Colletes cinerascens Morawitz, 1894

Colletes cinerascens Morawitz 1894: 80; Noskiewicz 1936: 422; Kuhlmann 2005: 1377; 2009b: 25; Kuhlmann & Dorn 2002: 95; Niu et al. 2013b: 103 (Figs 1 a–f, 15a–b, 30a); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2013a: 429; 2013b: 261.

Additional records: China, Qinghai: 1♂, Lamahe (99º42′E 36º42′N), 27.VII.1950, Bao-Lin Lu & Jie-Kun Yang; Xinjiang: 3♀♀, Tomort (94º18′E 43º06′N), 3200 m, 3–6.VII.1977, Yin-Heng Han; 1♂, Wensu Xian, Pochengzi (80º12′E 41º18′N), 1930 m, 13.VI.1978, Xue-Zhong Zhang.

Floral association: Dryas sp. ( Rosaceae), Geranium pretense (Geraniceae), Oxytropis sp. ( Fabaceae). General distribution: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang).