Colletes conradti Noskiewicz, 1936

Proshchalykin, M. Yu. & Kuhlmann, M., 2020, NEW DATA ON BEES OF THE GENUS COLLETES LATREILLE (HYMENOPTERA: COLLETIDAE) FROM RUSSIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 406, pp. 21-26 : 22-25

Colletes conradti Noskiewicz, 1936

Colletes conradti Noskiewicz, 1936: 459–462 , ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated by Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann, 2015: 335, Chin. Turkestan, Chassan-Bugra, Jarkand [ Kazakhstan],

1740 m, 9.7.[18]90, leg. S. Conradt [Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław,

Poland]).

MATERIAL. Russia: Astrakhan Province, Malyi Aral , 46°40'N 48°28'E, 26.V 2019, 1♂ ,

leg. M. Proshchalykin, V. Loktionov [ MK].

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (new record): Astrakhan Province. – Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,

Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, China (Qinghai, Xinjiang).

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Regions of Russia: EP – European part; UR – Urals, WS – Western Siberia; ES – Eastern Siberia; FE – Far East.

view; 2 – head, frontal view; 3 – scutum and scutellum, dorsal view; 4, 6 – T1–T2, dorsal view; 7 – S7, dorsal view; 8 – gonostylus, lateral view.

In total, 53 species of Colletes are recorded from Russia ( Table 1). This is a comparable number to the total European fauna (58), but distinctly less in comparison with the adjacent understudied faunas of China (68) and Central Asia (86) (Proshchalykin, 2017a; Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann, 2018; Michez et al., 2019). The Colletes fauna of Russia is a complex of

European, Euro-Siberian, Central Asian, and species widespread in the Palaearctic region.

Only one species, Colletes ulrikae Kuhlmann , is endemic to Russia (Magadan Province). The maximum diversity of Colletes in Russia is characteristic of the steppe and semi-desert regions of the southern part of Eastern Siberia (25 species) and North Caucasus (27 species).

The northern boundary of the distribution of the genus passes at 65° northern latitude.