Sphecodes monilicornis ( Kirby 1802 )

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2014, The bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of the Russian Far East, with key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Zootaxa 3887 (5), pp. 501-528 : 514-515

Sphecodes monilicornis ( Kirby 1802)

(Figs 10, 37, 38, 59, 88, 109f)

Melitta monilicornis Kirby 1802: 47 , ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes maculatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841, 545, ♂ (type locality: France).

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

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. rufipes Sichel 1865 (nom. praeocc., nec Smith 1853): 428, ♂, ♀ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. dubious Sichel 1865: 419, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. incertus Sichel 1865: 420, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. nigrescens Sichel 1865: 427, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. testaceipes Sichel 1865: 428, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes ruficrus Dalla Torre 1896 (nom. praeocc., nec Erichson 1835): 9, replacement name for Sphecodes rufipes Sichel 1865 .

Sphecodes hanuman Nurse 1903: 538 , ♀ (type locality: Pakistan, Kashmir). Sphecodes monilicornis var. nigerrima Blüthgen 1927: 41 , ♂ (type locality: Pakistan). Sphecodes caucasicus Meyer 1920: 124 , ♂ (type locality: Caucasus).

Material examined. Russia. Primorskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, Vinogradovka, 29-30.1929, D'yakonov, Filip'ev; 5 ♂, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, 19.VII.1975; 1 ♂, 10 km W Preobrazhenie, 15.VIII.1986, AL; 1 ♂, Kievka, 19.VI.1979, TR; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Ussuriyskiy Nature Reserve, 11.IX.1979, AK; 1 ♂, 40 km S Ussuriysk, 3.IX.1984, A. Antropov; 1 ♀, Luk’yanovka, 3.VIII.1986, NK; 1 ♂, Spassk, 2.VIII.1995, SB; Jewish AP: 2 ♂, Zabelovskoe Lake, 3-4.IX.2005, V. Kuznetsov; Amurskaya Prov.: 1 ♂, Natal’ino, 12.VII.1974, AL; 4 ♂, Dim, 15-16.VII.1975, NK; 1 ♂, 20 km E Arkhara, 20.VII.1975, AL; Khabarovsk Terr.: 1 ♀, Pivan’, 21.V.2006, VM.

Distribution. Russia: *Primorskiy Terr., *Jewish AP, *Amurskaya Prov., *Khabarovsk Terr., European part ( Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Europe (north to 64°), Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia ( Popov 1967), North Pakistan, North Africa.