Rhophites caucasicus Morawitz, 1876

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2019, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution II. Family Halictidae, subfamilies Rophitinae, Nomiinae, and Nomioidinae, Zootaxa 4650 (1), pp. 1-71 : 22

19. Rhophites caucasicus Morawitz, 1876

( Figs 19 a–g)

Rhophites caucasicus Morawitz, 1876: 33–35 , ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Kazbek Mt., Kobi, near Gudauri ( Georgia).

Published (original) locality: “Gudaur”.

Lectotype: ♂, designated by Astafurova 2011: 643, <golden circle> // Cauc.[asus], Kobi [ Georgia, Kazbek Mt., Kobi, 42°33′N 44°30′E] // caucasicus Mor., Typ. , ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, Rhophites caucasicus Morawitz, 1876 , Astafurova design., 2010 <red label>.

Current status. Rophites caucasicus Morawitz, 1876 .

Distribution. Caucasus, Turkey (Erzurum), Russia (North Caucasus).

Figures

FIGURES 19a–g. Rhophites caucasicus Morawitz, 1876. Lectotype, male: a—habitus, dorsal view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—F9–F11, lateral view; d—head, frontal view; e—mesosoma, dorsal view; f—S6, ventro-lateral view; g—labels.