Sphecodes ephippius ( Linné 1767 )

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 254

Sphecodes ephippius ( Linné 1767)

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Sphex ephippia Linné 1767: 944 , ♂ (type locality: Sweden).

Apis minimus Harris 1776 (nom. praeocc., nec Poda 1761): 136, ♀ (type locality: England). Apis rufescens Geoffroy 1785: 447 , ♀ (type locality: France).

Apis obscura Geoffroy 1785 (nom. praeocc., nec Linné 1764): 447, ♀ (type locality: France). Apis rufescens Gmelin 1790 (nom. praeocc., nec Geoffroy 1785): 2790, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Apis labiata Fabricius 1793: 342 , ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Melitta divisa Kirby 1802: 49 , ♂ (type locality: England).

Andrena minuta Fabricius 1804: 327 , ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes similis Wesmael 1835: 283 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Belgium).

Sphecodes zablockii Blüthgen 1924a: 188 , ♀ (type locality: Russia, Novosibirsk).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 3 ♀, Pskem Mts., Nanay, 22.V.1963, Guryeva ( ZISP) ; Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, ISSyk- Kul Lake , Pokrovka, 16.VI.1954, D. Panfilov ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, Alatau Mts, Arkit, 1500–2000 m, 29.VI.1952, AZ (ZMMU); 1 ♂, 10 km Sary-Bulak , 21.VIII.1985, A. Manukyan ( ZISP) ; 4 ♂, 21.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP). Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, Ashkhabad , 16–20.IV.1929 , AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kopet-Dag, Tutly, 3.V.1952, Kryzhanovskiy (ZISP); 1 ♀, Iol-Dere (gorge), Kara-Kala, 5.VI.1952, Steinberg ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kara-Kala , 29.VI.1952, AP ( ZISP). Tajikistan: 1 ♂, Kondara (gorge), 1100 m, Varzob, 26.VII.1940, VG ( ZISP) ; 12 ♂, Gissar Mts. , Khodzha-Obi- Garm, 9–13.VIII.1944, М. Nikolskaya ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Alay Mts. , 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 5 ♂, Peter I Range , Dashti-Gurk, 40 km ESE Komsomolabad, 1700 m, 31.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 258, aS Sphecodes similis : UzbekiStan); RadoSzkowSki (1886: 20, aS S. similis ): TurkmeniStan; Mayer (1920: 140, aS S. similis ): “TurkeStan”; Popov (1951: 167, aS S. divisus (Kirby)) : TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to 62°), RuSSia (eaSt to IrkutSk Prov.), CaucaSuS, Turkey, KazakhStan, Mongolia.

Remark. In Central ASia thiS SpecieS iS recorded in the foothillS and mountainS only.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 28. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 2, 3 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 4, 5 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 6, 7 — S. crassus Thomson; 8, 9 — S. cristatus Hagens; 10, 11 — S. geoffrellus (Kirby); 12, 13 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 14, 15 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 16, 17 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 18, 19 — S. ephippius (Linné); 20 — S. croaticus Meyer; 21, 22 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 23, 24 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 25, 26 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin; 27, 28 — S. pinguiculus Pérez. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 58 – 63. Females, head; frontal view; 58 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 59 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 60 — S. cristatus Hagens; 61 — S. croaticus Meyer; 62 — S. ephippius (Linné); 63 — S. pellucidus Smith.

FIGURES 88 – 92. 88 — male; 89 – 92 — females; 88 — metatibia; 89 — thorax, ventral view; 90 — antenna; 91, 92 — hind wing; 88 — Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens; 89 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 90 — S. miniatus Hagens; 91 — S. ephippius (Linné); 92 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus).