Sphecodes crassus Thomson 1870

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Sphecodes crassus Thomson 1870: 100, ♀ (type locality: southern Sweden) . Sphecodes variegatus Hagens 1874: 40, ♂ (type locality: Germany) .

Sphecodes divisus Hagens 1882 (nom. praeocc., nec Kirby 1802): 223, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Sphecodes valesianus Frey-Gessner 1903: 100, ♀ (type locality: Switzerland). Sphecodes dyozankeanus Tsuneki 1983: 33, ♂ (type locality: Japan).

Sphecodes ohdeyamanus Tsuneki 1984: 9, ♀ (type locality: Japan).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Nanay, Andizhan Distr., 19.VII.1961, E. Sugonyaev (ZISP) ; Kyrgyzstan: 2 ♀, Alay Mts., Karagay, 30 km S Naukat, 11.VI.1978, V. Tanasiychuk (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul Lake, 30 km ESE Rybachye, 1610 m, 15.VII.1979, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30 km S Kazarman, 2500 m, 23.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP) ; Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Peter I Range, Zakh-BurSi PaSS, 5.VII.1913, Golbek (ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, * TajikiStan); Europe (north to 64°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, CaucaSuS, Turkey, Iran, Mongolia, Japan.

Remark. In Central ASia thiS SpecieS iS recorded in the mountainS only.