Colletes similis Schenck 1853

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2014, The bees of the genus Colletes Latreille 1802 of the European part of Russia, with keys to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), Zootaxa 3878 (3), pp. 201-247 : 217

Colletes similis Schenck 1853

( Figs 2 d, 11e–f, 22c–d)

Colletes similis Schenck 1853 (nom. praeocc., nec Robertson 1904, nec Jørgensen 1912): 172, ♂ (type locality: Germany); Noskiewicz 1936: 308; Nikiforuk 1957: 140; Osytshnjuk 1970: 86; Osytshnjuk et al. 1978: 298; Sitdikov 1986: 104; Kuhlmann 2005: 1374; Levchenko 2009: 40; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011: 13 ; 2013a: 426; Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann 2012: 20; Niu et al. 2014: 461 .

Colletes picistigma Thomson 1872: 165 –166 (type locality: South Sweden).

Material examined. Russia. Yaroslavskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Berditsino [40°10'E 57°45'N], 28.VI.1908, A. Yakovlev ( ZISP); Moscow Prov.: 1 ♀, Khot’kovo [37°59'E 56°15'N], 15.VII.2006, TVL ( PCTL); Kursk Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Zheleznogorsk [35°22'E 52°20'N], 12-15.VII.1984, A. Zvantsov ( ZISP); Belgorod Prov.: 1 ♂, Borisovka [36°00'E 50°36'N], 8.VI.1907; 1 ♂, 27.VI.1907, S. Malyshev ( ZISP); Rostov Prov.: 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Rostov on Don [39°42′E 47°14′N], 26.VI.1971, YAP ( ZISP); 1 ♀, Chaltyr’ [39°30′E 47°17′N], 21.VI.1967; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, 4–13. VI.1968, YAP ( ZISP); 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Bagaevskii [40°23′E 47°19′N], 13.VI–4.VIII.1970, YAP ( ZISP); 3 ♀, 3 ♂, Persiyanovka [40°06′E 47°31′N], 28.VI–2.IX.1971, YAP ( ZISP); Volgograd Prov.: 7 ♂, Elton Lake, Chernyavka [46°42'E 49°08'N], 15–16.VI.2004, SAB ( ZISP); Bashkortostan Republic: 1 ♂, Yuldybaevo, Ik River [56°38'E 51°51'N], 9.VII.1899, Shmidt ( ZISP); 1 ♀, Birsk [55°32'E 55°25'N] ( ZISP); 2 ♂, Novo-Zirgan [58°18′E 51°47′N], 9.VII.1955, KSN ( IZKU); 1 ♀, Meteli [57°57′E 56°00′N], 22.VII.1958, KSN ( IZKU); Orenburg Prov.: 1 ♀, Orenburgskii Nature Reserve, Andisaiskaya step [57°41'E 51°05'N], 10.VIII.2004, EPN ( ZISP); 1 ♂, 25 km NNE Svetlyi, Zhetykol Lake [60°53'E 51°02'N], 10.VIII.2004, V. Krivokhatskii, O. Ovchinnikova ( ZISP); Sverdlovskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Pervouralskii distr., Il'movka [59°85'E 56°70'N], 5.VIII.2011, P. Rudoiskatel ( ZISP); Krasnodar Terr.: 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Krasnaya Polyana [40°12'E 43°40'N], 4.VII.1909, A. Shestakov ( ZISP); 1 ♀, Dagomys [39°39′E 43°39′N], 26.VIII.1962, A. Osytshnjuk ( IZKU); 1 ♀, Golubitskaya [37°16′E 45°19′N], 8.VI.1963, A. Osytshnjuk ( IZKU); Stavropol Terr.: 1 ♀, Petrovskoe[=Svetlograd] [42°51'E 45°19'N], 16.IX.1927, Belizin ( ZISP); 5 ♀, 15 km W Stavropol [41°68'E 45°02'N], 5.VIII.1990, YAP ( ZISP); Astrakhan Prov.: 1 ♂, 7 km NE Ushakovka [45°07'E 48°25'N], 12.VII.1990, YAP ( ZISP); 2 ♀, 6 ♂, Baskunchak Lake [46°53'E 48°10'N], 11.VI.2004, SAB ( ZISP); Dagestan Republic: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Sovetskoe, Avarskoe Koisu River [48°19'E 41°43'N], 28.IX.1976, EPN ( ZISP); Kirov Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Shmelevo [47°48'E 58°15'N], 1999, GIY ( ZISP); 1 ♂, Shmelevo [47°48'E 58°15'N], 6.VII.2004; 1 ♀, 2.VIII.2005, GIY ( PCTL).

Distribution in Russia ( Fig. 2 d). Yaroslavskaya Prov., Moscow Prov., Kursk Prov., Belgorod Prov., Rostov Prov., Volgograd Prov., Bashkortostan Republic, *Orenburg Prov., *Sverdlovskaya Prov., Krasnodar Terr., Stavropol Terr., Astrakhan Prov., Dagestan Republic, Kirov Prov., Siberia.

General distribution. Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, China [Xinjiang].

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of Colletes species in the European part of Russia: a— C. marginatus Smith, C. wacki Kuhlmann; b— C. fodiens (Fourcroy), C. hakkari Kuhlmann; c— C. daviesanus Smith, C. warnckei Kuhlmann; d— C. similis Schenck, C. subnitens Noskiewicz; e— C. mlokossewiczi Radoszkowski, C. sidemii Radoszkowski; f— C. succinctus (Linnaeus), C. maidli Noskiewicz; g— C. caspicus Morawitz, C. albomaculatus (Lucas); h— C. cunicularius (Linnaeus), C. kozlovi Friese; i— C. senilis (Eversmann), C. impunctatus Nylander.