Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845

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 : 26-27

Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845

Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845: 1014, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, England; NHMUK).

Sphecodes pilifrons Thomson, 1870; S. brevicornis Hagens, 1874; S. volatilis Smith, 1879; S. pellucidus var. algirus Alfken, 1914; S. pellucidus var. hybridus Blüthgen, 1924; S. pellucidus var. niveipennis Meyer, 1925 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 27.

Material examined.

SYRIA: 1 ♀, 30 km N Dara, Nawa, 18.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); JORDAN: 1 ♀, Jordan valley, S. Shuna, 17.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km N Petra, 3.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS).

Distribution.

*Jordan, *Syria; North Africa, Europe (north to 66°), Russia (east to Far East), Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China.