Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius 1793)

(FigS 2, 3, 76)

Nomada albilabris Fabricius 1793: 349, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Dichroa fuscipennis Germar 1819: 18, ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes latreillei Wesmael 1835: 285, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Belgium).

Sphecodes rubripes Spinola 1839: 512, ♀ (type locality: Cyprus).

Sphecodes africanus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841: 541, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria).

Sphecodes ni g ripes Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841: 542, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes rugosus Smith 1848: 2209, ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes nodicornis Gistel 1857: 554, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes fuscipennis var. basalis Dalla Torre 1877 (nom. praeocc., nec Sichel 1865): 185, ♀ (type locality: Italy) . Sabulicola cirsii Verhoeff 1890: 329, ♂ (type locality: Germany) .

Sphecodes grandis Meyer 1922: 173, ♂ (type locality: Northeast India).

Sphecodes rufipennis Cockerell 1931a: 348, ♂ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes atrescens Cockerell 1931a: 350, ♂ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes albilabris rubripes: Warncke 1992: 30 .

Material examined (35 ♀, 196 ♂). Uzbekistan: Aman-Kutan; Dzhuma; Kuropatkino; Kurgan-Tyube; Varzaminor [= Zakhmad-Abad]; Samarkand; 20 km NW ChuSt; ChatkalSkiy Nature ReServe, BaShkyzylSay; Yargak; Changir E TaShkent; 50 km E Guzar; Bukhara; Aman-Kutan . Kyrgyzstan: 3 km W Oytal, Alay MtS.; OSh; 5 km NE KanySh- Kyya; 10 km S Sary-Bulak, Alay MtS.; 15 km N Toktogul . Turkmenistan: Bagir, AShkhabad; Farab; Imam-Baba; Kara-Kala; KuShka; Iol-Dere, 15 km NE Kara-Kala . Tajikistan: 15 km WSW Karamyk, Alay MtS.; Stalinabad [= DuShanbe]; 15 km N Shakhrinav, GiSSar MtS.; Kondara; Dzhili-Kul’ on VakhSh River; DaShti-Gurk , 40 km ES KomSomolabad, Peter I Range; 30 km SE Kulyab; Dzhirgital’; Kyzyltam, GiSSar MtS.; Khorog; Khodzha-Obi- Garm, GiSSar MtS.; Shuroabad; Gofil’abad; Dehi-Colon near Tavidara.

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 255, aS Sphecodes fuscipennis (Germar)): UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan; RadoSzkowSki (1886: 20, aS S. fuscipennis and S. rubripes Spinola): TurkmeniStan; Meyer (1920: 104; 1925: 3, aS S. fuscipennis): Syr-Darja River; TajikiStan; Popov (1935: 365; 1951: 167, aS S. fuscipennis): TajikiStan; (1967: 45, aS S. fuscipennis): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia (UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to Finland and Sweden), North Africa, RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), Turkey, the CaucaSuS, Syria, ISrael, India.