Colletes cinerascens Morawitz 1893: 80, ♂ (lectotype—♂, designated by Kuhlmann 2000: 179: “Jagnob, Kol, Tajikistan ” [ZISP]).
Material examined. Tyva Republic: 2 ♂, 25 km NEE Erzin, Ak-Khairakan Mt. [95 ° 27 'E 50 ° 21 'N], 29.VI. 2013, MYP, VML (IBSS); 1 ♂, 31 km NEE Erzin, Erzin River [95 ° 33 'E 50 ° 21 'N], 16, 18.VII. 2014, ASL, MYP, VML (IBSS).
Distribution in Siberia. *Tyva Republic.
General distribution. * Russia (Table 2), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia.