Hylaeus (Hylaeus) dolichocephalus MORAWITZ, 1876

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 304

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) dolichocephalus MORAWITZ, 1876

Hylaeus dolichocephalus MORAWITZ, 1876: 271–272 , .

Turkestan: Ferghana. Prosopis heliaca WARNCKE, 1992: 791 , . Turkey: Bitlis. Prosopis (Prosopis) dolichocephala ( MORAWITZ, 1876) –

WARNCKE 1992. Hylaeus (Hylaeus) dolichocephalus MORAWITZ, 1876 – DATHE &

PROSHCHALYKIN 2017: 17–18.

Material examined: Kayseri: Erciyes Mt , 1850, 05.07.1984, , leg. A.W. Ebmer. Sivas: Gürün, Ziyaret Pass , 2000 m, 15.07.1986, , , leg. A.W. Ebmer. Van: Central , 1725 m, 38°30N 43°24E, 28.06.1993, , leg. Jirousek (coll. Schwarz / Ansfelden) .

Remarks: H. dolichocephalus is a characteristic species of Asian mountains, occurring at 1400–3000 m altitude. It can hardly be misidentified, because of its elongated head shape. Sivas is added to the distribution records; the record from the province Kayseri is the westernmost detected point of distribution. It is moderately collected in Turkey (8 provinces).

Distribution: Central Asia, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Russia, China and Turkey ( DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018). In Turkey: Bitlis, Erzincan, Erzurum, Hakkâri, Kars, Kayseri, Van ( WARNCKE 1992, as Prosopis heliacus ); Sivas.