Sphecodes intermedius Bluethgen , 1923

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2019, The distribution of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries with description of hitherto unknown female of S. atlanticus Warncke, 1992 and male of S. dathei Schwarz, 2010, ZooKeys 872, pp. 13-40 : 22-23

Sphecodes intermedius Bluethgen, 1923 Figure 11

Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923: 500 (lectotype (designated here): ♂, Type <red label> // Caucas Portz // Sph. intermedius ♂, Type., P. Blüthgen det. // <blue circle> // Lectotypus, Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923, ♂, des. Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2018; paralectotype: ♀, Type <red label> Sph. intermedius ♀, Type, P. Blüthgen det. // Paralectotypus, Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923, ♀, des. Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2018; ISZP, examined, Fig. 11 ).

Sphecodes lactipennis Meyer, 1925 (Synonym).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 20.

Material examined.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 1 ♂, Hatta (Hotel), 28. IV.1989, (NHMUK 013380370); 1 ♂, idem, 23.VIII.1991 (NHMUK 013380409); 1 ♂, idem, 14.IV.1990, I. L. Hamer [D. Baker det., 1992 as S. punctatissimus Meyer] (NHMUK 013380361); ISRAEL: 1 ♀, Jerusalim, 16.VII.1930, S. Bodenheimer [det. Blüthgen] (MNHB); 1 ♀, Tiberias, 200 m, 22.III.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380410); 1 ♀, Jericho (Hisham Palace), 200 m, 8.III.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380408); JORDAN: 1 ♀, N. Shuna env., 20-22.IV.1996; 1 ♀, idem, 29-30.IV.1996, M. Halada ( OÖLM)

Published records.

Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Israel)

Distribution.

*United Arab Emirates, Israel, *Jordan; North Africa, South Europe (east to Ukraine), Russia (south of the European part, Urals), Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, China (Gansu).

Remarks.

Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923 was described from specimens of both sexes collected in “Caucas” [Caucasus] ( Fig. 11 ). There are two specimens (female and male) in ISZP from this locality, which correspond to the original description of P. Blüthgen. One of these specimens (male) is designated here as a lectotype of S. intermedius to avoid any confusion about the status of the type specimens and to properly diagnose this species.

Figures

Figures 8 - 11. Mesosoma (8 - 10), dorsal view; lectotype labels (11). 8 Sphecodes scabricollis Wesmael, male 9, 10 S. atlanticus Warncke (9 - male, 10 - female) 11 S. intermedius Bluethgen, label of lectotype. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.