Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez 1903

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Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez 1903: CCXX, ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes sareptensis Meyer 1922: 170, ♂ (type locality: Russia, Sarepta [Volgograd]). Sphecodes excellens Meyer 1922: 170, ♀ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes punctatissimus Meyer 1922: 172, ♂ (type locality: S Kazakhstan). Sphecodes hungaricus Blüthgen 1923: 498, ♀ (type locality: Hungary).

Sphecodes coelebs Blüthgen 1923: 505, ♂ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes consobrinus Blüthgen 1923: 507, ♂ (type locality: Libya).

Sphecodes persicus Blüthgen 1924b: 509, ♂ (type locality: Iran).

Sphecodes capverdensis Pauly et La Roche in Pauly et al. 2002: 203, ♂ (type locality: Cape Verde).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Golodnaya Step [= Gulistan], 2.V.1903, G. Yakobson (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Khiva, Nurlabay, 1.VI.1927, VG (ZISP); 1 ♂, 120 km NW Shakhrikhan, Kyzylkum desert, 17.IV.1965, V. Zaytzev (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Ak-Tau, near Tamdy, 9.V.1965, V. Zaytzev (ZISP) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 30 km ESE Rybachye, ISSyk- Kul Lake, Myricaria Sp., 15.VII.1979, YP (ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 7 ♀, 7 ♂, Bagir, AShkhabad, 16.IV–17.V.1926 , AS (ZISP); 1 ♀, Dzhebel, 21.VII.1934, VP (ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♂, DuShanbe, 4.V.1962, Guryeva (ZISP) .

Published records. Popov (1952: 92, aS Sphecodes sareptensis): TurkmeniStan; Warncke (1992: 32, aS S. pinguiculus sareptensis): TajikiStan, TurkmeniStan; ProShchalykin & AStafurova (2016: 16): Central ASia.

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); South Europe, RuSSia (eaSt to Buryatia), North Africa, Turkey, ISrael, Iran, Mongolia, Cape Verde ISlandS.