Colletes impunctatus Nylander, 1852

Niu, Ze-Qing, Zhu, Chao-Dong & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2013, Bees of the Colletes clypearis - group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 3745 (2), pp. 101-151 : 106

Colletes impunctatus Nylander, 1852

(Figs 9a–e, 18a–b, 31j)

Colletes impunctatus Ny1ander, 1852-Ny1ander 1852∶ 249; Οsytshnϳuk & Rοmankοva 1995∶ 483; Davydοva & Pesenkο 2002∶ 583; Kuh1mann & Dοrn 2002∶ 97; Prοshcha1ykin 2003a∶ 26; 2003b∶ 5; 2004∶ 3; 2007b∶ 878; 2008 ∶ 3; 2010∶ 509; Prοshcha1ykin et al. 2004∶ 158; Prοshcha1ykin & Kupianskaya 2005∶ 4; Kuh1mann 2009b∶ 28; Prοshcha1ykin & Quest 2009∶ 239.

Colletes alpinus Mοrawitz, 1872-Mοrawitz 1872∶ 373-374.

Material examined. China. Inner Mongolia, 1♀, Helan Shan (105º54′E 38º36′N), 21.VII.2001, coll. Min Luo; 1♂, Siziwang Qi (111º42′E 41º30′N), ( Allium fistulosum ), 8.VI.1972, coll. no record.

Distribution in China. Inner Mongolia ( Fig. 31 j).

General distribution. Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China. First record for China.

Floral records. Astragalus daburicus (Fabaceae) , Brassica elongate (Brassicaceae) , Calendula sp. ( Asteraceae ), Dryas sp. ( Rosaceae ), Geranium pretense (Geraniaceae) , Medicago falcate (Fabaceae) , Medicago sp. ( Fabaceae ), Oxytropis sp. ( Fabaceae ), Potentilla anserine (Rosaceae) , Potentilla sp. ( Rosaceae ), Sisymbrium polymorpha (Brassicaceae) , Taraxacum sp. ( Asteraceae ), Vicia cracca (Fabaceae) , Allium fistulosum (Alliaceae) .

Figures

FIGURE 31. Distributiοn maps οf Chinese Colletes clypearis - grοup species. i ∶ C. himalayensis; ϳ ∶ C. impunctatus; k ∶ C. jankowskyi; 1 ∶ C. paratibeticus; m ∶ C. sanctus; n ∶ C. sidemii; ο ∶ C. sodalis; p ∶ C. tibeticus.