identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03E3F43AFFDCFFEE10F9F5A1F07DFB01.text	03E3F43AFFDCFFEE10F9F5A1F07DFB01.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dna barcoding	<div><p>DNA barcoding of Colletes specimens using the mitochondrial COI marker</p><p>Specimens for DNA barcoding were collected from the field and preserved in 95% ethanol at −80°C until further use. Genomic DNA was extracted from morphologically identified specimens using the DNA easy Blood and Tissue extraction kit (Qiagen, Germany), following the manufacturer’s protocol. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to amplify the target region of the mitochondrial COI gene using the universal primers LCO1490 and HCO2198 (Folmer et al. 1994). Reactions were carried out using 5 µL of eluted DNA, primers, distilled water and PCR master mix containing Taq DNA polymerase to a final volume of 25 µL. The thermal regime consists of initial denaturation at 95°C for 5 min, followed by 40 cycles of denaturation at 95°C for 1 min, annealing at 45°C for 1 min, extension at 72°C for 1 min 30 sec and final extension at 72°C for 7 min. Target ExoSAP-IT™ PCR Product Cleanup Reagent (Thermo Fisher) was used for enzymatic cleanup of the amplified PCR product. Sanger sequencing was performed using BigDye®Terminator v. 3.1 Cycle Sequencing Kit (Applied Biosystems, Inc.) at the commercial centre (Geneombio Technologies, Pune).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFDCFFEE10F9F5A1F07DFB01	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFDDFFE8119BF5F5F757F966.text	03E3F43AFFDDFFE8119BF5F5F757F966.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes floralis Eversmann 1852	<div><p>Colletes floralis Eversmann, 1852</p><p>(Figures 2 (A–D), 7(A‒B))</p><p>Colletes floralis Eversmann, 1852: 46</p><p>Colletes montana Morawitz, 1876: 262</p><p>Colletes suecica Aurivillius, 1903: 214–215</p><p>Colletes kudiensis Cockerell, 1924: 594</p><p>Colletes yasumatsui Hirashima and Ikudome, 1989: 109</p><p>Material examined</p><p>1 ♀, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Ladakh</a>, Kargil, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 15 June 1973, sweep net, Gupta – coll . NZC; 3 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Ladakh</a>, Kargil, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 15 June 1973, sweep net, Girish – coll . NZC; 3 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.806&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.9917" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.806/lat 33.9917)">Ladakh</a>, Leh, Sakti, 33.9917°N, 77.8060°E, 11 June 2022, sweep net on Brassica sp ., S. Angmo – coll.; 1 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.5717&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.1367" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.5717/lat 34.1367)">Ladakh</a>, Leh, DIHAR, 34.1367°N, 77.5717°E, sweep net on Brassica sp ., 22 July 2022, S. Angmo – coll.</p><p>Molecular characterisation</p><p>DNA barcode sequences unambiguously assigned specimens to the species level in BOLD, and C. floralis similarity was 98.62%. The DNA amplicon sequences have been deposited in GenBank under the accession numbers:</p><p>Sample COL02 C.floralis: Accession no.–OR898856</p><p>Sample COL03 C.floralis: Accession no.–OR898857</p><p>Sample COL04 C.floralis: Accession no.–OR898858</p><p>Sample COL05 C.floralis: Accession no.–OR898859</p><p>Floral association</p><p>Brassica rapa ( Brassicaceae), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae) (Ferrari et al. 2021); Compositae gen. et sp. ( Asteraceae), Brassica chinensis ( Brassicaceae) (Niu et al. 2014).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>India: Ladakh (2500m above msl) (Kuhlmann 2003)</p><p>Worldwide: Distributed throughout the Palaearctic region across Europe, West and Central Asia upto Japan in the Far East (Ferrari et al. 2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFDDFFE8119BF5F5F757F966	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFDBFFE91190F7E5F748FC61.text	03E3F43AFFDBFFE91190F7E5F748FC61.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes sanctus Cockerell 1910	<div><p>Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910</p><p>(Figure 2 (E–H))</p><p>Colletes sanctus Cockerell, 1910: 241</p><p>Material examined</p><p>1 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.5633&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.1665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.5633/lat 34.1665)">Ladakh</a>, Leh, 34.1665°N, 77.5633°E, 13 June 1973, sweep net, Khanna – coll . NZC; 4 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.6085&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.2088" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.6085/lat 34.2088)">Ladakh</a>, Leh, Gangles, 34.2088°N, 77.6085°E, 21 June 2022, sweep net on Medicago sativa, S . Angmo – coll.</p><p>Molecular characterisation</p><p>DNA barcode sequences unambiguously assigned specimens to the species level in BOLD, and C. sanctus similarity was 99.68%. The DNA amplicon sequences have been deposited in GenBank under the accession numbers:</p><p>Sample COL06 C.sanctus: Accession no. – OR898860</p><p>Sample COL07 C.sanctus: Accession no. – OR898861</p><p>Sample COL08 C.sanctus: Accession no.