Sphecodes reticulatus Thomson 1870

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 261

Sphecodes reticulatus Thomson 1870

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Sphecodes reticulatus Thomson 1870: 98 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Sweden). Sphecodes distinguendus Hagens 1874: 38 , ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Material examined. Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, Alay Mts., 10 km S Sary-Bulak, 2300 m, 21.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 31 ♂, 25 km ESE Osh , 1500 m, Ashillea sp., 21.VII. 1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 10 ♂, Fergana Mts. , 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 11 ♂, Alay Mts. , 3 km W Oytal, 2000 m, 19.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 10 km S Sary-Bulak , 20.VIII.1985, A. Manukyan ( ZISP) ; 5 ♂, Uch-Debe , 15 km SSW Sufi-Kurgan, 2500 m, 30.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20 km ESE At-Bashi , 2200 m., 17.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Sary-Chelek Lake , 1800 m, 27.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 15 km ENE Dzhany-Bazar, Chatkal River , 1500 m, 30.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 21 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya , 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP). Tajikistan: 2 ♂, Khan-Takhta, GiSSar MtS., 22.VIII.1933, Veltishchev ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Shuroabad , 30 km SE Kulyab, 19.IX.1936, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 9 ♂, Muminabad , Kulyab Distr., 1300 m, 20.V.1953, AZ ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♂, Pasrud , 2200 m, 5.IX.1964, V. Tanasiychuk ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Aruk-Tau Mts. , 15 km W Gandzhino, 15.V.1970, VT ( ZISP) ; 3 ♀, 15 ♂, Alay Mts. , 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, Peter I Range , Dashti-Gurk, 40 km ESE Komsomolabad, 1700 m, 31.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP).

Published records. Warncke (1992: 25): “TurkeStan”.

General distribution. Central ASia (* KyrgyzStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to 62°), RuSSia (eaSt to IrkutSk Prov.), Turkey.

Remark. In Central ASia thiS SpecieS iS recorded in the mountainS only.

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 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.