Colletes dorsalis Morawitz 1888

Colletes dorsalis Morawitz 1888: 242 –243, ♀ (type locality: Zeravshan River valley [Uzbekistan / Tajikistan]). Colletes fasciatus Radoszkowski 1891 (nec Smith 1853): 256, ♀ (type locality: Caucasus).

Colletes rossicus Dalla Torre 1896: 44, nom. nov. for C. fasciatus Radoszkowski.

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 3 ♂, 10 km SE Zhabagly, Kshi-Kaindy River, Talasskii Alatau [70º28'E 42º26'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 [76º58'E 43º03'N], 2500 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM). Kyrgyzstan. Jalal-Abad Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhalal-Abad, Chandalash River, 6 km N Chatkal River [70º52'E 41º44'N], 1630 m, J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH); Chui Prov.: 1 ♀, 7 ♂, Ala-Archa riv. vall., Kaskha-Suu [74º39'E 43º03N], 1650 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM); 1 ♂, Kungei-Alatau [75º38'E 42º30'N], 2200 m, Z. Klyuchko (OÖLM); Naryn Prov.: 1 ♂, Tien-Shan, Chatkalsky Ridge, Kizilchasai [74º30'E 41º20'N], 2000 m, V. Gurko (OÖLM). Turkmenistan. Lebap Prov.: 1 ♂, Repetek [63º10'E 38º34'N], 19.V.1889, Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 2 ♂, Gissar Mts., 20 km N Dushanbe, Varzob vill. [68º47'E 38º41'N], 1000 m (OÖLM); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Anzob Pass, Gissarskii Ridge [68º52'E 39º04'N], 15.VI.1937; 1 ♂, 31.VII.1937, VVG (ZISP); Gorno-Badakhshan Prov.: 1 ♀, 8 ♂, Sangvor [70º55'E 38º23'N], 9.VII.1975, YUP (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1893: 82): Tajikistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 502): Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1380): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

General distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran.