Sphecodes monilicornis ( Kirby, 1802 )

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 257-258

Sphecodes monilicornis ( Kirby, 1802)

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Melitta monilicornis Kirby 1802: 47 , ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes maculatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841: 545, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes subquadratus Smith 1845: 1014 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. rufipes Sichel 1865: 428 , ♀, ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. dubius Sichel 1865: 419, ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. incertus Sichel 1865: 420, ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. nigrescens Sichel 1865: 427, ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. testaceipes Sichel 1865: 428, ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes ruficrus Dalla Torre 1896 (nom. praeocc., nec Erichson 1835): 9, replacement name for Sphecodes rufipes Sichel 1865 .

Sphecodes hanuman Nurse 1903: 538 , ♀ (type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes monilicornis var. nigerrima Blüthgen 1927: 41 , ♂ (type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes caucasicus Meyer 1920: 124 , ♂ (type locality: Georgia).

Sphecodes cephalotes Meyer 1920: 129 , ♀ (type locality: Turkey).

Sphecodes smyrnensis Meyer 1920: 116 , ♂ (type locality: Turkey).

Sphecodes monilicornis quadratus Meyer 1920: 129 , ♂, ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes monilicornis berberus Warncke 1992: 22 , ♂, ♀ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes quadratus cephalotiformis Pittoni 1950: 62 , ♂, ♀ (type locality: Cyprus).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Kuropatkino, 50 km NE Samarkand , 12.VII.1930 (no collector) ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, BoStandyk, 30.V.1959, Lao Din Si ( ZISP); Naryn River , 1 ♀, 20 km NE TaSh-Kumyr , 3.VI.1989, MV ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Dorban , 10.V.2015, V. Gromenko ( FSCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 20 km ESE ByStrovka , 1350 m, 13.VII.1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa , 1700 m, 16.VII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20 km S FrunSe [= BiShkek], 1650 m, 11.IX.1986, YP ( ZISP) ; 6 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya , 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kizil-kiya , 15.V.1994, M. Halada ( OÖLM) ; 2 ♀, 10 km S Sari-Tzelek , 5.VI.1995, J. Halada ( OÖLM) ; 1 ♀, Terek-Sai , 7.VI.1995, J. Halada ( OÖLM) . Turkmenistan: 1 ♂, Chuli, Kopet-Dag, 14.VI.1914, Golbek ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Aman- Kutan , 21.VII.1931, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kara-Kala, Iol-Dere (gorge), 5.VI.1952, Steinberg (ZISP); 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Kara- Kala , 17.V.1953, AP ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♂, Voznaut, RoShanm 28.VII.1915, Lazdin ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, DuShanbe, 12.VII.1934, VG ( ZISP) ; 4 ♂, Parkhar, Pyandzh River , 3.VII.1936, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Dzhirgital’ , 6.VIII.1939, A. Romanov ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, Khodzha Obi-Garm , GiSSar MtS., 13.VIII.1944, М. NikolSkaya ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 20 km N Vanch, VakhSh River , 5–6.VI.1965, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, GiSSar MtS., 1 ♀, 6 km SW Ramit , 11.VII.1975, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Peter I Range, DaShti-Gurk , 40 km ESE KomSomolabad , 1700 m, 31.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 257, aS Sphecodes subquadratus Smith ): UzbekiStan; RadoSzkowSki (1886: 20, aS S. subquadratus ): TurkmeniStan; Popov (1967: 47): TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to 64°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, CaucaSuS, Turkey, PakiStan, Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 57. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 29 — Sphecodes haladai Warncke; 30, 31 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 32 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 33, 34 — S. longulus Hagens; 35, 36 — S. miniatus Hagens; 37, 38 — S. monilicornis (Kirby); 39, 40 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 41 — S. pectoralis Morawitz; 42, 43 — S. pellucidus Smith; 44, 45 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 46, 47 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 48, 49 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 50, 51 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 52, 53 — S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov.; 54, 55 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 56, 57 — S. spinulosus Hagens. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 64 – 69. Females, head; frontal view; 64 — Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby); 65 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 66 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 67 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 68 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 69 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin.