Sphecodes croaticus Meyer 1922

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

Sphecodes croaticus Meyer 1922

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Sphecodes croaticus Meyer 1922: 171 , ♂ (type locality: Croatia).

Material examined. Turkmenistan: 2 ♂, Kushka, 1.VI.1912 ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 10 ♂, Imam-Baba , 1932, AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kyzyl-Dzhar , Badkhyz, 5.VI.1976, YP ( ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (* TurkmeniStan) ; South and Central Europe , RuSSia (Crimea, South of European part, North CaucaSuS), CaucaSuS , Turkey.

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.

FIGURES 93 – 98. Males; 93, 94 — head, frontal view; 95 — head, dorsal view 96 — mesoscutum; 97, 98 — metasoma, T 1 – T 2; 93 — Sphecodes rufiventris (Panzer); 94 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 95 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 96 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 97 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 98 — S. croaticus Meyer.