Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 20-21

Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphex gibba Linnaeus, 1758: 571, ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, Sweden; ZMUK).

Apis glabra Füessly, 1775; Andrena ferruginea Olivier, 1789; Apis gibbosa Christ, 1791; Melitta sphecoides Kirby, 1802; M. picea Kirby, 1802; Andrena austriaca Fabricius, 1804; Dichora analis Illiger, 1806; Sphecodes apicatus Smith, 1853; S. nigripennis Morawitz, 1876; S. sutor Nurse, 1903; S. gibbus var. rufispinosus Meyer, 1920; S. g. var. turkestanicus Meyer, 1920; S. castilianus Blüthgen, 1924; S. pergibbus Blüthgen, 1938; S. lustrans Cockerell, 1931; S. angarensis Cockerell, 1937 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 17.

Material examined.

JORDAN: 1 ♀, Jordan Valey, Dayr Alla, 27.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, N. Shuna env., 20-22.IV.1996; 1 ♀, idem, 29-30.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); SYRIA: 1 ♂, 20 km NE Latakia, 25.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); ISRAEL: 1 ♀, Rehovot s.l., 29.IV.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380378); 1 ♀, Ein Gedi, 200 m, 11.III.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-154, 013380379); 1 ♂, Jericho (Wadi Quilt), 250 m, 13-22.V.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380373); 1 ♀, Jericho, 200 m, 6-27.III.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-154, 013380374).

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 30 (Israel).

Distribution.

Israel, *Jordan; North Africa, Europe (north to 63°), Russia (east to Yakutia), Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NW China, India.