Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen 1923

(FigS 32, 73, 78)

Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen 1923: 500, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Caucasus). Sphecodes lactipennis Meyer 1925: 7, ♂ (type locality: Libya).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Golodnaya Step (Gulistan), 15.IV.1903, Yakobson (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Farab, 6.V.1917, L. Wollmann (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Fergana Mts., Kug-art pass, 22.V.1925, Dobrzhanskiy (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Khiva, Nurlabay, 9.VI.1927, VG (ZISP); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Dzhuma, 30.V.1937, VP (ZISP) ; Kurgan-Tube, 2.VIII.1938, 1 ♂, Flyagina (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 30 km S Samarkand, 18.V.1979, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Dzharkuduk, 11.V.2015, MP (FSCV) ; 1 ♂, KyzylkiShlak, 18.V.2015, MP (FSCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 30 km ESE Rybachye, ISSyk-Kul Lake, Myricaria Sp., 15.VII.1979, YP (ZISP) ; 7 ♀, 1 ♂, 25 km ESE Osh, 1500 m, Ashillea sp., 21.VII. 1979, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Fergana Mts., 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Alay Mts., 10 km S Sary-Bulak, 2300 m, 21.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, Serax, coll. F. Morawitz; 1 ♂, Chuli, Kopet-Dag, 6–8.V.1913, Golbek (ZISP); 9 ♀, 10 ♂, Bagir, Ashkhabad, 21–23.IV. 1 926, AS (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kara-Kala, 27.V.1953, Steinberg (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Chayek, 12 km WSW Firyuza, 28–30.IV.1989, MV (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Badkhyz Nature Reserve, 3.V.1990, SB (ZISP) ; 4 ♀, 50 km ENE Takhta-Bazar, 15.V.1990, A. Sitdikov (ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, KammaShi, 19.VI.1932, VG (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 5 ♂, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], 6.V.1944, VP (ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Alay Mts., 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Sangvor River, 7.VII.1975, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Gissar Mts., Ramit, no date, MV (ZISP) .

Published records. Popov (1967: 47): UzbekiStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan; BoguSch & Straka (2012: 12): TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia (UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); KazakhStan, Europe (eaSt to Ukraine), RuSSia (European part, Ural), North Africa, CaucaSuS, Turkey.