Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., Niu, Ze-qing & Zhu, Chao-dong, 2018, New records of bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille in the Palaearctic part of China (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), ZooKeys 792, pp. 15-44 : 34-35

Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845 Figure 35

Sphecodes pellucidus var. hybridus Blüthgen, 1924: 516, ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, China: Sichuan, NHRS). Synonymized by Warncke 1992: 20.

Sphecodes pellucidus var. niveipennis Meyer, 1925: 7, ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated here, Chin. Turkestan, Uss-Lusch. Jarkand [China, Xinjiang, Yarkand] 1600 m, 4-6.8.90, Conrandt S. / pellucidus v. niveipennis Dr. R Meyer det.; MNHB, examined). Synonymized by Warncke 1992: 20.

Material examined.

CHINA: Gansu, 1 ♀, Lanzhou, 11-25.III.1901, leg. PK (ZISP); 3 ♂♂, Dankhe River, S to Sachzhou [Dunhuang], Gashunskoe Gobi [39°55'N, 94°20'E], 24.VII.1895, leg. VR, PK (ZISP).

Distribution.

China (*Gansu, Xinjiang, Sichuan), Central Asia, Russia, Mongolia, Europe (north to 66°), Caucasus, Turkey, North Africa.