Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 259-260

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Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845 View in CoL

( FigS 42, 43 View FIGURES 29 – 57 , 63 View FIGURES 58 – 63 , 81 View FIGURES 76 – 81 )

Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845: 1014 View in CoL , ♀, ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes pilifrons Thomson 1870: 99 , ♀ (type locality: Sweden).

Sphecodes brevicornis Hagens 1874: 39 , ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes volatilis Smith 1879: 26 , ♂ (type locality: Russia, Siberia).

Sphecodes pellucidus var. algirus Alfken 1914: 195 , ♀ (type locality: Algeria). Sphecodes pellucidus var. hybridus Blüthgen 1924b: 516 , ♀ (type locality: China: Sichuan). Sphecodes pellucidus var. niveipennis Meyer 1925: 7 View in CoL , ♂ (type locality: China: Xinjiang).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, TaShkent, 7.V.1930, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kattakurgan , 11.VII.1931, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Turtkul , 18.VI.1932, P. Vorontzovskiy ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Topolevka E Samarkand, Dghungar Alatau, 25.V.1957, I. Kerzhner ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Pskem Mts. , Nanay, 23.V.1963, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Chatkalskiy Nature Reserve , 1200 m, 16.V.1980, DK ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Pangaz River , 10 km N Pangaz, 27.V.1989, MV ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kyzylkishlak , 18.V.2015, MP ( FNCV) ; 3 ♂, 50 km E Guzar , 19.V.2015, V. Gromenko ( FNCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, ISSyk-Kul Lake, Dolinka, 21.VI.1965, V. Tanasiychuk ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Fergana Mts. , 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 5 ♂, Ulakhol River , 25 km SE Rybachye, 2 0 0 0 m, 9.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 4 ♂, Terskey- Alat , 30 km SE Rybachye, 2200 m, 10.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30 km S Kazarman , 2500 m, 23.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan : 3 ♀, AShkhabad, 27.IV.1932 , AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Repetek , 23.V.1976, AL ( FNCV) ; 1 ♀, 15 km W Firyuza , 20.V.1988, A. Barkalov ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Aruk-Tau MtS. , 15 km E Gandzhino, 15.V.1970, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Khodzha-Obi-Garm, Gissar Mts. , 28.VII.1944, М. Nikolskaya ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Peter I Range, Gursy-Tash River, 31.VII.1911, A. Golbek ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kondara , Gissar Mts., 1.V.1964, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Alay MtS. , 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 10 km W Vorukh , 16.VII. 1 982, SB ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Romit , 6.VI.1982, SB ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Rushan , 8.VII.1965, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 15 km NE Kulyab , 25.IV.1987, N. Kurzenko ( FSCV) ; 1 ♀, Leningradskiy , 24.IV.1987, AL ( FSCV) ; 2 ♀, Tavidara distr. , Dehi-Colon near Tavidara, 24–27.V.2016, Yu. Danilov ( ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, * TurkmeniStan, * TajikiStan); KazakhStan, Europe (north to 66°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, Turkey, Mongolia, North China.

Remark. ThiS SpecieS iS wideSpread and common in moderate zone of Palaearctic, but rare in Central ASia.

References

Alfken, J. D. (1914) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Bienenfauna von Algerien. Memoires de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique, 22, 185 - 237.

Bluthgen, P. (1924 b) Beitrage zur Systematik der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. II. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1924, 457 - 516.

Hagens, J. von (1874) Ueber die Genitalien der mannlichen Bienen, besonders der Gattung Sphecodes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 18, 25 - 43. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18740180106

Meyer, R. (1925 [ 1924 ]) Zur Bienengattung Sphecodes. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 90 A (12), 1 - 12.

Smith, F. (1845) Descriptions of the British species of Bees belonging to the genus Sphecodes of Latreille. Zoologist, 3, 1011 - 1015.

Smith, F. (1879) Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, xxi + 240 pp.

Thomson, C. G. (1870) Opuscula entomologica. Fol. 2. Hakan Ohlson, Lund, 222 pp. [pp. 83 - 304]

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 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 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.