Sphecodes geoffrellus ( Kirby 1802 )

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 254-255

Sphecodes geoffrellus ( Kirby 1802)

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Melitta geoffrella Kirby 1802: 45 , ♀ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes affinis Hagens 1882: 224 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany) . Sphecodes fasciatus Hagens 1882: 224 , ♂ (type locality: Germany) . Sphecodes rimalis Pérez 1903: 221 , ♀ (type locality: France) .

Sphecodes impunctatus Meyer 1922: 171 , ♂ (type locality: Russia, Yakutsk).

Sphecodes silvicola Tsuneki 1983: 60 , figs 246–248, ♀ (type locality: Japan). Sphecodes shirozui Tsuneki 1983: 53 , figs 98–104, ♂ (type locality: Japan).

Sphecodes kitamius Tsuneki 1983: 55 , figs 105–108, ♂ (type locality: Japan). Sphecodes geoffrellus atlassa Warncke 1992: 36 , ♀ (type locality: Turkey).

Sphecodes geoffrellus hakkariensis Warncke 1992: 36 , ♂ (type locality: Turkey). Sphecodes campadellii Nobile & Turrisi 2004: 118 , ♂ (type locality: Italy).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, Pskem Mts., Nanay, 23.V.1963, VT ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Chatkal Nature Reserve, Nevich, 9.VI.1963, VT (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul Lake , Pokrovka, 27.V.1951, D. Panfilov ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, Karakoyun River , Tian-Shan Mts., 3.IX.1963, Viktorov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Teploklyuchinka , 2000–2600 m, 26.VI.1970, V. TanaSiychuk ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Fergana Mts. , 10 km NW Dzhalambad, 31.VIII.1974, Kandybina ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Sary Chelek Lake , 2000 m, 20.VI.1979, DK ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 10 km SSW Teploklyuchinka , 2200 m, 6.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 2 ♂, 1800 m, 27.VIII.1988, YP; 3 ♀, 30 km NW Naryn , 2300 m, 21.VI.1989, MV ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, Kugitang-Tau , 2500 m, 16.VI.1965, V. TanaSiychuk ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Pamir, Mayakovskiy Peak ( Mts. ), 3000 m, 13.VII.1965 , 1 ♀, V. Tanasiychuk (ZISP); 1 ♀, Zeravshan Mts. , 10 km SE Ayni, 9.VI.1982, SB ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Peter I Range, Gursy-Tash, 31.VII.1911, A. Golbek ( ZISP) .

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 258): UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan, * TurkmeniStan, * TajikiStan), Europe (north to 66°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, Turkey, Near EaSt, Mongolia, Japan.

Remark. Rare in Central ASia, recorded in the mountainS only.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 28. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 2, 3 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 4, 5 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 6, 7 — S. crassus Thomson; 8, 9 — S. cristatus Hagens; 10, 11 — S. geoffrellus (Kirby); 12, 13 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 14, 15 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 16, 17 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 18, 19 — S. ephippius (Linné); 20 — S. croaticus Meyer; 21, 22 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 23, 24 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 25, 26 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin; 27, 28 — S. pinguiculus Pérez. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.