Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853

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 alternatus Smith, 1853

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 47 (map); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Isfahan, Tehran).

Material examined.

East Azerbaijan : 10 km E Shabeslar, 1540 m, 19.VI.2010, (1 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Golestan: 70 km E Minudasht, 1050 m, 12.VI.2010, (1 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Kerman: 30 km S Sirjan, 1730 m, 7.VI.2010, (3 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS]. Mazandaran: 20 km S Amoi, 430 m, 6.VI.2014, (4 ♂), leg. J. Halada [PCMS]; 10 km S Chaloos, 380 m, 15.VI.2010, (5 ♂), leg. M. Halada [PCMS] .

Distribution.

South and Central Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran (*East Azerbaijan, *Golestan, Isfahan, *Kerman, *Mazandaran, Tehran), Central Asia, Russia (east to Khakass Republic), China (Gansu, Xinjiang).