Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 251-252

Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853

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Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853: 36 , ♀ (type locality: Albania).

Sphecodes gibbus var. similis subvar. scariosus Sichel 1865: 444, ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens 1882: 219 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893: 78 , ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated here, Warzaminor [Uzbekistan] // gracilor F. Mor., ♂ // F. Morawitz det., Typ. // lectotypus Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 , design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017; ZISP. Fig. 105 .

Sphecodes antigae Tournier 1901: 258 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken 1914: 195 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria).

Sphecodes alternatus lindbergi Pittioni 1950: 61 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, Khiva , 16.VI.1927, VG ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Chardzhou , NW Bukhara, 1.VII.1928, VG ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Yargak , 17.VI.1930, Zimin ( ZMMU) ; 5 ♀, Dzhuma , 28.V-1.VII.1937, VP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Samarkand , 25.IV.1959, AZ ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, 10 km W SaryaSSiy, 11.V.1987, N. Kurzenko (FSCV); 1 ♀, 50 km E Guzar , 18.V.2015, MP ( FSCV) ; 1 ♀, KarShi, Khudoyzot, 20.V.2015, MP (FSCV). Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 25 km ESE OSh, 1500 m, 21.VII.1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Uch-Debe, 15 km SSW Sufi-Kurgan , 2500 m, 23.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Alarchin, 20 km S Frunze [= BiShkek], 1650 m, 11.IX.1986, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya , 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, KuShka , 1.V.1917, L. Wollmann ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Staraya Bukhara , 19.VIII.1926, V. Yakhontov ( ZMMU) ; 2 ♀, Farab, Buchara, 4.VII.1928, VG (ZISP); 2 ♀, Bagir , AShkhabad, 21–23.IV.1929, AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, TaShkent, Kabray, 26.IV.1929, E. Kuznetzova (ZISP); 7 ♀, 15 ♂, Imam-Baba, 1932, AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kopet-Dag, Yarty-Kala, Chandyrk River , 13.VIII.1934, VP ( ZISP) ; 4 ♀, Sumbar River , 27.V.1952, Steinberg ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 21 ♂, Kara-Kala , 28.VI–17.VII.1955, AP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Tedzhen , 10.V.1963, AP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, Chuli, 21.V.1964, AP (ZISP); 2 ♀, Kara-Kala , 15.V.1970, L. Zimina ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, 15 km SW Nokhur , 24.V.1985 ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 20 km SE Mary, 28.V.1976, YP ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 3 ♂, Kulyab , 20.VII.1933, VP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Stalinabad [= DuShanbe], 30.VII.1934, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Uzun, 30 km S Kurgan-Tyube , 9.VI.1936, VG ( ZISP) ; 3 ♀, 8 ♂, 11–23.VII.1943; 14 ♂, 9.IX.1943, 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 6– 23.V.1944, VP (ZISP); 1 ♂, GiSSar MtS., Khodzha-Obi-Garm, 13.VIII.1944, М. NikolSkaya (ZISP); 1 ♀, 12 km N Pyandzh , 27.IV.1987, N. Kurzenko ( FSCV) ; 3 ♀, 10 km N Garaviti , 3.V.1987, AL ( FSCV) .

Published records. Popov (1935: 367; 1951: 167): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 46): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); South and Central Europe, North Africa, RuSSia (eaSt to KhakaSSia Republic), CaucaSuS, Turkey, Iran.

Remark. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 waS deScribed from the SpecimenS of both SexeS collected in Warzaminor [now Zakhmat-abad, Upper ZaravShan Valley, UzbekiStan]. There iS only one male in ZISP from thiS locality, which correSpondS to the original deScription of F. Morawitz. ThiS male with label “Typ.” iS deSignated here aS a lectotype of S. gracilior to avoid any confuSion about the StatuS of itS type SpecimenS and to properly diagnoSe thiS SpecieS.

Figures

FIGURE 105. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893, male, lectotype; lateral habitus and labels.