Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1825

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2018, The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in Iran, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 66, pp. 39-53 : 39

Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1825

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 46 (map); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Hamadan, Isfahan, Tehran).

Material examined.

Golestan : 70 km E Minudasht, 1050 m, 12.VI.2010, (1 ♀, 3 ♂), M. Halada [PCMS]. Kerman: Jupar, 1900 m, 1.VI.2010, (1 ♀), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; Raziabad, 1160 m, 4.VI.2010, (2 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; 20 km E Ghobria, 1780 m, 5.VI.2010, (2 ♀, 6 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; 8 km N Bardsir, 2050 m, 6.VI.2010, (1 ♀, 3 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]; 30 km S Sirjan, 1730 m, 7.VI.2010, (3 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Khuzestan: Half Tapeh, 300 km N di Abadan, Canale Dario, 30.VI.1965, (2 ♂), leg. Giordani Soika, Mavromoustakis [PCMS] .

Distribution.

South Europe, Russia (South of European part), North Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran (*Golestan, Hamadan, Isfahan, *Kerman, *Khuzestan, Tehran), Pakistan, Israel, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, China (Gansu, Xinjiang), India (Gujarat).