Colletes cunicularius (Linnaeus 1760)

Kuhlmann, Michael & Yu, Maxim, 2011, Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille 1802 of the Asian part of Russia, with keys to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae), Zootaxa 3068, pp. 1-48 : 14

Colletes cunicularius (Linnaeus 1760)

( Figs 7a , 13 e–f, 20e–f)

Apis cunicularia Linnaeus 1760: 422 (type locality: Sweden).

Apis cinerea Geoffroy in Fourcroy 1785: 444, 3 (type locality: N France).

Colletes hirta Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville 1828: 406 (type locality: "aux environs de Paris").

Colletes pilosus Spinola 1838: 507 , 3 (type locality: Egypt).

Colletes cunicularius infuscatus Noskiewicz 1936: 396 –398, Ƥ, 3 (type locality: Spain, Italy, North Africa).

Colletes cunicularius celticus O’Tolle 1974: 163 –167 (type locality: England).

Colletes cunicularius tauricus Warncke 1978: 365 –366, 3 (type locality: Akseki, Taurus, Turkey).

Colletes cunicularius khasanensis Osytshnjuk 1995 , in Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995: 482 [holotype – Ƥ, Khasan Lake, 16.V.1983, Primorskiy Terr., Russia, deposited in IZU]. Synonymized by Kuhlmann 2000: 178.

Colletes cunicularius: Proshchalykin 2004: 3 ; 2007b: 878; 2008b: 2; 2010: 509.

Material examined. Russia. Burytia Republic: 1 3, Kyakhta [106°26'E 50°20'N], 29, 30.V.2008, leg. MYP ( IBSS); Khabarovsk Terr.: 1 3, Pivan [137°05'E 50°28'N], 15.V.2003, leg. V. Mutin ( RCMK); Primorskiy Terr.: 8 Ƥ, Khasan Lake [130°39'E 42°25'N], 16.V.1983, leg. TGR ( IBSS).

Distribution in Russia. European part ( Osytshnjuk et al. 1978), Burytia Republic ( Proshchalykin 2008b), Primorskiy Terr. ( Osytshnjuk & Romankova 1995), *Khabarovsk Terr.

General distribution. Ireland, Great Britain, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Mongolia, North-eastern China.

Figures

FIGURE 7. a. Colletes cunicularius (Linnaeus), female: facial fovea; b. C. uralensis Noskiewicz, female: facial fovea; c. C. maidli Noskiewicz, female: propodeum in lateral view; d. C. annejohnae Kuhlmann, female: propodeum in lateral view; e. C. similis Schenck, female: propodeum in lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 13. a. Colletes patellatus Pérez, male: metasomal sternum 7 (dorsal view); b. metasomal terga 1 and 2; c. C. similis Schenck, male: metasomal sternum 7 (dorsal view); d. metasomal terga 1 and 2; e. C. cunicularius (Linnaeus), male: metasomal sternum 7 (dorsal view); f. metasomal terga 1 and 2. Scale bar: 1 mm.