Sphecodes crassus Thomson 1870

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 253

Sphecodes crassus Thomson 1870

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Sphecodes crassus Thomson 1870: 100 , ♀ (type locality: southern Sweden) . Sphecodes variegatus Hagens 1874: 40 , ♂ (type locality: Germany) .

Sphecodes divisus Hagens 1882 (nom. praeocc., nec Kirby 1802): 223, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Sphecodes valesianus Frey-Gessner 1903: 100 , ♀ (type locality: Switzerland). Sphecodes dyozankeanus Tsuneki 1983: 33 , ♂ (type locality: Japan).

Sphecodes ohdeyamanus Tsuneki 1984: 9 , ♀ (type locality: Japan).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Nanay, Andizhan Distr., 19.VII.1961, E. Sugonyaev ( ZISP) ; Kyrgyzstan: 2 ♀, Alay Mts. , Karagay, 30 km S Naukat, 11.VI.1978, V. Tanasiychuk ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul Lake , 30 km ESE Rybachye, 1610 m, 15.VII.1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30 km S Kazarman , 2500 m, 23.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Peter I Range, Zakh-BurSi PaSS, 5.VII.1913, Golbek ( ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, * TajikiStan); Europe (north to 64°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, CaucaSuS, Turkey, Iran, Mongolia, Japan.

Remark. In Central ASia thiS SpecieS iS 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.