Sphecodes pinguiculus Perez , 1903

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2019, The distribution of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries with description of hitherto unknown female of S. atlanticus Warncke, 1992 and male of S. dathei Schwarz, 2010, ZooKeys 872, pp. 13-40 : 27

Sphecodes pinguiculus Perez, 1903

Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez, 1903: CCXX, ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, Spain: Catalonia; MNHN).

Sphecodes sareptensis Meyer, 1922; S. excellens Meyer, 1922; S. punctatissimus Meyer, 1922; S. hungaricus Blüthgen, 1923; S. coelebs Blüthgen, 1923; S. consobrinus Blüthgen, 1923; S. persicus Blüthgen, 1924; S. capverdensis Pauly & La Roche, 2002 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 30.

Material examined.

SYRIA: 1 ♂, 80 km E Palmira, 450 m, 22.IV.1992, K. Warncke ( OÖLM); SAUDI ARABIA, 1 ♀, Hofut, 145 m, 21-6.IV.1980, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380359); 1 ♀, Hatta, 10.IV.1983, I.L. Hamer (NHMUK 013380389); 1 ♀, idem, 6.VI.1986, I.L. Hamer (NHMUK 013380390); 2 ♀♀, Khor-Fakkan, 20.III.1987, I.L. Hamer (NHMUK 013380364, 013380377); 1 ♀, Soweihan Rd, 12.IV.1988, I.L. Hamer (NHMUK 013380391); OMAN, 1 ♀, Wadi Qurvat, Ag. Stn. 500 m, 5.III.1976, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380407); 2 ♀♀, Rostaq, 350 m, 21-31.III.1976, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380405, 013380406);

ISRAEL: 1 ♂, Tel-Aviv, 22.IV.1966, Bytinski-Salz (OLBL/PCMS); 3 ♀♀, Jericho (Hisham Palace), 200 m, 8.III.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380408).

Published records.

Schwarz 2010: 486 (United Arab Emirates, Israel); Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Israel, United Arab Emirates).

Distribution.

United Arab Emirates, *Oman, *Saudi Arabia, Israel, *Syria; Cape Verde Islands, North Africa, South Europe, Russia (east to Buryatia), Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North China.