Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910

Niu, Ze-Qing, Zhu, Chao-Dong & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2013, Bees of the Colletes clypearis - group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 3745 (2), pp. 101-151 : 108

Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910

( Figs 11 a–f, 18e–f, 31m)

Colletes sanctus Cοckere11, 1910-Cοckere11 1910∶ 241-242; Kuh1mann 1998∶ 563; Wu 1982∶ 380; 1987∶ 237; 1992∶ 1379.

Material examined. China. Sichuan, 1♂, Dêgê (98º36′E 31º48′N), 3200 m, 6.VII.1983, coll. Xue-Zhong Zhang; Xizang, 11♀, Zhongba Xian (84º06′E 29º36′N), 4500m, 14.VIII.1975, coll. Zi-Qing Wang; 10♀, Zhongba Xian (84º06′E 29º36′N), 4500 m, 14.VII.1975, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 3♀, Ngamring Xian (87º12′E 29º12′N), 4500 m, 18.VIII.1975, coll. Xue-Zhong Zhang; 3♀, Gyirong (85º12′E 28º24′N), 4100 m, 14.VII.1975, coll. Xue-Zhong Zhang; 2♀, Gyirong (85º12′E 28º24′N), 4100 m, 15.VII.1975, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 6♀, Gyirong, Lucuolong Lake (85º12′E 28º24′N), 4950 m, 9.VIII.1975, coll. Xue-Zhong Zhang; 1♀, Laazê (95º00′E 30º42′N), 3920 m, 11.VII.1960, coll. Chun-Guang Wang; 2♀, Xigazê Xian (88º48′E 29º12′N), 3800 m, 7.VI.1961, coll. Lin-Yao Wang; 1♀, Rutog Xian, Rabang (80º24′E 33º00′N), 4450 m, 8.VIII.1976, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 2♀, Rutog Xian, Rabang (80º24′E 33º00′N), 4500 m, 28.VIII.1976, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 2♀, Burang Xian, Kejia (81º06′E 30º18′N), 3700 m, 15.VII.1976, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 5♀, Comai Xian, Chigu (91º36′E 28º42′N), 4600 m, 28.VII.1974, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 4♀, Sa'gya Xian (88º00′E 28º54′N), 7.VIII.1983, coll. Zhi-Zhong Wang; 1♂, Zhongba Xian (84º06′E 1♀, 29º36′N), 4500 m, 14.VII.1975, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang; 1♂, Zhongba Xian (84º06′E 29º36′N), 4500 m, 14.VIII.1975, coll. Zi-Qing Wang; 1♂, Gyirong (85º12′E 28º24′N), 4100 m, 14.VII.1975, coll. Xue-Zhong Zhang; 1♂, Gyirong (85º12′E 28º24′N), 4100 m, 15.VII.1975, coll. Fu-Sheng Huang.

Distribution in China. Xizang, Sichuan ( Fig. 31 m).

General distribution. India, China.

Floral records. Stellera chamaejasme (Gentianaceae) , Astragalus sinicus (Fabaceae) .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Colletes sanctus, ma 1 e. a ∶ S 7 in dοrsa 1 view; b ∶ S 7 in ventra 1 view; c ∶ Genita 1 ia in dοrsa 1 view; d ∶ Genita 1 ia in 1 atera 1 view; e ∶ Metasοma in dοrsa 1 view, shοwing Τ 1 - 2; f ∶ Head in frοnta 1 view. Sca 1 e bar ∶ a, b, 0.5 mm; c, d, e, f, 1 mm.

FIGURE 31. Distributiοn maps οf Chinese Colletes clypearis - grοup species. i ∶ C. himalayensis; ϳ ∶ C. impunctatus; k ∶ C. jankowskyi; 1 ∶ C. paratibeticus; m ∶ C. sanctus; n ∶ C. sidemii; ο ∶ C. sodalis; p ∶ C. tibeticus.