Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz 1876

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 259

Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz 1876

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Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz 1876: 259 , ♀ (type locality: Kazakhstan).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 3 ♂, 4 ♀, Golodnaya Step (Gulistan), 30.V.1903, Yakobson ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, Farab, 12–28.V.1929, AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Changir, E Tashkent, 8.V.1930 (ZISP); 1 ♀, Samarkand, 11.V.1959, AZ (ZMMU); 2 ♀, 35 km SE Gazli, Peganum harmala, 13.V.1978, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 35 km SW Karshi, Tamarix sp., 16.V.1978, YP ( ZISP) ; 35 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand , 23.V.1978, YP ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 50 ♀, Bagir, AShkhabad, 16–23.IV.1926 , AS ( ZISP); 2 ♂, Uch-Adzhi, 1–3.V.1929 , AS ( ZISP); 5 ♀, 31 ♂, Imam-Baba, 1932 , AS ( ZISP) ; 24 ♀, 4 ♂, TaSh-kepri, Murgab River , 1.VI.1954, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 25 km W Firyuza , 15.V.1985, MV ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Firyuza, 20.V.1985, AL (FSCV); 2 ♀, Repetek, 25.IV.1987, VT (ZISP); Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Aral, VakhSh River , 11.IX.1935, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kondara, Varzob River , 3.V.1944, Shatkelberg ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], 13.V.1943, Shatkelberg ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kurgan-Tube, 29.III.1944, A. Shtakelberg (ZISP); 1 ♂, Staraya Pristan, V.1970, VT (ZISP); 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 15 km SW Dusti, Salsola leptoclada, 14.VI.1975, YP ( ZISP) ; 5 ♀, Gandzhino , 1000 m, Ferula Sp., 20.IV.1989, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 20 km SSW Shaartuz, Limonium sp., 16. VIII.1 979, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20 km NW Bekabad , 15.VI.1982, SB ( ZISP) .

Published records. Blüthgen (1924b: 463): TurkmeniStan; Mayer (1925: 5): TurkmeniStan; Popov (1935: 365): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 45): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); KazakhStan.

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 57. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 29 — Sphecodes haladai Warncke; 30, 31 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 32 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 33, 34 — S. longulus Hagens; 35, 36 — S. miniatus Hagens; 37, 38 — S. monilicornis (Kirby); 39, 40 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 41 — S. pectoralis Morawitz; 42, 43 — S. pellucidus Smith; 44, 45 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 46, 47 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 48, 49 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 50, 51 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 52, 53 — S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov.; 54, 55 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 56, 57 — S. spinulosus Hagens. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.