Colletes sidemii Radoszkowski, 1891

Niu, Ze-Qing, Zhu, Chao-Dong & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2014, The Bees of the Genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China, Zootaxa 3856 (4), pp. 451-483 : 477

Colletes sidemii Radoszkowski, 1891

Colletes sidemii Radoszkowski 1891: 252 ; Noskiewicz 1936: 459; Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995: 484; Ignatenko 2004: 109; Proshchalykin 2004: 3; 2007 b: 879; 2008 b: 5; 2010: 509; 2012: 449; Kuhlmann 2005: 1378; 2009 b: 29; Kuhlmann & Dorn 2002: 98; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2011: 19; 2013: 263; Niu et al. 2013 b: 108 (Figs 12 a–f, 19 a–b, 31 n). Colletes mongolicus Pérez 1903: 224 –225.

Additional records: China, Qinghai: 1 ♀, Huangyuan ( 101 ° 15 ´E 36 ° 41 ´N), 2700 m, 5.– 9.VII. 1992, P. Salk ( PCFB); Sichuan: 3 ♂♂, Dêgê ( 98 º 36 ′E 31 º 48 ′N), 3200 m, 6.VII. 1983, Xue-Zhong Zhang; Xinjiang: 16 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, Urumqi, 70 km, Houxia ( 87 ° 35 ´E 43 ° 47 ´N), 2000–3000 m, 24.VII. 1991, M. Snizek ( OÖLM, PCMS, RCMK); 1 ♀, Manas Xian ( 86 º 12 ′E 44 º 12 ′N), 16.VII. 2012, Chun-Ling He; Xizang: 3 ♀♀, Riwoqê Xian ( 96 º 30 ′E 31 º 12 ′N), 3750 m, 18–21.VIII. 1976, Xue-Zhong Zhang; 1 ♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 3200 m, 15.IX. 1976, Xue-Zhong Zhang; 1 ♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 3600 m, 13.IX. 1976, 6♀♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 3200 m, 14.IX. 1976, 2♀♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 3200 m, 16.IX. 1976, 2♀♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 3600 m, 24.VII. 1976, 1♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 10.VII. 1976, 1♀, Zhag'yab Xian, Gyitang ( 97 º 18 ′E 30 º 42 ′N), 27.VIII. 1976, Yin-Heng Han; Yunnan: 1 ♀, Zhongdian ( 99 ° 42 ´E 27 ° 48 ´N), 27.– 30.VI. 2005, E. Kucera ( RCMK).

Floral association: Astragalus daburicus ( Fabaceae ), Astragalus sp. ( Fabaceae ), Cicborium sp. ( Asteraceae ), Fagopyrum esculentum ( Polygonaceae ), Medicago falcate ( Fabaceae ), Medicago sp. ( Fabaceae ), Melilotus sp. ( Fabaceae ), Nepata sibirica ( Lamiaceae ), Potentilla fructicosa ( Rosaceae ), Potentilla sp. ( Rosaceae ), Rubus sp. ( Rosaceae ), Taraxacum sp. ( Asteraceae ).

General distribution: Nepal, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, China (Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shandong, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang).