Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853

(Figs 72, 99, 115)

Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853: 36, ♀ (type locality: Albania).

Sphecodes gibbus var. similis subvar. scariosus Sichel, 1865: 444, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code). Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens, 1882: 219, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893: 78, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Tajikistan).

Sphecodes antigae Tournier, 1901: 258, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken, 1914: 195, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria). Sphecodes alternatus lindbergi Pittioni, 1950: 61, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus).

Material examined. Russia. Altai Republic: 3 ♂, 36 km SE Onguday, Terektin Ridge, Bolshoy Yaloman River, 29.VII.1987, YP; Khakassia Republic: 1 ♀, 20 km SW Abakan, Izykhskie Kopi, 27.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL.

Distribution. Russia: *Altai Republic, *Khakassia Republic, south of European part (Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Central Asia (Popov 1967), Iran, Turkey, South and Central Europe, North Africa.