Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2015, Bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of Siberia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Zootaxa 4052 (1), pp. 65-95 : 71

Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882

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Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882: 218 , ♀ (type locality: Germany); Meyer 1925: 5.

Material examined. Russia. Omsk Prov.: 1 ♀, Omsk, 10.VI.1984, AB; Kemerovo Prov.: 1 ♀, Novokusnetzk distr., Sary-Chumysh, 5.VII.2002, NE; 1 ♀, Bolshoy Antibas, Mariinsk distr., 27.VIII.2004, NE; 1 ♀, Tashtagol distr., Mundybash, 2.VII.2005, DS;1 ♀, Kemerovo, 7.VI.2006, SY; 1 ♀, 14 km NW Kemerovo, Mozzhukha, 14.V.2008, DS; Altaisky Terr.: 1 ♂, Kalmanskii distr., Lesnoy, 2 km SE Internat, 16.VIII.2007, YD; Khakassia Republic: 1 ♂, Chernoe Ozero, Chernoe Lake, 16–19.VII.2012, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Bely Yar, Abakan River, 11–12.VII.2012, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 20 km SW Abakan, Izykhskie Kopi, 13.VII.2012, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 7.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 27 km E Shira, 29–30.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♂, Abakan, 22–29.VI.2015, M. Shcherbakov; Tyva Republic: 1 ♂, Kyzyl, 15–19.VII.2010, SB; 2 ♂, Balgazyn, 29.VII.2009, SB; 1 ♀, 27 km SSW Erzin, Tore-Khol Lake, 30.VI–3.VII.2013, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 25 km SE Erzin, Tes-Khem River, 5.VII.2013, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 6 km SE Bay-Khaak, 20–21.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 14 ♂, 32 km SW Kyzyl, Elegest River, 22.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; Krasnoyarsk Terr.: 3 ♀, Minusinsk, 17.VII.2011, EA; 1 ♂, Tes’, 7.VII.2012, EA; 1 ♂, Krasnoyarsk, 15.IX.2012, 2 ♀, EA; Malo-Minusa [near Minusinsk], 23–27.VII.2014, EA; Buryatia Republic: 1 ♀, 5 km N Naushki, Kharankhoy, 1.VIII.1977, AL; 1 ♀, 7 km N Ulan-Ude, Novaya Komushka, 13.VI.1996, SR; 23 ♂, 2 ♀, Gusinnoe Lake, Baraty, 25–26.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Dzhida, Dzhida River, 28.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♀, Naushki, Selenga River, 30.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL; Zabaikalskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, Dayrskiy Nature Reserve, between Barun and Zun-Torey Lakes, 29.VI.1996, VD.

Distribution. Russia: *Omsk Prov., *Kemerovo Prov., *Altaisky Terr., *Khakassia Republic, *Tyva Republic, *Krasnoyarsk Terr., Buryatia Republic ( Meyer 1925), *Zabaikalskiy Terr., Far East, south of European part ( Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Mongolia, Europe (north to Sweden), Turkey, China (Beijing) ( Ascher & Pickering 2015).

Remark. The record of S. cristatus from Tadjikistan (Dushanbe) ( Popov 1967) is wrong and belongs to S. puncticeps Thomson, 1870 (examined) and record from Kazakhstan (Zhambul) ( Meyer 1920) belongs to Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz, 1876 (see Blüthgen 1924b).