Sphecodes nurekensis Warncke 1992, 2017

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 258

Sphecodes nurekensis Warncke 1992 , stat. nov.

( FigS 44, 45 , 97 )

Sphecodes dusmeti nurekensis Warncke 1992: 17 , ♂ (holotype: ♂, Nurek, 60 km E Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 500 m, 6–7.VI.1990, J. Halada, OÖLM), examined.

Material examined. Tajikistan: 2 ♂ (holotype and paratype): Nurek , 60 km E DuShanbe, 500 m, 6–7.VI.1990, J. Halada ( OÖLM).

Published records. Warncke (1992: 17): TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( TajikiStan).

Remark. Warncke (1992: 17) deScribed the male of thiS SpecieS aS a SubSpecieS of Sphecodes dusmeti Blüthgen, 1924 . Both SpecieS poSSeSS a Similar elongate gonoStylar Shape ( FigS 44, 45 ), however S. nurekensis iS eaSy differentiated from S. dusmeti by denSely punctate metaSomal terga ( Fig. 97 ), including T1 with regular punctureS (verSuS a few punctureS along marginal zone in S. dusmeti ).

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 57. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 29 — Sphecodes haladai Warncke; 30, 31 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 32 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 33, 34 — S. longulus Hagens; 35, 36 — S. miniatus Hagens; 37, 38 — S. monilicornis (Kirby); 39, 40 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 41 — S. pectoralis Morawitz; 42, 43 — S. pellucidus Smith; 44, 45 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 46, 47 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 48, 49 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 50, 51 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 52, 53 — S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov.; 54, 55 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 56, 57 — S. spinulosus Hagens. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 93 – 98. Males; 93, 94 — head, frontal view; 95 — head, dorsal view 96 — mesoscutum; 97, 98 — metasoma, T 1 – T 2; 93 — Sphecodes rufiventris (Panzer); 94 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 95 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 96 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 97 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 98 — S. croaticus Meyer.