Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870

Bogusch, Petr & Straka, Jakub, 2012, Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes), Zootaxa 3311, pp. 1-41 : 16

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Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870 View in CoL

Described as: Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870: 99 –100.

Synonyms: Sphecodes bituberculatus Pérez, 1903 : CCXX–CCXXI.

Sphecodes opacifrons Pérez, 1903 : CCXIX–CCXX.

Sphecodes puncticeps View in CoL var. cretanus Strand, 1921: 305 .

Distribution. Europe north to south Finland and Sweden, Asia, North Africa to Egypt, Israel ( Westrich 1989, Warncke 1992), Iran.

Biology. Species of warm sandy biotopes, in south Europe quite common, in central Europe local but in sandy localities usually abundant. The only confirmed host is Lasioglossum villosulum , published by Alfken (1913). Bischoff (1927) put L. brevicorne (Schenck) as likely host. We confirm both hosts and have observed S. puncticeps also in an association with L. politum and L. sabulosum (Warncke) , but with no evidence.