Sphecodes Latreille, 1804

Astafurova, Yu. V., Proshchalykin, M. Yu. & Engel, M. S., 2018, The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Kazakhstan, Far Eastern Entomologist 369, pp. 1-48 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.369.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1051B5F8-25BD-45DD-B8F4-DAA5F0E29902
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D7E2D20-112A-645B-FE3F-B1CC7B3BCF1C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sphecodes Latreille, 1804
status

Treatment

Genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 View in CoL

Sphecodes Latreille, 1804: 182 . Type species: Nomada gibba Fabricius, 1804 (= Sphex gibba

Linnaeus, 1758), by monotypy.

DIAGNOSIS. Metasoma red (at least T1–T3) or rare entirely black, shiny,

without band of setae. Male: clypeys black, face with appressed white pubescence below antennal toruli, ventral surfaces of flagellomeres usually bear a distinctive patch or zone of sensilla (tyloids). Female: labrum with wide apical process without longitudinal carina; metabasitibial plate is absent; metatibia without scopa;

prepygidial fimbria (on T5) not divided longitudinal hairless stripe.

REMARK. Across Kazakhstan there are at least 31 species now recorded (Table

1), and which are treated here.