–OR898862</p><p>Floral association</p><p>Stellera chamaejasme ( Thymelaeaceae), Astragalus sinicus ( Fabaceae) (Niu et al. 2014; Ferrari et al. 2021); Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae) (new record).</p><p>Distribution. India: Ladakh (3500m above msl), Sikkim (Kuhlmann 2003). Worldwide: China (Sichuan, Xizang) (Ferrari et al. 2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFDBFFE91190F7E5F748FC61	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFDBFFE91128F491F6A2FA5E.text	03E3F43AFFDBFFE91128F491F6A2FA5E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes splendidus Ferrari, Niu and Zhu 2021	<div><p>Colletes splendidus Ferrari, Niu and Zhu, 2021</p><p>(Figure 3 (A–D))</p><p>Colletes splendidus Ferrari, Niu and Zhu, 2021: 29–32</p><p>Material examined</p><p>2 ♂, INDIA, Ladakh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Kargil</a>, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 15 June 1973, sweep net, Girish – coll . NZC.</p><p>Floral association. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India (new record): Ladakh (2500m above msl). Worldwide: China (Xizang) (Ferrari et al. 2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFDBFFE91128F491F6A2FA5E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFDBFFEB11E5F2A8F71EFEA2.text	03E3F43AFFDBFFEB11E5F2A8F71EFEA2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes tibeticus Kuhlmann 2002	<div><p>Colletes tibeticus Kuhlmann, 2002</p><p>(Figures 3 (E–H), 7(C‒D))</p><p>Colletes tibeticus Kuhlmann, 2002: 1168</p><p>Material examined</p><p>1 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.7416&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.4244" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.7416/lat 32.4244)">Ladakh</a>, Drass, 32.4244°N, 75.7416°E, 12 June 1973, sweep net, Khanna – coll . NZC; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Ladakh</a>, Kargil, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 15 June 1973, sweep net ,</p><p>Girish – coll. NZC; 1 ♀, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Ladakh</a>, Kargil, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 16 June 1973, sweep net, Girish – coll . NZC.</p><p>Floral association. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh (2500m above msl) (Kuhlmann 2003).</p><p>Worldwide: China (Qinghai, Xizang), Nepal (Ferrari et al. 2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFDBFFEB11E5F2A8F71EFEA2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFD9FFEB11F6F351F6A2FA38.text	03E3F43AFFD9FFEB11F6F351F6A2FA38.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz 1936	<div><p>Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz, 1936</p><p>(Figure 4 (A‒D))</p><p>Colletes laevigena Noskiewicz, 1936: 368</p><p>Material examined</p><p>1 ♂, INDIA, Ladakh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.7416&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.4244" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.7416/lat 32.4244)">Drass</a>, 32.4244°N, 75.7416°E, 12 June 1973, sweep net, Khanna – coll . NZC.</p><p>Floral association. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India: Jammu and Kashmir (Kuhlmann 2003), Ladakh (3300m above msl) (new record).</p><p>Worldwide: China (Xizang) (Ferrari et al. 2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFD9FFEB11F6F351F6A2FA38	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFD9FFEB1265F6DEF0E1FC1C.text	03E3F43AFFD9FFEB1265F6DEF0E1FC1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes undefined-1	<div><p>Colletes sp. 1</p><p>(Figure 7 (E‒F))</p><p>Material examined</p><p>2 ♀, INDIA, Ladakh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Kargil</a>, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 15 June 1973, sweep net, Girish – coll . NZC.</p><p>Floral association. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>India: Ladakh (2500m above msl).</p><p>Comments. The specimen can be placed in the C. clypearis group due to the long malar area (nearly 1.28× the basal width of mandible), T1 sparsely covered with long erect hairs and the indication of the presence of apical bands on tergites. The species identity could not be confirmed due to the hairs being matted and sculpturing not being clearly evident.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFD9FFEB1265F6DEF0E1FC1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFD9FFE5119BF139F650FD12.text	03E3F43AFFD9FFE5119BF139F650FD12.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes roborovskyi Friese 1913	<div><p>Colletes roborovskyi Friese, 1913</p><p>(Figure 4 (E–H))</p><p>Colletes roborovskyi Friese, 1913: 59</p><p>Material examined</p><p>1 ♂, INDIA, Ladakh, Leh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.4813&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.1324" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.4813/lat 34.1324)">Phey</a>, 34.1324°N, 77.4813°E, 27 July 2022, sweep net on Epilobium latifolium, S . Angmo – coll.</p><p>Molecular characterisation</p><p>The species identification ability of DNA sequences was evaluated using the BLAST method. Public sequence data was unavailable for C. roborovskyi in BOLD, but it matched with the reference sequence in NCBI with a percentage identity of 98.25%. The DNA amplicon sequence has been deposited in GenBank under the accession number:</p><p>Sample COL01 C.roborovskyi: Accession no. – OR898855</p><p>Floral association. Epilobium latifolium ( Onagraceae) (new record).</p><p>Distribution. India (new record): Ladakh (3200m above msl).</p><p>Worldwide: Azerbaijan, China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang), Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan (Kuhlmann and Proshchalykin 2011; Niu et al. 2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFD9FFE5119BF139F650FD12	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
