Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876

Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876: 263 –264, ♀, ♂ (lectotype –♂, designated here // gold circle // Bairakum [Kazakhstan] // arenarius Mor. Typ., handwritten by F. Morawitz // lectotype Colletes arenarius Morawitz 1876 design. Kuhlmann et Proshchalykin 2013, typewritten red label, examined [ZISP]).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Baizhakum [66º28'E 44º18'N], coll. Morawitz’s (ZISP); 1 ♂, Dzhulek [66º24'E 44º17'N], 30.V.1898, Geier (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Karakalpakastan Republic: 4 ♀, Beruni, Sand dunes [60º59'E 41º39'N], C. Praz, L. Abdullaev (RCMK); Samarkand Prov.: 1 ♀, Kattakurgan [66º15'E 39º53'N], 26.VI.1931, VVG (ZISP); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70º56'E 40º31'N], 15.V.1978; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 30.VIII.1979, YUP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan. Talass Prov.: 1 ♂, Talas, BooTerek [71º45'E 42º35'N], 1000 m, leg J. Rozen, J. Bouseman (AMNH). Turkmenistan. Akhal Prov.: 1 ♂, 5 km SE Firyuza [58º06'E 37º54'N], 2–3.VI.1985, A. Lelej (IBSS); Maryi Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Farab [63º36'E 39º10'N], 12–28.V.1929, ASH (IZKU/ZISP); 1 ♂, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62º11'E 37º39'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 [68º40'E 37º15'N], 11.IX.1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 3 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [69º35'E 37º46'N], 9– 10.IX.1948, VBP (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 264): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 251): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Kuhlmann (2005: 1370); Kuhlmann (2009a: 16): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

General distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, * Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.