Sphecodes cristatus Hagens 1882

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 : 507-509

Sphecodes cristatus Hagens 1882

(Figs 3, 23, 24, 65, 76, 93, 109b)

Sphecodes cristatus Hagens 1882: 218 , ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Material examined. Russia. Primorskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, 22 km S Turii Rog, 3.VII.1974, AL; 1 ♂, 7 km E Khasan, 8.IX.1982, AL; 1 ♂, Khasan, 5.X.1986, AK; Jewish AP: 2 ♀, Leninskoe, Solonechnaya River, 13.VI.2005, MP; Amurskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Dim, 15.VII.1975, NK; 1 ♂, 20 km W Poyarkovo, 15.VII.1975, AL; 1 ♀, Natal’ino, 13.VII.1975, AL; Khabarovsk Terr.: 1 ♀, Bolshekhekhtzirskiy Nature reserve, 48°11′ N, 134°41′ E, 5-6.IX.2013, V. Dubatolov.

Distribution. Russia: *Primorskiy Terr., *Jewish AP, *Amurskaya Prov., *Khabarovsk Terr., European part ( Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Mongolia, Tajikistan, Europe (north to Sweden), Turkey.

FIGURES 55–63. Female, head: 55— Sphecodes crassus Thomson ; 56— S. geoffrellus (Kirby) ; 57— S. longulus Hagens ; 58— S. miniatus Hagens ; 59— S. monilicornis (Kirby) ; 60— S. nippon Meyer ; 61— S. orientalis , sp. nov.; 62— S. puncticeps Thomson ; 63— S. simillimus Smith.

FIGURES 64–66. Female, head, dorsal view: 64— Sphecodes nippon Meyer ; 65— S. cristatus Hagens ; 66— S. scabricollis Wesmael.

FIGURES 67–69. Female, pygidial plate: 67— Sphecodes laticaudatus Tsuneki ; 68— S. okuyetsu Tsuneki ; 69— S. pellucidus Smith.

FIGURES 70–73. Female, propodeum: 70— Sphecodes okuyetsu Tsuneki ; 71— S. orientalis , sp. nov.; 72— S. simillimus Smith ; 73— S. tanoi Tsuneki.