Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)

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 : 25

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.35361

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DCDEFCB1-E33D-476F-90D7-178BC08C311A

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4AC06390-842B-516C-AC0E-5EECE61A4859

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scientific name

Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)
status

 

Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)

Melitta monilicornis Kirby, 1802: 47, ♂ (syntypes: ♂♂, England, NHMUK).

Sphecodes maculatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841; S. subquadratus Smith, 1845; S. ruficrus Dalla Torre, 1896; S. hanuman Nurse, 1903; S. monilicornis var. nigerrima Blüthgen, 1927; S. caucasicus Meyer, 1920; S. cephalotes Meyer, 1920; S. smyrnensis Meyer, 1920; S. monilicornis quadratus Meyer, 1920; S. monilicornis berberus Warncke, 1992; S. quadratus cephalotiformis Pittoni, 1950 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 24.

Material examined.

SYRIA: 1 ♀, 50 km W Homs, 12.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 60 km S Damask, Khabab, 14.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 20 km S North Shuna Tall al Arbatin, 19.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km W Jarasch, 1.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 2 ♀♀, Jisr ash Shunhur, 26.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 4 ♂♂, 20 km NE Latakia, 25.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♂, 30 km W Damask, 19.VI.2000, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); JORDAN: 1 ♀, Jarash env., 1.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km N Jarash, 1.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♂, 16 km WN Aijun, 600 m, 21.V.2077, Z. Kejval (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km N Petra, 3.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS).

Published records.

Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Jordan).

Distribution.

Jordan, *Syria; North Africa, Europe (north to 64°), Russia (east to Far East), Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Sphecodes