The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Kazakhstan Astafurova, Yu. V. Proshchalykin, M. Yu. Engel, M. S. Far Eastern Entomologist 2018 2018-10-05 369 1 48 6YXLY Hagens, 1882 Hagens 1882 [227,601,1061,1085] Insecta Halictidae Sphecodes Animalia Hymenoptera 10 11 Arthropoda species cristatus  DIAGNOSIS. This species is similar to  S. olivieriLepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1825 and  S. pectoralisMorawitz, 1876owing to the possession of a sharp, longitudinal carina on the vertex and in sharing a similar male gonostylar shape ( Figs 18, 19), but differs from both by more developed tyloids on male flagellomers (semicircular across basal 1/3–1/2 of flagellomeres versus 1/7–1/ 5 in  S. olivieriand  S.  pectoralis); the lack of appressed, dense pubescence on the female face; and the fine punctation of the female metasomal T1 (3–10 μm versus 10–30 μm in  S.  olivieriand  S. pectoralis). DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. Hind wing with basal vein weakly curved; costal margin with 8 hamuli. Female.Total body length 6.0–8.0 mm. Head strongly transverse, 1.20–1.25 times as wide as long; vertex weakly elevated. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum relatively sparsely punctate, medially with punctures (15–30 μm) separated by mostly 1–3 puncture diameters. Metasomal T1 (including marginal zone) indistinctly punctate, with shallow and fine (3–10 μm), but often numerous punctures; T1–T5 and legs red, sometimes T4, T5 and legs dark. Male.Total body length 7.0– 10.0 mm. Head weakly transverse, 1.1 times as wide as long; vertex strongly elevated; tyloids, at least from F4 onward, semicircular across basal 1/3–1/2 of flagellomeres. Mesoscutum densely punctate, with punctures (25–40 μm) separated by at most a puncture diameter. Metasomal T1 with marginal zone very finly and indistinctly punctate; T1 apically red, T2 and T3 red; gonocoxite dorsally without impression ( Fig. 7).  MATERIAL EXAMINED.  Kazakhstan.  West Kazakhstan: Uralsk [Oral], 18.VII 1897,  1 ♀, Berezovskiy[ZISP]; Yanvarztevo, Ural River, 3.VII,  11.IX 1949, 3 ♂, VR [ZISP]; Kyzylorda: Kazalinsk, 25.V 1928, 3 ♀, N. Olenev, VP [ZISP]; Pavlodar: Chernoretzkiy, 21.IX 1928, 1 ♀, Belizin [ZMMU];  East Kazakhstan: Semipalatinsk [ Semey], 1 ♂, F. Morawitz’scoll. [ZISP]; Ayaguz River,  40 kmSE Targabatay,  1400 m, 1.VIII 1986, 2 ♂, YP [ZISP];  Almaty: 3 kmS Issik,  22-23.VI 1992, 1 ♀,  JH [PCMS]; Alma-Ata,  25.VI 1992, 2 ♀; idem,  1.VI.1994, 3 ♀, JH, KD [PCMS];   Talas Alatau Mts, near Zhabagly,  3.VII 1998, 1 ♀, VK[ZISP].  DISTRIBUTION. * Kazakhstan( West Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda, Pavlodar, East  Kazakhstan, Almaty), Russia, Mongolia, Central Asia, China( Beijing), Europe (north to Sweden), Caucasus, Turkey.  REMARK. Meyer’s (1919) record of  S. cristatusHagens, 1882from Kazakhstan (Zhambul) was based on a misidentification and actually refers to  S. pectoralis(refer to Blüthgen, 1924). [295,1065,448,472] 1949-09-11 Ural River Berezovskiy Yanvarztevo 11 12 1 1 [233,1123,540,564] F. Morawitz's Ayaguz River 11 12 1 1 [526,1120,570,595] 1992-06-22 1992-06-23 1992-06-22 Issik 11 12 1 1 Almaty Oblysy [227,1120,601,625] 1992-06-25 1994-06-01 1992-06-25 11 12 5 5 [227,896,632,656] 1998-07-03 VK Talas Alatau Mts Zhabagly 11 12 1 1