Colletes xizangensis Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013

Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, Zootaxa 5022 (1), pp. 1-72 : 34-35

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5022.1.1
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scientific name	Colletes xizangensis Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013
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Colletes xizangensis Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013: 113 View Cited Treatment ( holotype ♀: China, Xizang, Lhasa Shi [IZCAS]).

Colletes xizangensis ; Ascher & Pickering 2021.

Diagnosis. The female of C. xizangensis (the male is still unknown) is unique among the Tibetan Colletes in having the face and mesosoma covered entirely with pale-yellow pubescence and the T1 with a complete apical band. Females of C. xizangensis closely resembles those of C. xuezhongi , but in the former the clypeal punctation is crowded (clypeus more sparsely (i=1.0–2.0 d) punctate in C. xuezhongi ) and the T2 basal band is absent (T2 basal band present in C. xuezhongi ). Females of C. xizangensis are also similar to those of C. inspersus , but the former are comparatively larger (HW 3.2–3.3 mm) then the former (HW 2.8–2.9 mm) and have the paraocular area without black hairs (paraocular area with pale-yellow and black hairs intermixed in C. inspersus ).

New records —none.

Distribution. Western China ( Xizang).

DNA barcode. Unavailable.

Floral hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. The male of C. xizangensis remains unknown.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Colletidae
Genus	Colletes