Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez 1903

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 260

Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez 1903

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Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez 1903 : CCXX, ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes sareptensis Meyer 1922: 170 , ♂ (type locality: Russia, Sarepta [Volgograd]). Sphecodes excellens Meyer 1922: 170 , ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes punctatissimus Meyer 1922: 172 , ♂ (type locality: S Kazakhstan). Sphecodes hungaricus Blüthgen 1923: 498 , ♀ (type locality: Hungary).

Sphecodes coelebs Blüthgen 1923: 505 , ♂ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes consobrinus Blüthgen 1923: 507 , ♂ (type locality: Libya).

Sphecodes persicus Blüthgen 1924b: 509 , ♂ (type locality: Iran).

Sphecodes capverdensis Pauly et La Roche in Pauly et al. 2002: 203 , ♂ (type locality: Cape Verde).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Golodnaya Step [= Gulistan], 2.V.1903, G. Yakobson ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Khiva, Nurlabay, 1.VI.1927, VG (ZISP); 1 ♂, 120 km NW Shakhrikhan, Kyzylkum desert, 17.IV.1965, V. Zaytzev ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Ak-Tau, near Tamdy , 9.V.1965, V. Zaytzev ( ZISP) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 30 km ESE Rybachye, ISSyk- Kul Lake, Myricaria Sp. , 15.VII.1979, YP ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 7 ♀, 7 ♂, Bagir , AShkhabad, 16.IV–17.V.1926 , AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Dzhebel , 21.VII.1934, VP ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♂, DuShanbe, 4.V.1962, Guryeva ( ZISP) .

Published records. Popov (1952: 92, aS Sphecodes sareptensis ): TurkmeniStan; Warncke (1992: 32, aS S. pinguiculus sareptensis ): TajikiStan, TurkmeniStan; ProShchalykin & AStafurova (2016: 16): Central ASia.

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); South Europe, RuSSia (eaSt to Buryatia), North Africa, Turkey, ISrael, Iran, Mongolia, Cape Verde ISlandS.

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 76 – 81. Females; 76 – 79 — mesoscutum; 80, 81 — pronotum; 76 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 77 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 78 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 79 — S. pinguiculus Pérez; 80 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 81 — S. pellucidus Smith.