Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870

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 : 27-28

Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870

Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870: 99, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, Sweden; MZLU).

Sphecodes bituberculatus Pérez, 1903; S. opacifrons Pérez, 1903; S. puncticeps var. cretanus Strand, 1921 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 31.

Material examined.

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♂, Riyadh area, 16-21.IV.1980, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380403); JORDAN: 1 ♀, Jordan valley, S. Shuna, 17.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 2 ♀, 3 ♂♂, Jordan valley, Dayr Alla, 27.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km N Petra, 3.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km SE Suwayda Kafr, 19.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); SYRIA: 1 ♀, Latakia s.l., 17.VI.1986, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380360); 2 ♀♀, 10 km SE Suwayda Kafr, 19.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); ISRAEL: 2 ♂♂, Jerusalem, 21.IX.1922, P.A. Buxton (NHMUK 013380401, 013380400); 1 ♂, Rehovot s.l., 29.IV.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380404); 3 ♂♂, Jericho (Wadi Quilt), 250 m, 13-22.V.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380365, 013380376, 013380402).

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 19 (Israel); Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Israel).

Distribution.

*Saudi Arabia, Israel, *Jordan, *Syria; North Africa, Europe (north to Finland and Sweden), Russia (east to Far East), Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.