Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2018, The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in Iran, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 66, pp. 39-53 : 39

Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 49 (map); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Alborz, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran).

Material examined.

East Azerbaijan : 10 km E Shabeslar, 1540 m, 19.VI.2010, (1 ♀, 7 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Gilan: 15 km SE Tutkabon, 1100 m, 9.VI.2014, (2 ♀), leg. J. Halada [PCMS]; Tulkabon near Roodbar, 16.VI.2010, (1 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Fars: 10 km E Kazerum, 1990 m, 23.V.2014, (2 ♀, 2 ♂), leg. J. Halada [PCMS]. Golestan: 70 km E Minudasht, 1050 m, 12.VI.2010, (2 ♀, 97 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Kerman: 30 km S Sirjan, 1730 m, 7.VI.2010, (21 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; Deh Bakri, 1640 m, 3.VI.2010, (1 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; 8 km N Bardsir, 2050 m, 6.VI.2010, (1 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; 25 km E Jiroft (Mijan), 1650 m, 27.V.2014, (1 ♀, 1 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Razavi Khorasan: Gerirud[=Tedzhen] River, Khorasan, 9.IV.1898, (1 ♀), leg. N. Zarudny [ZISP]. West Azerbaijan: Serou, 1650 m, 28.V.2010, (1 ♀), leg. M. Halada [PCMS] .

Distribution.

Europe (north to 63°), North Africa, Turkey, Iran (Alborz, *East Azerbaijan, *Fars, *Gilan, *Golestan, *Kerman, Mazandaran, Qazvin, *Razavi Khorasan, Tehran, *West Azerbaijan), Pakistan, Israel, Central Asia, Mongolia, Russia (east to Yakutia), China (Xinjiang), India (Assam, Sikkim).