Hylaeus (Hylaeus) sibiricus ( STRAND, 1909 )

Dathe, Holger H., 2015, Studies on the systematics and taxonomy of the genus Hylaeus F. (10) New descriptions and records of Asian Hylaeus species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 223-238 : 232

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) sibiricus ( STRAND, 1909)

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) bimaculatus CHEN & XU, 2013: 341–344 , ♂, ♀. Holotypus ♂ coll. CAU, Beijing. Type locality: China, Yunnan Province, Zhongdian County, Napa Lake .

Prosopis sibirica STRAND 1909: 74–75 , 1♂. Holotypus coll. MNHU Berlin. Type locality: “ Siberia , Smolenschina ” [near Irkutsk, Irkutsk Prov., Russia].

Prosopis sjoestedti ALFKEN 1936: 9–10 , ♀, ♂. Holotypus ♀ coll. NHRS Stockholm. Type locality: China, South Kansu. Synonymised by DATHE 1986a: 287.

Hylaeus sibiricus: COCKERELL 1937: 5 ; DATHE 1986a: 287; 1986b: 37; QUEST 2009: 134; PROSHCHALYKIN & QUEST 2009: 239; PROSHCHALYKIN & DATHE 2012: 17.

? Hylaeus communis excurrens COCKERELL 1937: 5–6 , ♀. Holotypus ♀ coll. AMNH New York. Type locality: “Siberia: Smolenschia, near Irkutsk ” [Irkutsk Prov., Russia]; DATHE 1986b: 38.

Distribution: China, Mongolia, Asian part of Russia. In China, this species had been found hitherto only in the Jilin and Gansu provinces, records from Beijing and Henan Province are new.

New records:

CHINA. Beijing: Changping, Liucan , 07.08.2009, 1 ♂ leg. J.S. Ascher, H. Xu, C.D. Zhou ; Beijing Botanical Garden , 39°996'N 116°206'E, 77 m; 19.05.2011, 3 ♂ 5 ♀ ; Huyu Natural Scenic Area , 40°275'N 116°146'E, 243 m, 19.05.2011, 1 ♂ 3 ♀ ; Jiu Feng , 19.05.2011, 6 ♂ 2 ♀ leg. J.S. Ascher, L. Ding, Z. Niu. – Henan Province: Shaolin Temple , 12.08.2009, 2 ♂ leg. J.S. Ascher, C. Dong.