Published October 28, 2025 | Version v1

Colletes similis Schenck 1853

  • 1. Federal Scientific Centre for East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
  • 2. Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Hegewischstr. 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany

Description

Colletes similis Schenck, 1853

Colletes similis Schenck, 1853: 172, ♂ (syntypes: ♂♂, Germany); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2014: 217; Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann 2019: 161.

Material examined. RUSSIA. Dagestan Republic: 5 ♂, Kamyshchay River valley, 41°54′33″N 48°13′47″E, 30.V.2022, M. Proshchalykin [FSCV]; 1 ♂, Agrakhanskiy Bay, 43°29′07″N 47°25′04″E, 1.VI.2022, A. Fateryga [FSCV]; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Tsudakhar, 42°19′43″N 47°09′51″E, 15.VI.2023, M. Proshchalykin, A. Fateryga [FSCV]; 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Dubki, 43°01′26″N 46°49′30″E, 21.VI.2023, A. Fateryga [RCMK]; 1 ♂, Tekipirkent, 41°20′18″N 47°52′32″E, 29.VI.2023, M. Proshchalykin [FSCV].

Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, European part, Crimea, Urals, Siberia); North Africa, Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Central Asia, China.

Notes

Published as part of Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2025, A new species and new records of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from Dagestan Republic, Russia, pp. 308-316 in Zootaxa 5715 (1) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.29, http://zenodo.org/record/17888171

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FSCV , RCMK
Event date
2022-05-30 , 2022-06-01 , 2023-06-15 , 2023-06-21 , 2023-06-29
Verbatim event date
2022-05-30 , 2022-06-01 , 2023-06-15 , 2023-06-21 , 2023-06-29
Scientific name authorship
Schenck
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Colletidae
Genus
Colletes
Species
similis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Colletes similis Schenck, 1853 sec. Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann, 2025

References

  • Schenck, A. (1853) Nachtrag zu der Beschreibung nassauischer Bienenarten. Jahrbucher des Vereins fur Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, 9, 88-306.
  • Kuhlmann, M. & Proshchalykin, M. 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), 201-247. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3878.3.1
  • Proshchalykin, M. Yu. & Kuhlmann, M. (2019) To the knowledge of the bee genus Colletes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) of Dagestan, Russia. Caucasian Entomological Journal, 15 (1), 159-163. https://doi.org/10.23885/181433262019151-159163