Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)

(FigS 37, 38, 64)

Melitta monilicornis Kirby 1802: 47, ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes maculatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841: 545, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes subquadratus Smith 1845: 1014, ♀, ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. rufipes Sichel 1865: 428, ♀, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. dubius Sichel 1865: 419, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. incertus Sichel 1865: 420, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. nigrescens Sichel 1865: 427, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes gibbus var. ephippium subvar. testaceipes Sichel 1865: 428, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes ruficrus Dalla Torre 1896 (nom. praeocc., nec Erichson 1835): 9, replacement name for Sphecodes rufipes Sichel 1865 .

Sphecodes hanuman Nurse 1903: 538, ♀ (type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes monilicornis var. nigerrima Blüthgen 1927: 41, ♂ (type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes caucasicus Meyer 1920: 124, ♂ (type locality: Georgia).

Sphecodes cephalotes Meyer 1920: 129, ♀ (type locality: Turkey).

Sphecodes smyrnensis Meyer 1920: 116, ♂ (type locality: Turkey).

Sphecodes monilicornis quadratus Meyer 1920: 129, ♂, ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes monilicornis berberus Warncke 1992: 22, ♂, ♀ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes quadratus cephalotiformis Pittoni 1950: 62, ♂, ♀ (type locality: Cyprus).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Kuropatkino, 50 km NE Samarkand, 12.VII.1930 (no collector) (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, BoStandyk, 30.V.1959, Lao Din Si (ZISP); Naryn River, 1 ♀, 20 km NE TaSh-Kumyr, 3.VI.1989, MV (ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Dorban, 10.V.2015, V. Gromenko (FSCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 20 km ESE ByStrovka, 1350 m, 13.VII.1979, YP (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VII.1985, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20 km S FrunSe [= BiShkek], 1650 m, 11.IX.1986, YP (ZISP) ; 6 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya, 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kizil-kiya, 15.V.1994, M. Halada (OÖLM) ; 2 ♀, 10 km S Sari-Tzelek, 5.VI.1995, J. Halada (OÖLM) ; 1 ♀, Terek-Sai, 7.VI.1995, J. Halada (OÖLM) . Turkmenistan: 1 ♂, Chuli, Kopet-Dag, 14.VI.1914, Golbek (ZISP); 1 ♀, Aman- Kutan, 21.VII.1931, VG (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kara-Kala, Iol-Dere (gorge), 5.VI.1952, Steinberg (ZISP); 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Kara- Kala, 17.V.1953, AP (ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♂, Voznaut, RoShanm 28.VII.1915, Lazdin (ZISP); 1 ♂, DuShanbe, 12.VII.1934, VG (ZISP); 4 ♂, Parkhar, Pyandzh River, 3.VII.1936, VG (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Dzhirgital’, 6.VIII.1939, A. Romanov (ZISP) ; 3 ♂, Khodzha Obi-Garm, GiSSar MtS., 13.VIII.1944, М. NikolSkaya (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 20 km N Vanch, VakhSh River, 5–6.VI.1965, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, GiSSar MtS., 1 ♀, 6 km SW Ramit, 11.VII.1975, YP (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, Peter I Range, DaShti-Gurk, 40 km ESE KomSomolabad, 1700 m, 31.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 257, aS Sphecodes subquadratus Smith): UzbekiStan; RadoSzkowSki (1886: 20, aS S. subquadratus): TurkmeniStan; Popov (1967: 47): TajikiStan.

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