Rhophitoides Schenck, 1861

Niu, Ze-Qing, Wu, Yan-Ru & Huang, Da-Wei, 2005, A Taxonomic Study On The Four Genera Of The Subfamily Rophitinae From China (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53 (1), pp. 47-58 : 51-52

Rhophitoides Schenck, 1861

Rhophitoides Schenck, 1861: 69 . Type species: Rhophitoides distinguendus Schenck, 1861 ( Rhophites cana Eversmann, 1852 ) by monotypy.

Diagnosis. – Forewing with two submarginal cells, the second submarginal cell more than half length of the first one; basal vein of forewing nearly straight; metasomal terga with apical hair bands; body without yellow integumental markings; dorsal surface of propodeum shorter than scutellum, forming a distinct angle with posterior vertical surface; S6 of male with blister-shaped thickenings, median part covered dense hairs, without longitudinal ridge; S7 of male with distinct slender dorsal lobes; labial palpus usual, its 1st and 2nd segments twice as long as 4th segment or shorter; frons of female only with usual hairs, without spines.

Remarks. – The geographic range of the genus covers almost all the southern part of the Palearctic Region, from Morocco and France to Turkey and the Caucasus, in the east to central Mongolia and northwest of China. It contains four species; Rhophitoides canus (Eversmann) is only known species in China.