Sphecodes gibbus ( Linnaeus 1758 )

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 255-256

Sphecodes gibbus ( Linnaeus 1758)

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Sphex gibba Linnaeus 1758: 571 , ♀ (type locality: Sweden).

Apis glabra Füessly 1775: 51 , ♀ (type locality: Switzerland).

Andrena ferruginea Olivier 1789: 139 , nomen novum for Nomada gibba Fabricius 1775 (nom. praeocc., nec Linnaeus 1758).

Apis gibbosa Christ 1791: 177 , nomen novum for Nomada gibba Fabricius 1775 (nom. praeocc., nec Linnaeus 1758).

Melitta sphecoides Kirby 1802: 46 , ♀ (type locality: England).

Melitta picea Kirby 1802: 48 , ♂ (type locality: England).

Andrena austriaca Fabricius 1804 (nom. praeocc., nec Panzer 1798): 325, ♀ (type locality: Denmark).

Dichroa analis Illiger 1806: 48 , nomen novum for Nomada gibba Fabricius 1775 (nom. praeocc., nec Linnaeus 1758).

Sphecodes apicatus Smith 1853: 36 , ♀ (type locality: India).

Sphecodes nigripennis Morawitz 1876: 257 , ♀ (type locality: Kazakhstan).

Sphecodes sutor Nurse 1903: 538 , ♀ (type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes gibbus var. rufispinosus Meyer 1920: 113 , ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes gibbus var. turkestanicus Meyer 1920: 113 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Uzbekistan, “ Golodnaja Steppe ”; China: Jarkand , Xinjiang).

Sphecodes castilianus Blüthgen 1924b: 473 , ♀ (type locality: Portugal).

Sphecodes lustrans Cockerell 1931b: 411 , ♂ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes angarensis Cockerell 1937: 3 –4, ♀ (type locality: Russia, Irkutsk Prov.).

Sphecodes pergibbus Blüthgen 1938: 50 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus).

Material examined (420 ♀, 370 ♂). Uzbekistan: Bukhara; Dorban; Dzhuma ; GuliSton ; 50 km E Guzar; 5 km NW Kamzaabad; KarShi ; Khiva ; Kuropatkino ; Samarkand ; 10 km W SaryaSSiy . Kyrgyzstan: BelovodSk; 10 km E Sary-Bulak ; Uch-Debe , 15 km SSW Sufi-Kurgan; 11 km WSW Daraut-Korgon; 20 km S Frinze [= BiShkek] ; 20 km NW Kokand ; 25 km ESE OSh ; Toru-Aygyr, 25 km ENE Rybachye; Sary-Chelak Lake; 20 km E TalaS; 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa; 3 km W Oytala . Turkmenistan: AShkhabad; Akhcha-Kuyma; Akyr-Tyube; Anau; Bakharden; Farab; Firyuza; 30 km S GaSan-Kuli ; GuSSeyn-Ali; Imam-Baba; Iol-Dere (gorge) , 15 km NE Kara-Kala ; Kara-Kala; KraSnoye Znamya , 50 km S Iolotan’ ; KeShi; Kora-Bogaz , 40 km N Kyzyl-Arvat ; Kyzyldzhar, Badkhyz Nature ReServe; KuShka; 20 km SE Mary ; 12 km SE Tedzhen; 18 km E Tedzhen ; Shakhi-Burun; TaShkepri; Takhta-Bazar . Tajikistan: BadakhShan, 25 km E Khorog ; GiSSar; DaShti-Gurk , 40 km ESE KomSomolabad, Peter I Range; 15 km SE DuSti; Gandzhino; ISkander-Kul’; Khodzha-Obi-Garm; Kulyab; Stalinabad [= DuShanbe] ; Shuroabad; 15 km WSW Karamyk, Alay MtS.; KammaShi; Tigrovaya Balka Nature ReServe; 10 km N Pyandzh ; ToShbulok.

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 256): UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan; Meyer (1920: 113, aS Sphecodes gibbus var. turkestanicus ): UzbekiStan; (1925: 113, aS S. gibbus var. turkestanicus ): TurkmeniStan, KyrgyzStan; Popov (1935: 367; 1951: 167): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 46): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to 63°), RuSSia (eaSt to Yakutia), North Africa, Turkey, PakiStan, ISrael, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang), India.

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.

FIGURES 58 – 63. Females, head; frontal view; 58 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 59 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 60 — S. cristatus Hagens; 61 — S. croaticus Meyer; 62 — S. ephippius (Linné); 63 — S. pellucidus Smith.

FIGURES 70 – 75. Females, head: 70, 72 – 74 – dorsal view; 71, 75 — lateral view; 70 — Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens; 71 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 72 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 73 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 74 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 75 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau.

FIGURES 88 – 92. 88 — male; 89 – 92 — females; 88 — metatibia; 89 — thorax, ventral view; 90 — antenna; 91, 92 — hind wing; 88 — Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens; 89 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 90 — S. miniatus Hagens; 91 — S. ephippius (Linné); 92 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus).