Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882

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 : 25

Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882 Figure 4

Sphecodes alfkeni Meyer, 1922: 172, ♀ (lectotype: ♀, designated here, China, Tientsin [Tianjin], [leg.] Weber, MNHB, examined). - Syn. n.

Material examined.

CHINA: Heilongjiang, 1 ♀, Harbin [45°46'N, 126°39'E], 8.X.1952 (IZCAS); 1 ♀, idem, 27.VII.1952 (IZCAS); 1 ♀, idem, 19.VII.1953 (IZCAS); 1 ♀, idem, 25.VII.1955 (IZCAS); 1 ♂, idem, 8.X.1952 (IZCAS); 1 ♂, idem, 16.VII.1952 (IZCAS); Jilin, 1 ♀, Gongzhuling [43°79'N, 124°69'E], 9.VI.1962, leg. T.-L. Cheng (IZCAS); Liaoning, 1 ♂, 50 km N Mukden [Shenyang], 20.VII.1952, Rubtsov (ZISP); 1 ♀, Guicheng [43°40'N, 126°15'E], 30.VII.1962, leg. T.-L. Cheng (IZCAS); Inner Mongolia, 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Dingyuanying [Bayan Hot], Alashan [Helan Shan] Mt., 22.V., 26.V., 17-26.IX.1908, PK (ZISP); 1 ♂, Tszosto, Alashan [Helan Shan] Mt., Gobi, 13-14.V.1908, PK (ZISP); 1 ♂, Ulanqab Men, Tomortei [41°48'N, 113°06'E], 31.VIII.1971 (IZCAS); 2 ♂♂, Hailar Shi [49°12'N, 119°42'E], 3.VIII.2006, leg. H.-Y. Zhang (IZCAS), 2 ♂♂, idem, 2.VIII.2006, leg. Y.-J. Li (IZCAS), 1 ♂, idem, 8.VIII.2006, leg. P. Wang (IZCAS); 2 ♂♂, Ordos, Dundatu [37°43'N, 108°10'E], 24.VII.2006, leg. Y.-J. Li (IZCAS); 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, idem, 25.VII.2006, leg. P. Wang (IZCAS), 5 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, idem, 25.VII.2006, leg. H.-Y. Zhang (IZCAS); 3 ♀♀, idem, 25.VII.2006, leg. M. Luo (IZCAS); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Hohhot Shi, Heling Xian, Mengniu Zheng [40°49'N, 111°39'E], 15.VII.2006, leg. Y.-J. Li (IZCAS); 1 ♂, Hulun Buir Meng, Manzhouli Shi [49°12'N, 119°45'E], 5.VIII.2006, leg. Y.-J. Li (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Uxin Qi, Batugou [38°38'N, 108°53'E], 28.VII.2006, leg. M. Luo (IZCAS); Hebei, 1 ♀, Yangyuan Xian, Liumafang [40°11'N, 114°28'E], 950 m, 12.IV.2002, leg. Z.-Q. Niu (IZCAS); Tianjin, 1 ♀, Balitai [38°57'N, 117°19'E], 13.X.1953, leg. Z.-R. Yu (IZCAS). Beijing, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Xiangshan [39°54'N, 116°12'E], 100 m, 19.IX.1962, leg. Y.-S. Shi (IZCAS); 3 ♂♂, Beijing [39°55'N, 116°24'E], 28.VIII.1973, leg. S.-F. Wang (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Wofosi [40°03'N, 115°10'E], 100 m, 10.V.1962, leg. S.-Y. Wang (IZCAS); 1 ♂, idem, 18.IX.1981, leg. Q. Zhou (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Zizhuyuan [39°57'N, 116°19'E], 24.IV.1962, leg. S.-M. Ge (IZCAS); Shanxi, 1 ♀, Qingjian env. [36°54'N, 110°36'E], 15.V.1996, leg. JH (PCMS); 1 ♀, Monan [34°42'N, 111°42'E], 26-28.V.1996, leg. JH (PCMS); 1 ♀, Suide, [37°18'N, 110°42'E], 13-14.V.1996, leg. JH (PCMS); Shandong, 1 ♀, Jinan [36°48'N, 117°01'E], 24.VI.1937 (IZCAS); Shaanxi, 1 ♀, Gangui [36°48'N, 110°18'E], 35 km NE Yanan, 17-18.V.1996, leg. JH (PCMS); Ningxia, 1 ♂, Ningxia [Yinchuan], Ordos, Gobi, 1-4.VI.1908, PK (ZISP); 6 ♂♂, Yanchi Xian, Sidunzi [37°28'N, 107°09'E], 1455 m, 22.VI.2016, leg. Z.-Q. Niu, D. Zhang (IZCAS); Xinjiang, 1 ♀, Jimsar Xian [44°00N 89°03E], 14.V.1955, leg. S.-J. Ma, K.-L. Xia, Y.-L. Cheng (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Jeminay Xian, S229, 14 km [47°14'N, 85°19'E], 1080 m, 28.VIII.2002, leg. Z.-Q. Niu (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Tian Shan [43°10'N, 86°00'E], 28.VIII.1957, leg. G. Wang (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Manas Xian, Shihezi [44°07'N, 86°00'E], 550 m, 6.VI.1957, leg. C.-P. Hong (IZCAS); 1 ♀, idem, 590 m, 27.VIII.1957, leg. S.-Y. Wang (IZCAS); 1 ♀, Yining Xian [44°00'N, 81°21'E], 4.VIII.1957, leg. W.-Y. Yang (IZCAS).

Published records.

Blüthgen 1927: 42, as Sphecodes alfkeni Meyer (Tianjin); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Beijing).

Distribution.

China (*Heilongjiang, *Jilin, *Liaoning, *Inner Mongolia, *Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, *Shanxi, *Shandong, *Shaanxi, *Ningxia, *Xinjiang), Europe (north to Sweden), Korea, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia.