Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 259-260

Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845

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Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845: 1014 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes pilifrons Thomson 1870: 99 , ♀ (type locality: Sweden).

Sphecodes brevicornis Hagens 1874: 39 , ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes volatilis Smith 1879: 26 , ♂ (type locality: Russia, Siberia).

Sphecodes pellucidus var. algirus Alfken 1914: 195 , ♀ (type locality: Algeria). Sphecodes pellucidus var. hybridus Blüthgen 1924b: 516 , ♀ (type locality: China: Sichuan). Sphecodes pellucidus var. niveipennis Meyer 1925: 7 , ♂ (type locality: China: Xinjiang).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, TaShkent, 7.V.1930, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kattakurgan , 11.VII.1931, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Turtkul , 18.VI.1932, P. Vorontzovskiy ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Topolevka E Samarkand, Dghungar Alatau, 25.V.1957, I. Kerzhner ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Pskem Mts. , Nanay, 23.V.1963, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Chatkalskiy Nature Reserve , 1200 m, 16.V.1980, DK ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Pangaz River , 10 km N Pangaz, 27.V.1989, MV ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kyzylkishlak , 18.V.2015, MP ( FNCV) ; 3 ♂, 50 km E Guzar , 19.V.2015, V. Gromenko ( FNCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, ISSyk-Kul Lake, Dolinka, 21.VI.1965, V. Tanasiychuk ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Fergana Mts. , 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 5 ♂, Ulakhol River , 25 km SE Rybachye, 2 0 0 0 m, 9.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 4 ♂, Terskey- Alat , 30 km SE Rybachye, 2200 m, 10.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30 km S Kazarman , 2500 m, 23.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan : 3 ♀, AShkhabad, 27.IV.1932 , AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Repetek , 23.V.1976, AL ( FNCV) ; 1 ♀, 15 km W Firyuza , 20.V.1988, A. Barkalov ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Aruk-Tau MtS. , 15 km E Gandzhino, 15.V.1970, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Khodzha-Obi-Garm, Gissar Mts. , 28.VII.1944, М. Nikolskaya ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Peter I Range, Gursy-Tash River, 31.VII.1911, A. Golbek ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kondara , Gissar Mts., 1.V.1964, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Alay MtS. , 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 10 km W Vorukh , 16.VII. 1 982, SB ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Romit , 6.VI.1982, SB ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Rushan , 8.VII.1965, VT ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 15 km NE Kulyab , 25.IV.1987, N. Kurzenko ( FSCV) ; 1 ♀, Leningradskiy , 24.IV.1987, AL ( FSCV) ; 2 ♀, Tavidara distr. , Dehi-Colon near Tavidara, 24–27.V.2016, Yu. Danilov ( ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, * TurkmeniStan, * TajikiStan); KazakhStan, Europe (north to 66°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, Turkey, Mongolia, North China.

Remark. ThiS SpecieS iS wideSpread and common in moderate zone of Palaearctic, but rare in Central ASia.

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 57. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 29 — Sphecodes haladai Warncke; 30, 31 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 32 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 33, 34 — S. longulus Hagens; 35, 36 — S. miniatus Hagens; 37, 38 — S. monilicornis (Kirby); 39, 40 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 41 — S. pectoralis Morawitz; 42, 43 — S. pellucidus Smith; 44, 45 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 46, 47 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 48, 49 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 50, 51 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 52, 53 — S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov.; 54, 55 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 56, 57 — S. spinulosus Hagens. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 58 – 63. Females, head; frontal view; 58 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 59 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 60 — S. cristatus Hagens; 61 — S. croaticus Meyer; 62 — S. ephippius (Linné); 63 — S. pellucidus Smith.

FIGURES 76 – 81. Females; 76 – 79 — mesoscutum; 80, 81 — pronotum; 76 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 77 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 78 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 79 — S. pinguiculus Pérez; 80 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 81 — S. pellucidus Smith.