Colletes succinctus Linnaeus 1758

Colletes succinctus (Linnaeus 1758) Apis succincta Linnaeus 1758: 576, ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, Sweden, NRS). Apis glutinans Cuvier 1798: 494, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France). Apis calendarum Panzer 1806: 208 –209, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Colletes balteatus Nylander 1852: 248, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Sweden). Andrena xanthothorax Eversmann 1852: 18, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Kasan, Orenburg, Russia). Material examined. Abkhazia: 2 ♀, 8 ♂, Kolchis, Umg. Pitzunda [41°37'E 42°34'N], 4–18.IX.1990, Oehlke (PCMS/RCMK). Published records. Morawitz 1877 (Armenia: Etschmiadzin [Vagarshapat], Eriwan [Erevan]; Azerbaijan: Jelissawetpol [Gandzha]); Aliev & Kirschey 2010 (Azerbaijan: Kilazi, Yardimli, Awasch, Lerik, Zuvand, Gilidara); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2014b (Russia: Krasnodar Prov.). Distribution. *Abkhazia, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.Published as part of Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2016, The bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) of the Caucasus region, pp. 367-385 in Zootaxa 4161 (3) on page 380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/25488