Sphecodes armeniacus Warncke, 1992

Astafurova, Yu. V., Proshchalykin, M. Yu. & Engel, M. S., 2018, The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Kazakhstan, Far Eastern Entomologist 369, pp. 1-48 : 9-10

Sphecodes armeniacus Warncke, 1992

DIAGNOSIS. This species is similar to small Palaearctic species with simple mandibles which lack an inner tooth (i.e., S. longuloides Blüthgen, 1923 , S. hirtellus

Blüthgen, 1923, Thomson, 1870, S. longulus Hagens, 1882 , and S. puncticeps

Thomson, 1870, S. turanicus Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2017 ,and S. trjapitzini

Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2018). The male differs from this species by well developed tyloids covering entire ventral flagellar surface (versus those at most 3/4

in other species). The female close to S. turanicus by dense, appressed, snow-white pubescence obscuring integument on face, gena and mesepisternum (sparse and not obscuring integument in other species), but differs from this species by sparsely and irregularly punctate mesoscutum with punctures separated by 1–5 puncture diameter

(versus densely punctate mesoscutum with punctures separated at most a puncture diameter in S. turanicus ).

DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. Hind wing with basal vein strongly curved; costal margin with 5–6 hamuli. Female. Total body length 5.0 mm. Head transverse, 1.3

times as wide as long; clypeus (at least in its lower half) with punctures separated by about a puncture diameter; antenna reddish or yellow; F1–F2 transverse, about

0.8 times as long as wide, F3 square. Mesoscutum finely and irregularly punctate

(10–20 μm / 1–5), mesoscutellum coarsely and denser punctate (20–30 μm / 0.1–3);

tibia and femur brownish red, tarsi yellow. Metasomal T1 with a few fine punctures, T2 and T3 finely, but distinctly and densely punctate (7–10 μm / 1–2); T1–

T3 red or yellowish red; pygidial plate shiny, wide, 1.5 times as wide as metabasitarsus. Male. Total body length 5.0 mm. Head weakly transverse, 1.1 times as wide as long; antenna yellow, tyloids covering entire ventral flagellar surface.

Mesoscutum medially with sparse and fine punctures (20–25 μm / 1–5), becoming denser peripherally; mesoscutellum coarsely and denser punctate (25–40 μm / 0.1–

2); tibia and femur brownish with yellow, tarsi yellow. Metasomal T1 with a few fine punctures, T2–T3 finely, but distinctly and densely punctate (7–10 μm / 1–2);

T1–T2 red; gonocoxite dorsally without impression; gonostylus small, oval ( Fig. 5 ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Kazakhstan. Kyzylorda: 90 km NE Kyzylorda, 10.VI

1979, 1 ♀, YP [ZISP]; Almaty: Ili River, Aidarli , 14.VI 1992 , 2 ♂, JH [PCMS].

DISTRIBUTION. * Kazakhstan (Kyzylorda, Almaty), Tajikistan, Turkey.

Figures

Figs 2–7. Genitalia, males, dorsal view. 2 – Sphecodes albilabris; 3 – S. alternatus; 4 – S.