Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1825

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 : 26

Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1825

Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau in Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Audinet-Serville, 1825: 448, ♂ (syntypes: ♂♂, ‘Arabie’).

Sphecodes collaris Spinola, 1843; S. hispanicus var. abyssinicus Sichel, 1865; S. ruficornis Sichel, 1865; S. punctulatus Sichel, 1865; S. subpunctulatus Sichel, 1865; S. rufithorax Morawitz, 1876; S. verticalis Hagens, 1882; S. desertus Nurse, 1903; S. chionospilus Cockerell, 1911; S. chionospilus var. sanguinatus Cockerell, 1911; S. tenuis Meyer, 1920; S. olivieri var. niveatus Meyer, 1925 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 25.

Material examined.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 1 ♂, Digdaga, 8.VIII.1984, J.N. Brown [D. Baker det, 92] (NHMUK 013380368); 1 ♂, Hatta (Hotel), 21.VIII.1987, I.L. Hamer [D. Baker det, 92] (NHMUK 013380366); 1 ♂, Soweihan Rd, 12.IV.1988, I.L. Hamer [D. Baker det, 92] (NHMUK 013380367); 1 ♂, Jebal Ali, 15.II.1991, I.L. Hamer [D. Baker det, 92] (NHMUK 013380361); SAUDI ARABIA, 1 ♀, 1♂, Jeddah, 15.II.1972, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380399, 013380398); 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂, Riyadh area, 16-21.IV.1980, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380456, 013380395, 013380396, 013380397); 1 ♂, Jeddah, 13.IV.1980 (NHMUK 013380393); 2 ♀♀, idem, 15.IV.1980, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380392, 013380394); JORDAN: 1 ♀, 20 km W At Tafila, 1.VI.2007, Z. Kejval (OLBL/PCMS); OMAN, 1 ♀, Wadi Qurvat, Ag. Stn. 500 m, 5.III.1976, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380383); 2 ♀♀, Tinaf, 650 m, 7.III.1976, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380381, 013380380); 1 ♀, Rostaq, 350 m, 21-31.III.1976, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380382);

ISRAEL, 1 ♂, Ein Bokek Zohar, 350 m, 25.V.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380385); ISRAEL: 1 ♀, Jericho (Wadi Kelt), 200 m, 6.III.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380387).

Published records.

Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1825: 448 ( ‘Arabie’); Warncke 1992: 46, map (Israel); Dathe 2009: 385 (United Arab Emirates); Schwarz 2010: 486 (United Arab Emirates); Ascher and Pickering 2019 (United Arab Emirates, Qatar).

Distribution.

United Arab Emirates, *Oman, Qatar, *Saudi Arabia, Israel, *Jordan; North Africa, South Europe, Russia (South of European part), Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, NW China.