Colletes friesei Cockerell, 1918

Colletes mongolicus Friese 1913 (nom. praeocc. nec Pérez 1903): 59.

Colletes friesei Cockerell 1918: 159 (replacement name for Colletes mongolicus Friese 1913); Noskiewicz 1936: 416; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011: 15 (Figs 16e–f, 24a–b); Niu et al. 2013b: 105 (Figs 4 a–f, 16a–b, 30d); Proshchalykin & Lelej 2013: 315.

Additional records: China, Ningxia: 3♂♂, Yanchi env. (107°40´E 37°20´N), 11.V.1996, J. Halada (OÖLM, RCMK).

Floral association: Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae).

General distribution: Tajikistan, Russia, China (Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu).