Sphecodes cristatus Hagens 1882

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 253

Sphecodes cristatus Hagens 1882

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Sphecodes cristatus Hagens 1882: 218 , ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, Uchkyzyl , 6–8.V.2015, MP ( FSCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 8 ♀, 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) .

Published records. BoguSch & Straka (2012: 9): TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to Sweden), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), CaucaSuS, Turkey, Mongolia, China (Beijing).

Remark. The record of Sphecodes cristatus from TajikiStan (DuShanbe) ( Popov 1967: 46) belongS to S. puncticeps ThomSon (refer to AStafurova & ProShchalykin 2015: 71).

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 28. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 2, 3 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 4, 5 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 6, 7 — S. crassus Thomson; 8, 9 — S. cristatus Hagens; 10, 11 — S. geoffrellus (Kirby); 12, 13 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 14, 15 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 16, 17 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 18, 19 — S. ephippius (Linné); 20 — S. croaticus Meyer; 21, 22 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 23, 24 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 25, 26 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin; 27, 28 — S. pinguiculus Pérez. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 58 – 63. Females, head; frontal view; 58 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 59 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 60 — S. cristatus Hagens; 61 — S. croaticus Meyer; 62 — S. ephippius (Linné); 63 — S. pellucidus Smith.