Colletes chengtehensis Yasumatsu 1935

(Figs 3 a, 16c–d, 26c–e)

Colletes chengtehensis Yasumatsu 1935: 1 –2, 35–36, Plate 1, ♂ (type locality: Jehol, Cheng-teh, China); Kuhlmann 2009: 27 (map); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011: 19; 2013a: 434; 2013b: 465; Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann 2012: 25; Niu et al. 2014: 468.

Colletes pallescens Noskiewicz 1936: 468 –469, ♀, ♂ (type locality: “Südostrussland (westlich bis Krim), Südsibirien, Mongolei, Ost-Turkestan und Turkestan”); Nikiforuk 1957: 140; Kuhlmann 2005: 1379; Proshchalykin 2008: 4.

Colletes tsunekii Yasumatsu 1946(1948): 19 (type locality: Mongolia).

Colletes marginatus pallescens: Warncke 1978: 358 .

Material examined. Russia. Pskov Prov.: 1 ♂, 25 km S Sebezh [46°51'E 48°08'N], 8-18.VI.2003, V. Krivokhatskii (ZISP); Rostov Prov.: 4 ♀, Ust’-Donetsk [40°51′E 47°38′N], 17. VI.1968, YAP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Bagaevskii [40°23′E 47°19′N], 13.VI.1970, YAP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Persiyanovka [40°06′E 47°31′N], 9.VI–1.IX.1971, YAP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Rostov on Don [39°42′E 47°14′N], 26.VI–3.VII.1944, V. Romanova (ZISP); 1 ♂, Chaltyr’ [39°30′E 47°17′N], 21.VI.1967, YAP (ZISP); Volgograd Prov.: 2 ♀, Tsatsa [44°40'E 48°11'N], 4.VII.1990, YAP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Elton Lake, Chernyavka [46°42'E 49°08'N], 15–16.VI.2004, SAB (ZISP); Bashkortostan Republic: 1 ♂, 120 km SW Ufa [54°33'E 54°19'N], 5–9.VII.1982, A. Taeger (Zoologisches Institut, Universität Halle); 1 ♂, Abzanovo [56°39'E 54°27'N], 13.VII.1956, KSN (IZKU); Orenburg Prov.: 2 ♂, Orenburgskii Nature Reserve, Andisaiskaya step [57°41'E 51°05'N], 10.VIII.2004, EPN (ZISP / RCMK); Sverdlovskaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Beloyarskii distr., Kolyutkino [44°35'E 47°48'N], 5.VII.1990, YAP (ZISP); Stavropol Terr.: 1 ♂, Petrovskoe [44°13'E 49°01'N], 26.VI.2008, K. Grebennikov (ZISP); Astrakhan Prov.: 1 ♀, 7 km NE Ushakovka [45°07'E 48°25'N], 12.VII.1990, YAP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Bol'shaya Bogdo Mt. [46°51'E 48°08'N], 8–18.VII.2003, V. Krivokhatskii (ZISP); 4 ♀, 3 ♂, Baskunchak Lake [46°53'E 48°10'N], 11.VI.2004, SAB (ZISP); Dagestan Republic: 2 ♂, Novobiryuzyak [47°16'E 43°46'N], 28.VII.1957, B. Vorob’ev (NHML); 1 ♀, Krainovka [47°21'E 43°58'N], 24.VI.1956, B. Vorob’ev (NHML).

Distribution in Russia (Fig. 3 a). Pskov Prov., Rostov Prov., Volgograd Prov., Bashkortostan Republic, Orenburg Prov., Sverdlovskaya Prov., Stavropol Terr., Astrakhan Prov., Dagestan Republic, Siberia.

General distribution. Austria, Hungary, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Mongolia, China [Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang].