Sphecodes longulus Hagens, 1882

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2019, The distribution of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries with description of hitherto unknown female of S. atlanticus Warncke, 1992 and male of S. dathei Schwarz, 2010, ZooKeys 872, pp. 13-40 : 23-24

Sphecodes longulus Hagens, 1882

Sphecodes longulus Hagens, 1882: 226, Fig. 25 , ♂ (syntypes: ♂♂, Germany;? Dominican monastery, Venlo, Nederland).

Sphecodes longulus var. eupidus Hagens, 1882; S. nitidulus Hagens, 1882; S. subfasciatus Blüthgen, 1934; S. amakusensis Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951; S. sabulosus Tsuneki, 1983; S. crassicornis Tsuneki, 1983; S. tsunekii Haneda, 1994 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 21.

Material examined.

JORDAN: 1 ♀, 30 km N Tafila, 2.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♂, 20 km SW Madaba, 26.V.2007, 400 m, Z. Kejval (OLBL/ PCMS); 1 ♂, Ajlun, 35 km W Jarash, 850 m, Z. Kejval (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 20 km S North Shuna Tall al Arbatin, 19.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); ISRAEL: 1 ♂, Dafna, 27.V.1991, K. Warncke (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♂, North Galeleya, Nature Reserve ”Khule”, 23.V.1968, V. Trjapitzin (ZISP); 1 ♀, 5 km W Jericho, Wadi Qelet, St. Georg Mon., 6.V.1996, O. Niehuis (OLBL/PCMS); SYRIA: 1 ♂, Damask, 20-21.V.1980, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS).

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 17 (Syria); Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Jordan).

Distribution.

*Israel, Jordan, Syria; Europe (north to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England), Russia (east to Far East), Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, China, Japan.

Figures

Figures 22 - 25. Genitalia, males, dorsal view. 22 Sphecodes atlanticus Warncke 23 S. scabri collis Wesmael 24 S. dathei Schwarz 25 S. crassus Thomson. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.