NEW DATA ON BEES OF THE GENUS COLLETES LATREILLE (HYMENOPTERA: COLLETIDAE) FROM RUSSIA

The genus Colletes currently includes more than 500 described species with an estimated total of about 700 species (Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin, 2011) from most continents except Antarctica, Australia, and parts of Southeast Asia and Madagascar (Michener, 2007; Kuhlmann, 2014). In recent years significant progress has been made towards a better knowledge of species of Colletes from Russia (Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin, 2011, 2014; Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann, 2012, 2015, 2019; Proshchalykin et al., 2017). Herein the new data on the fauna and distribution of Colletes in Russia are given and an updated list of the species of the Russian fauna including 53 species is provided (Table 1).