Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez, 1903

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 : 30-31

Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez, 1903

DIAGNOSIS. Refer to Diagnosis for S. intermedius (above).

DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. Hind wing with basal vein strongly curved; costal margin with 5–6 hamuli. Female. Total body length 5.0–7.0 mm. Head transverse,

1.20–1.25 times as wide as long; vertex elevated; head from black to reddish brown.

Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely punctate, with punctures (15–25 μm) separated by 1–7 puncture diameters. Metasomal terga relatively coarsely and densely punctate (10–20 μm / 1–3), finer on T1 (10–15 μm); marginal zones impunctate;

T1–T5 from reddish brown to red; pygidial plate 0.4 times as wide as metabasitarsus.

Male. Total body length 5.0– 7.5 mm. Head weakly transverse, 1.1 times as wide as long; vertex elevated; tyloids well developed and covering entire ventral surface of flagellomeres. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely punctate, with punctures

(15–20 μm) separated by 1–5 puncture diameters. Metasomal terga densely punctate

(15–20 μm / 0.5–2); marginal zones impunctate; T1–T5 dark brown, rarely reddish brown; gonocoxite dorsally with impression; membranous portion of gonostylus large, rectangular ( Fig. 27 ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Kazakhstan. West Kazakhstan: Uralsk [Oral], 15.V

1935, 1 ♂, Fridolin [ZISP]; Kharkin, Ural River, 29.V–30.VII 1951 , 39 ♀, 58 ♂,

VR [ZISP]; Atyrau: 15–30 km Atyrau, 15–16.V 2003, 1 ♂, VK [ZISP]; Aktobe :

Chelkar [Shalqar], 29.V 1984, 1 ♀, N. Malysheva [ZISP]; Kyzylorda: Baigakum near Zhulek, Syr Darya River, 8.V 1908, 6 ♂, S. Мalyshev [ZISP]; 25 km E Zhosaly,

7.VI 1979, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, YP [ZISP]; Akmola : Kokshetau Mts, Tersakkan River, 21.V –

5.VI 1957, 1 ♀, 3 ♂, VT, VR [ZISP]; Tengiz Lake , 3.VII 1957, 1 ♀, VT [ZISP]; 10

km N Zharkol Lake, 9.VII 1957, 1 ♂, VR [ZISP]; 15 km NW Ashchikol Lake [W

Kokshetau], 11.VI 1979, 1 ♀, YP [ZISP]; Karagandy : Taldy-Manak River, S

Zhana-Ark [Atasu], 5.VI 1959, 1 ♀, 3 ♂, AP [ZISP]; Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark

[Atasu], 20.VII 1959, 3 ♂, VR [ZISP]; Balkhash, Balkhash Lake, 16–19.VII 1970,

1 ♀, TM [ZISP]; Betpak-Dala , 55 km ENE Karakoin Lake, 16.VI 1979 , 4 ♂, YP

[ ZISP]; Zhambyl: Aidarli, Ili River , 14.VI 1992, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, KD [PCMS]; Almaty :

Alma-Ata env., Axaj, 29.V 1980, 41 ♀ , ZP [PCMS]; 20 km N Kegen , 24.V 1994, 1♀ ,

1 ♂, KD [PCMS]; Alma-Ata, 1.VI 1994, 1 ♂, MH [PCMS]; Lepsi, 19-20.VI 1995,

1 ♀, JH [PCMS]; Alakol Lake , Koktuma, 1200 m, 22.VI 1995 , 2 ♀, JH [PCMS].

PUBLISHED RECORDS. Meyer (1922: 172, as S. punctatissimus Meyer, 1922 )

recorded the species from Kyzylorda.

DISTRIBUTION. Kazakhstan (* West Kazakhstan, * Atyrau, *Aktobe, Kyzylorda, *Akmola, *Karagandy, *Zhambyl, * East Kazakhstan) , Central Asia , Mongolia ,

Russia (south of European part and Eastern Siberia), South Europe, Caucasus,

Turkey, Iran, Israel, United Arab Emirates, North Africa, Cape Verde Islands.

Figures

Figs 26–31. Genitalia, males, dorsal view. 26 – Sphecodes pellucidus; 27 – S. pinguiculus;