Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853

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 : 16

Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853

Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853: 36, ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, Albania; NHMUK).

Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens, 1882; S. gracilior Morawitz, 1893; S. antigae Tournier, 1901; S. reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken, 1914; S. alternatus lindbergi Pittioni, 1950 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 6.

Material examined.

ISRAEL: 1 ♀, Rehovot s.l., 29.IV.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380375); JORDAN: 1 ♀, 10 km N Petra, 3.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/ OLBL/PCMS).

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 47, map (Israel, Syria); Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Israel).

Distribution.

Israel, *Jordan, Syria; North Africa, South and Central Europe, Russia (east to Khakassia Republic), Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, NW China.