Rophites atrocoeruleus Morawitz, 1875

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2019, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution II. Family Halictidae, subfamilies Rophitinae, Nomiinae, and Nomioidinae, Zootaxa 4650 (1), pp. 1-71 : 25

22. Rophites atrocoeruleus Morawitz, 1875

( Figs 22 a–e)

Rophites atrocoeruleus Morawitz, 1875: 72 (key), 74, ♀.

Type locality: Alai Ridge (Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan).

Published (original) locality: Khanate of Kokand: Lednik Shchurovskogo [mountain glacier in Alai Ridge, Tajikistan] and Isfairam Pass [pass near Isfairam River in Alai Ridge, Kyrgyzstan].

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Pesenko 1998: 680, Исфайрам [ Kyrgyzstan, Isfairam Pass , Alai Ridge, ≈ 40°00′N 72°00′E] // “20.” [20.VII.1871, A. Fedchenko leg.] // Rophites atrocoeruleus Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, Rophites atrocoeruleus Mor. , design. Pesenko 1997 <red label>.

Current status. Dufourea (Cephalictoides) paradoxa atrocoerulea ( Morawitz, 1875) (according to Ebmer 1984: 368).

Remark. Description of male: Popov 1958: 47, fig. 1.

Distribution. See above on Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867 .

Figures

FIGURES 22a–e. Rophites atrocoeruleus Morawitz, 1875. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—head, frontal view; d—mesosoma, dorsal view; e—labels.