Sphecodes nippon Meyer, 1922

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Sphecodes nippon Meyer, 1922 Figs 28, 50, 58

Sphecodes kansuensis Blüthgen, 1934: 21, fig. 11, ♂ (holotype: ♂, China, S. Kansu [Gansu] 19.VI.1930, leg. Hummel, NHRS, examined). - Syn. n.

Material examined.

CHINA: Heilongjiang, 1 ♂, Harbin [45°46'N, 126°39'E], 24.IX.1950; 1 ♂, idem, 16.VII.1952; 1 ♂, idem, 25.VII.1952; 1 ♂, idem, 23.VII.1953; 1 ♂, idem, 11.VII.1954; 1 ♂, idem, 4.VII.1955; 4 ♂♂, idem, 8.VII.1955; 2 ♂♂, idem, 25.VII.1955 (IZCAS); 2 ♂♂, Mao’ershan [47°21'N, 128°03'E], 29.VII.1951 (IZCAS); 1 ♂, Hengdaohezi [45°57'N, 129°57'E], 28.VII.1951 (IZCAS); Inner Mongolia, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Dingyuanying [Bayan Hot], Alashan [Helan Shan] Mt., 16-17.V., 3-6.VI., 11-16.IX.1908, PK (ZISP); Hebei, 1 ♂, Yangjiaping [39°58'N, 115°24'E], 17.VII.1937; 1 ♂, idem, 20.VII.1937; 1 ♀, idem, 6.VII.1937; 1 ♀, idem, 8.VII.1937, leg. O. Piel (IZCAS); 1 ♂, Xiaowutai Shan [38°36'N, 115°39'E], 1200 m, 25.VIII.1964; 1 ♂, idem, 11.VII.1964; 1 ♂, idem, 12.VII.1964, leg. Y.-H. Han (IZCAS); 1 ♂, Xinglong Xian, Wuling Shan [40°26'N, 117°31'E], 28.VIII.1973 (IZCAS); Tianjin, 1 ♀, Balitai [38°57'N, 117°19'E], 24.IV.1953, leg. Z.-Y. Xu (IZCAS); Beijing, 1 ♂, 40 km N Beijing [40°09'N, 116°14'E], 28.IX.1952, Rubtsov (ZISP); 1 ♀, Bada Ling [40°22'N, 115°58'E], 700 m, 2.VII.1974, leg. Y.-S. Shi (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Bada Ling, Sanbu [40°22'N, 115°58'E], 500 m, 27.IV.2002, leg. Z.-Q. Niu (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Xidazhuangke village, Songshan [40°31'N,115°47'E], 910 m, 15.V.2007, leg. H.-R. Huang (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Miaofengshan [40°01'N, 115°59'E], 2.VIII.1957; 1 ♂, idem, 18.VII.1957, leg. M.-H. Wang (IZCAS); Shaanxi, 9 ♀♀, Gangui [36°48'N, 110°18'E], 35 km NE Yanan, 17-18.V.1996, leg. JH (PCMS); Gansu, 5 ♂♂, oasis Sachjou [Dunhuang] [40°09'N, 94°40'E], Gashun Gobi desert, 28-30.VII.1895, leg. VR, PK; 1 ♀, Lanzhou, 25.VII.1908, leg. PK (ZISP).

Distribution.

China (*Heilongjiang, *Inner Mongolia, *Hebei, *Tianjin, *Beijing, *Shaanxi, Gansu), Russia (East Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, Japan.