Sphecodes nippon Meyer 1922

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2014, The bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of the Russian Far East, with key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Zootaxa 3887 (5), pp. 501-528 : 515-516

Sphecodes nippon Meyer 1922

(Figs 11, 39, 40, 60, 64, 86, 89, 95, 103, 109f)

Sphecodes nippon Meyer 1922: 171 , ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan: “Yokohama, Honshu”).

Sphecodes aino Tsuneki 1983: 26 , Figs 224, 225, ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan: “Hokkaido, Dyozankei, 8.VI.1976, K. Tsuneki leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 49.

Sphecodes awaensis Tsuneki 1983: 27 , Figs 226, 227, ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan: “Tokushima Pref., Mt. Tsurugi, 23.VII.1970, T. Tano”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 49.

Sphecodes gibbus: Quest 2009: 204 (misidentification); Proshchalykin & Quest 2009: 245 (misidentification); Proshchalykin 2012: 457 (misidentification).

Material examined. Primorskiy Terr.: 2 ♂, Lazo, 9.VIII.2001, M. Quest (M. Schwarz det. 2007, as S. gibbus ); 1 ♂, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, 27.VI–13.VII.2001, M. Quest (M. Schwarz det. 2007, as S. gibbus ); 1 ♀, Korpad’, 7.VII.2001, M. Quest (M. Schwarz det. 2007, as S. gibbus ); 1 ♀, Kedrovaya Pad’, 26.VII.1961, M. Nikolskaya; 1 ♂, 20.VII.1961, Zhelkhovtzev; 1 ♂, Komarovskiy [=Ussuriyskiy] Nature Reserve, 23.VII.1973, AL; 1 ♂, 28.VII.1974; 1 ♀, 15.VII.1990; AL; 1 ♀, 11.VII.1979, on Leucanthemus sp., TR; 1 ♂, 11.IX.1979, AK; 1 ♀, 22 km S Turiy Rog, 3.VII.1974, AL; 1 ♀, 20 km S Khorol, 7.VII.1974, AL; 1 ♀, Tigrovyi, 17.VI.1975, AL; 1 ♂, Kievka Bay, 6.VII.1975, Berezantzev; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, 19.VII.1975, Syaukhe; 1 ♀, 19.VI.1981, YP; 1 ♀, 28 km NE Preobrazheniye, 7.IX.1979; 10 km NNE Preobrazhenie, on Patrinia sibirica, 28-30.VIII.1981, YP; 6 ♀, 14.VI.1980, TR; 1 ♂, America, 25.VIII-3.IX.2006, YS, VS; 1 ♀, Korpad’, 14–18.VII.2008; 1 ♀, 4 ♂, 7–11.IX.2009, YS; 1 ♂, 7 km E Khasan, 7.VIII.1976, AL; 1 ♀, 11.VIII.1978, NK; 1 ♂, Khasan, 25.VIII.1977, AL; 1 ♀, Ekaterinovka, near Partizansk, 20.VIII.1977, NK; 1 ♂, 5.X.1980, AK; 1 ♂, 26.IX.2008, AL; 1 ♂, 40-70 km N Khasan, 10.VIII.1978, DK; 1 ♀, Vladivostok, Sedanka, 3.VI.1978, AL; 1 ♀, 20 km W Kamen’-Rybolov, 8.IX.1978, AL; 1 ♂, Benevskoe, 7.IX.1979, TR; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Barabash-Levada, 19.VI.1980, G. Krivolutskaya; 3 ♀, 18 ♂, 1 ♂, Merkushevka, 6.IX.1981, TR; 1 ♂, Ryazanovka, 5.VII.1982, Shalagina; 1 ♀, Novokachalinsk, 24.VI.1975; 1 ♂, 19.VII.1982; 1 ♂, 26.VII.1995, AL; 1 ♀, 29.VIII.1993; 2 ♂, 21–22.VII.1995; 1 ♀, 12- 16.VIII.2003; 1 ♂, 4-7.VIII.2006, SB; 2 ♂, Lazo, 4.IX.1982, TR; 1 ♀, Anisimovka, 19.VI.1975; 1 ♀, 12.VII.1984; 1 ♀, 17.V.2003, AL; 1 ♂, 24.VII.2010, MP; 1 ♀, 4 ♂, Nizhnyaya Kamenka, 4.IX.1984, TR; 1 ♂, 20 km NW Melnichnoe, Bolshaya Ussuriyka River, 2.VIII.1986, AL; 2 ♂, 20 km SW Krounovka, 2-5.VIII.1993, SB; 1 ♀, Evseevka, 28.VI.1985, AL; 1 ♀, 10 km SW Sokol’chi, 22-24.VII.1993, SB; 1 ♂, Spassk, 3-6.VII.1995, SB; 1 ♂, 20 km NW Spassk, 17.VII.1995; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 24–25.VII.1998; SB; 1 ♂, 20 km ESE Spassk, 16.VII.1998, SB; 1 ♂, 15 km SW Partizansk, 26.VIII.2001, SB; 1 ♀, 20 km NE Ussuriysk, Kamenushka, 24.V.2003, MP; 1 ♀, 28 km NW Arsen’ev, 17.VIII.2003, MP; 1 ♀, Vityaz, 5-7.VI.2004, MP; 2 ♀, 70 km SE Chuguevka, “Zov Tigra” Nature Park, 16.VII.2010, VL; Jewish AP: 3 ♂, Radde, 15.VII.2003, MP; 1 ♀, Bastak Nature Reserve, Dubovaya sopka, 4- 5.VII.2004, MP; 8 ♂, Zabelovskoe Lake, 3-4.IX.2005, V. Kuznetov; 1 ♀, Birobidzhan, 12.VI.2005, MP; 1 ♀, Leninskii, Solonechnaya River, 13.VI.2005, MP; 1 ♀, Vinogradnyi Is., 14.VI.2005, MP; Amurskaya Prov.: 4 ♂, between Malaya Pera River and Bolshoy Ergel, 4-24.IX.1958; 3 ♀, 3-8.VI.1958, 1 ♀, 24-26 VI.1958, G. Zinovjev; 2 ♂, 1 ♂, Khinganskiy Nature Reserve, Kundur, 30.VII.1975; 1 ♀, Semenovka, 6.VII.1975, NK; 1 ♀, 19.VII.1988; 1 ♀, 27.VII.1988, AL; 2 ♀, Natal’ino, 13.VII.1975, AL; 1 ♀, Dim, 15.VII.1975, NK; 1 ♂, Shimanovsk, 6.VIII.1983, N. Moroz; 1 ♂, Khinganskiy Nature Reserve, Kleshinskoye, 12.VIII.1988, Yu. Chistyakov; 1 ♀, 10 km W Ekimchan, 22-23.VI.2004, MP; 1 ♀, 11.VIII.2007, V. Bezborodov; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Ekimchan, 11.VIII.2007, V. Bezborodov; Khabarovsk Terr.: 1 ♀, Malmyzh, 29.VIII.1926, Starodomskii; 2 ♀, Pivan’, 15.VI.1977; 1 ♂, 5.VIII.1977, VM; 1 ♂, Suluk, 15.VIII.1994, D. Gritskevich; 1 ♂, Komsomolsk on Amur, Silinskii park, 7.VIII.1999; 2 ♂, 27.VII.2000, MP; 1 ♀, Komsomolsk on Amur, Parkovyi, 31.V.2012, VM; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Solnechnyi, 10-19.VII.2000, Kosheleva; 2 ♂, Pivan, 4.VIII.2001; 1 ♀, 25.V.2005, VM; 1 ♀, Bolshoi Khekhtsir, Bychikha, 19- 21.VII.2005, V. Dubatolov; 1 ♀, Evoron Lake, 13.VII.2006, MP; 1 ♀, 10 km SE Amgun’, Sonakh River, 19.VII.2006, MP; 1 ♀, 30 km NW Duki, 25.VII.2006, MP; Sakhalin: 1 ♂, Kostromskoe, 15.VIII.1978, A. Basarukin; 2 ♀, 15 km NE Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 12.VII.1981; 1 ♀, Dolinsk, 21-23.V.1985, S. Kholin, A. Plutenko; 1 ♀, Bolshoe Vavaiskoe Lake, 18.VII.2002, AL, SS; 1 ♀, Rybach’e Lake, 29.VII.2002, AL, SS; 1 ♀, 20 km SW Nogliki, 31.VII.2002, AL, SS; 1 ♂, 3 km W Val, 5.VIII.2003, AL, SS; 1 ♂, 9 km S Dolinsk, Sokol, 22.VIII.2003, AL, SS; Kuril Islands. Kunashir, 1 ♀, Sernovodsk, 7.VII.1962, G. Krivolutskaya; 1 ♀, Dubovoe, 8.VIII.1980, AL; 1 ♀, 11 km N Golovnino, 1.VIII.1989, AL; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, Ivanovskii Cape, Grozovoe, 4-10.IX.2013, YS, LS; 1 ♀, Rudnoe, 16-18.VII.2013, LS. Japan. Hokkaido, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Kussaro-ko, Teshikaga, 21.VII.1984, O. Tadauchi (K. Mitai det.); Honshu, 1 ♀, Kanamaru, N-Echigo, 4.VI.1977, K. Baba (K. Mitai det.).

Distribution. Russia: *Primorskiy Terr. ( Quest, 2009, as Sphecodes gibbus ), *Jewish AP, *Amurskaya Prov., *Khabarovsk Terr., *Sakhalin, *Kuril Islands (Kunashir); Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu ( Mitai & Tadauchi 2013).