Colletes mlokossewiczi Radoszkowski 1891

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2016, The bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) of the Caucasus region, Zootaxa 4161 (3), pp. 367-385 : 376

Colletes mlokossewiczi Radoszkowski 1891

Colletes mlokossewiczi Radoszkowski 1891: 254 , ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂: “ Orenburg, Caucasus , Persia ”, SEZK).

Colletes brevicornis Pérez 1903 (nom. praeocc., nec Robertson 1897): 226–227 (type locality: Italy).

Colletes brachycerus Swenk 1906: 44 (replacement name for Colletes brevicornis Pérez 1903 ).

Material examined. Georgia: 20 ♂, Tiflis [=Tbilisi] [44°80'E 41°43N'], 13.V.1904, K. Satunin ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kheledi [42°38'E 42°47'N], 1800m, 6.VII.1973, L. Romasenko ( IZKU) ; 1 ♂ Borzomi [43°22'E 41°50'N], 1300m, 24.VI.1978, Hladil ( RCMK) ; 1 ♂, Mzcheta [44°42'E 41°50'N], 4–23.VI.1987, Wrase, Schülke ( DEIM) ; 1 ♂, Mariandzhvari Nature Reserve, Sagaredzho [45°20'E 41°44'N], 16–18.VI.2011, M. Sergeev ( IBSS) ; Armenia: 2 ♂, Ashtarak, Kasakh River [44°24'E 40°18'N], 25.V.1961, VAR ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 5.VI.2003, Mucka (OÖLM); 1 ♀, Erevan [44°31'E 40°11'N], 30.V.1961, VAR ( ZISP) ; Azerbaijan: 3 ♀, 25–35 km E Nakhichevan [45°42'E 39°11'N], 7–17.VII.1982, YAP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Karabakhskii Ridge, 95 km SW Cyuzuli, Sirik [46°54'E 39°25'N], 14.VI.1985, V. Tobias ( ZISP) .

Published records. Skhirtladze 1981 (Georgia: Tbilisi, Lagodekhi); Aliev & Kirschey 2010 (Azerbaijan: Yardimli, Awasch); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2014b (Russia: Stavropol Terr., Dagestan Republic).

General distribution. *Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.