂, INDIA, Ladakh , Leh, Gangles, 34.2088°N, 77.6085°E, 21 June 2022, sweep net on Medicago sativa, S . Angmo – coll.

Molecular characterisation

DNA barcode sequences unambiguously assigned specimens to the species level in BOLD, and C. sanctus similarity was 99.68%. The DNA amplicon sequences have been deposited in GenBank under the accession numbers:

Sample COL06 C.sanctus : Accession no. – OR898860

Sample COL07 C.sanctus : Accession no. – OR898861

Sample COL08 C.sanctus : Accession no.–OR898862

Floral association

Stellera chamaejasme ( Thymelaeaceae ), Astragalus sinicus ( Fabaceae ) ( Niu et al. 2014; Ferrari et al. 2021); Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ) (new record).

Distribution. India: Ladakh (3500m above msl), Sikkim (Kuhlmann 2003). Worldwide: China (Sichuan, Xizang) ( Ferrari et al. 2021).

Figures

Figure 2. (A–D) Colletes floralis Eversmann, male: (A) habitus, lateral view (scale bar: 1 mm); (B) head, frontal view (scale bar: 1 mm); (C) sternum 7 (scale bar: 0.5 mm); (D) genital capsule (scale bar: 0.5 mm). (E–H) C. sanctus Cockerell, male: E, habitus, lateral view (scale bar: 2 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).