03E3F43AFFD7FFE1112AF436F49FFDB0.text	03E3F43AFFD7FFE1112AF436F49FFDB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Colletes niui Rameshkumar and Sardar 2025	<div><p>Colletes niui Rameshkumar and Sardar sp. n.</p><p>(Figures 5–6)</p><p>Type. Holotype: ♂, INDIA, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.1393&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.5531" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.1393/lat 34.5531)">Ladakh</a>, Kargil, 34.5531°N, 76.1393°E, 16 June 1973, sweep net, Khanna – coll. NZC.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Colletes niui belongs to the Colletes albomaculatus species group based on the rounded head with the ocello-ocular space slightly depressed, malar space short (0.5× mandibular basal width), pronotal lobes expanded laterally with an acute spinous apex, coarsely punctured scutellum with a nearly vertical posterior surface and T1 with strong dense punctures.</p><p>Within this group, C. niui is most closely related to C. dorsalis Morawitz, 1888 . Males of C. niui can be clearly distinguished from C. albomaculatus (Lucas, 1849) by the malar space 0.5× the basal width of mandible (0.4‒0.3× the basal width of mandible in C. albomaculatus), lobe of S7 broad basally and tapering apically, uniformly hairy throughout (same width along the entire length with a row of bristles along the outer margin in C. albomaculatus) and the short reduced gonostylus similar to C. dorsalis Morawitz, 1888 (gonostylus elongated in C. albomaculatus). Males of C. niui differ from C. dorsalis in having the malar space 0.5× the basal width of mandible (less than 0.5× the basal width of mandible in C. dorsalis), scutum posteriorly with sparse punctures (punctures dense in C. dorsalis), scutellum coarsely punctate posteriorly (sparsely punctate in C. dorsalis), hind basitarsus 4.5× longer than wide (5× longer than wide in C. dorsalis), T1 uniformly punctured (punctures dispersed in C. dorsalis), lobe of S7 widest basally, uniformly hairy throughout (narrowed at base in C. dorsalis, widest slightly before mid-length).</p><p>Description. Male: Body length 8 mm; integument black, except brown on tegula posteriorly, veins, tibial spurs, S2–S5 medially, mandible reddish brown in middle third. Pubescence pale fulvous on head, mesosoma and metasoma, mesosoma devoid of any black hairs, coxae, trochanters and femora with erect long plumose hairs, tibiae and tarsi with pale bristles, tergites with apical hair bands, T1 with sparse long hairs (Figure 5 (A)).</p><p>Head: Punctures strong and dense throughout, except ocello-ocular region near the lateral ocelli, gena adjacent to the ocular margin and malar space devoid of punctures (Figure 5 (B)); F1 1.2× as long as broad, F2 1.5× as long as F1; supra clypeus with a minute tubercle; clypeus slightly elevated in profile, apical margin feebly concave; labrum with a median longitudinal depression; facial fovea narrow, broadly rounded apically (Figure 5 (C)); malar space 0.5× as long as basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma: Pronotal collar strongly expanded anterolaterally, nearly spinose, apex acute (Figure 5 (D)); scutum with punctures strong, dense on anterior half, becoming sparse posteriorly with interspace measuring at least one puncture diameter; scutellum with strong and dense punctures; metanotum coarsely rugose, anterior dorsal and posterior vertical surface by transverse median elevation; propodeum laterally rugose; mesepisternum densely punctuate, punctures smaller near scrobe, larger below; scrobe with very few scattered punctures; hind basitarsus 4.5× as long as broad (Figure 5 (E)).</p><p>Metasoma: T1 with dense, evenly spaced punctures; T2 onwards punctures smaller (Figure 5 (F)); S2–S3 with fine, sparse punctures; S5 with punctures dense throughout; S6 with scattered fine punctures on apical half (Figure 6 (A)); S7 with each lobe densely hairy all over, broad basally, margins subparallel along the basal half, outer margin converging along the apical half, apex rounded (Figure 6 (B)); gonocoxite broad, appearing trapezoidal in dorsal view (Figure 6 (C)); gonostylus reduced, short, triangular (Figure 6 (D)).</p><p>Female. Unknown</p><p>Floral association. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India: Ladakh (2500m above msl).</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after Dr Ze-Qing Niu, Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, for his continuous contributions to the bee taxonomy of Asia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3F43AFFD7FFE1112AF436F49FFDB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sardar, Sayan;Angmo, Spalzin;Stobdan, Tsering;Chauhan, Archana;Rameshkumar, A.	Sardar, Sayan, Angmo, Spalzin, Stobdan, Tsering, Chauhan, Archana, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from Ladakh, India, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1725-1741, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2497393
