Colletes askhabadensis Radoszkowski 1886

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2013, The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 3750 (5), pp. 401-449 : 412

Colletes askhabadensis Radoszkowski 1886

Colletes askhabadensis Radoszkowski 1886: 23 –24, ♀ (holotype –♀, Askhhabad, Turkmenistan).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂, Tartugai [66º25'E 44º45'N], 3–15.VI.1929, ASH (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 7 ♂, 15 km SSW Ushtobe [77º58'E 45º15'N], 9.VII.1987, YUP (ZISP/RCMK); 2 ♂, 3 km NE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [78º14'E 43º35'N], 19–27.VI.2003, VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan. Bukhara Prov.: 1 ♂, 50 km N Bukhara, Bag-Abzai [64º25'E 40º10'N], 23.V.1932, VVG (ZISP); 7 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand [70º56'E 40º31'N], 15.V.1978, YUP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Balkan Prov.: 1 ♂, Mollakara, Dzhebela [54º09'E 39º39'N], 10.VI.1934, VBP (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 1 ♂, Eroilanduz Lake, Badkhyzskii Nature Reserve [61º50'E 35º40'N], 7– 8.VII.1991, Volkovich (ZISP); 1 ♂, “Transkaspia”, Imam-Baba-Merv [62º27'E 36º45'N], 28–31.V.1912, Kozhanchikov (IZKU); 3 ♂, Farab [63º36'E 39º10'N], 12–28.V.1929, ASH (ZISP); 1 ♀, 3.VII.1912, Golbeck (IZKU); 3 ♂, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [62º11'E 37º39'N], 8.VI.1912, Kozhanchikov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 12.V.1917, M. Ryabov (ZISP); 1 ♂, 1.VI.1928, VVG (ZISP); 6 ♂, Takhta-Bazar [62º54'E 35º57'N], 26.VI.1930, VBP (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, 7 ♂, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [71º22'E 39º16'N], 11.IX.1948, VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂, Dzhili-kul' [68º31'E 37º29'N], 26.V.1931, N. Fursov (ZISP); 3 ♀, 2 ♂, 11–12.VI.1934, VVG (ZISP); 10 ♀, 17 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69º35'E 37º46'N], 4–9.IX.1948; 1 ♀, 26.VIII.1948, VBP (ZISP/RCMK); 1 ♀, 30.VIII.1948, VRR (RCMK); 1 ♂, Vakhsh River, Tigrovaya balka [68º30'E 37º15'N], 24.VII.1943, VVG (ZISP).

Published records. Radoszkowski (1891: 260); Popov (1952: 84); Atdayev (1972: 119): Turkmenistan; Noskiewicz (1936: 230); Ponomareva (1960: 135); Kuhlmann (2005: 1366): Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Popov (1949: 690): Tajikistan; Popov (1967: 15): Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

General distribution. Syria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan.