Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923

Bogusch, Petr & Straka, Jakub, 2012, Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes), Zootaxa 3311, pp. 1-41 : 12

Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923

Described as: Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923a: 500 –502. Synonym: Sphecodes lactipennis Meyer, 1925: 7 –8.

Distribution. Very rare species, known from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, Russia, and Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Algeria ( Warncke 1992). In all countries only one to several records are known, and most of them are very old. Recently, the species was recorded at Bratčice in south Moravia ( Czech Republic) in 2011.

Biology. Biology is poorly known; probably a species of warm and dry biotopes. Hosts unknown, in our opinion Halictus kessleri Bramson can be the host of this species. This bee is present at sand walls in Bratčice, where we found two specimens in 2011.