Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882

(Figs 4, 26, 27, 65, 90, 101, 115)

Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882: 218, ♀ (type locality: Germany); Meyer 1925: 5.

Material examined. Russia. Omsk Prov.: 1 ♀, Omsk, 10.VI.1984, AB; Kemerovo Prov.: 1 ♀, Novokusnetzk distr., Sary-Chumysh, 5.VII.2002, NE; 1 ♀, Bolshoy Antibas, Mariinsk distr., 27.VIII.2004, NE; 1 ♀, Tashtagol distr., Mundybash, 2.VII.2005, DS;1 ♀, Kemerovo, 7.VI.2006, SY; 1 ♀, 14 km NW Kemerovo, Mozzhukha, 14.V.2008, DS; Altaisky Terr.: 1 ♂, Kalmanskii distr., Lesnoy, 2 km SE Internat, 16.VIII.2007, YD; Khakassia Republic: 1 ♂, Chernoe Ozero, Chernoe Lake, 16–19.VII.2012, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Bely Yar, Abakan River, 11–12.VII.2012, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 20 km SW Abakan, Izykhskie Kopi, 13.VII.2012, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 7.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 27 km E Shira, 29–30.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♂, Abakan, 22–29.VI.2015, M. Shcherbakov; Tyva Republic: 1 ♂, Kyzyl, 15–19.VII.2010, SB; 2 ♂, Balgazyn, 29.VII.2009, SB; 1 ♀, 27 km SSW Erzin, Tore-Khol Lake, 30.VI–3.VII.2013, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 25 km SE Erzin, Tes-Khem River, 5.VII.2013, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 6 km SE Bay-Khaak, 20–21.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 14 ♂, 32 km SW Kyzyl, Elegest River, 22.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; Krasnoyarsk Terr.: 3 ♀, Minusinsk, 17.VII.2011, EA; 1 ♂, Tes’, 7.VII.2012, EA; 1 ♂, Krasnoyarsk, 15.IX.2012, 2 ♀, EA; Malo-Minusa [near Minusinsk], 23–27.VII.2014, EA; Buryatia Republic: 1 ♀, 5 km N Naushki, Kharankhoy, 1.VIII.1977, AL; 1 ♀, 7 km N Ulan-Ude, Novaya Komushka, 13.VI.1996, SR; 23 ♂, 2 ♀, Gusinnoe Lake, Baraty, 25–26.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Dzhida, Dzhida River, 28.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♀, Naushki, Selenga River, 30.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL; Zabaikalskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, Dayrskiy Nature Reserve, between Barun and Zun-Torey Lakes, 29.VI.1996, VD.

Distribution. Russia: *Omsk Prov., *Kemerovo Prov., *Altaisky Terr., *Khakassia Republic, *Tyva Republic, *Krasnoyarsk Terr., Buryatia Republic (Meyer 1925), *Zabaikalskiy Terr., Far East, south of European part (Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Mongolia, Europe (north to Sweden), Turkey, China (Beijing) (Ascher & Pickering 2015).

Remark. The record of S. cristatus from Tadjikistan (Dushanbe) (Popov 1967) is wrong and belongs to S. puncticeps Thomson, 1870 (examined) and record from Kazakhstan (Zhambul) (Meyer 1920) belongs to Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz, 1876 (see Blüthgen 1924b).