Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2017

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2020, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution III Family Halictidae, genera Halictus Latreille, 1804, and Sphecodes Latreille, 1804, Zootaxa 4790 (3), pp. 401-446 : 442-443

39. Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2017

( Figs 39 a–e)

Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2017a: 274 , Figs 103, 104, ♀, ♂. Type locality: Turkmenabad , Lebap Province ( Turkmenistan).

Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below).

Holotype: ♀, ТуркмениЯ, ЧардЖоу [ Turkmenistan, Lebap Province, Chardzhou [= Turkmenabad ], 39°01’N 63°35’E], 16.IV.[1]998, Диалентов [Dialentov leg.] // Holotypus Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2017 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000173 .

Paratypes: 9 ♂, ТадЖикистан, 15 км ЮЗ ШаартуЗа [ Tajikistan, 15 km SW Shaartuz], 2. VI.1982, С. Белокобыльский [S. Belokobylskij leg.]; 2 ♀, окр.[естности] Или, прав.[ый] берег р.[еки] Или, Ю.[го]- в.[осточный] КаЗахстан [near Ili, right bank of Ili River, SE Kazakhstan] 23. V.1970, МариковскаЯ [ T. Marikovs- kaya leg.]; ♀, Хива, Рават [ Uzbekistan, Khiva, Ravat], 9. V.1927 А. Зимин, В. Гуссаковский [A. Zimin, V. Gussa- kovskij leg.]; ♀ [without head], УЗбекистан, КашкадарьинскаЯ обл.[асть], Карши, махала ХудойЗот [ Uzbekistan, Karshi, Khudoyzot], 13, 20. V.2015, ПроЩалыкин, Мокроусов, Самарцев [M. Proshchalykin, М. Mokrousov, К. Samartzev leg.] // Paratypus Sphecodes Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2017 , <red label> [this label for each paratype specimens].

Current status. Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2017 .

Distribution. Saudi Arabia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, China (Gansu) (Astafurova et al. 2019).

Figures

FIGURES 39a–e. Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2017. Holotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—mesosoma, dorsal view; c—head, frontal view; d—metasoma, dorsal view; e—labels.