Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2020, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution III Family Halictidae, genera Halictus Latreille, 1804, and Sphecodes Latreille, 1804, Zootaxa 4790 (3), pp. 401-446 : 436-437

33. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893

( Figs 33 a–e)

Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893: 78 , ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Ayni, Sogd Province ( Tajikistan).

Published (original) locality: “Warzaminor”.

Lectotype: ♂, designated Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017a: 252, Warzaminor [ Tajikistan, Sogd Province, Ayni, 39°23′N 68°32′E] // gracilor F. Mor., ♂ // F. Morawitz det., Typ. // lectotypus Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 , design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000168.

Current status. Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853 (synonymized by Popov 1935: 367).

Distribution. North Africa, South and Central Europe, Russia (east to Khakassia Republic), Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Northwestern China (Astafurova et al. 2019).

Figures

FIGURES 33a–e. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893. Lectotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—head, frontal view; e—labels.