Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845

(FigS 42, 43, 63, 81)

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

Sphecodes pilifrons Thomson 1870: 99, ♀ (type locality: Sweden).

Sphecodes brevicornis Hagens 1874: 39, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes volatilis Smith 1879: 26, ♂ (type locality: Russia, Siberia).

Sphecodes pellucidus var. algirus Alfken 1914: 195, ♀ (type locality: Algeria). Sphecodes pellucidus var. hybridus Blüthgen 1924b: 516, ♀ (type locality: China: Sichuan). Sphecodes pellucidus var. niveipennis Meyer 1925: 7, ♂ (type locality: China: Xinjiang).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, TaShkent, 7.V.1930, VG (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kattakurgan, 11.VII.1931, VG (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Turtkul, 18.VI.1932, P. Vorontzovskiy (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Topolevka E Samarkand, Dghungar Alatau, 25.V.1957, I. Kerzhner (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Pskem Mts., Nanay, 23.V.1963, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Chatkalskiy Nature Reserve, 1200 m, 16.V.1980, DK (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Pangaz River, 10 km N Pangaz, 27.V.1989, MV (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kyzylkishlak, 18.V.2015, MP (FNCV) ; 3 ♂, 50 km E Guzar, 19.V.2015, V. Gromenko (FNCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, ISSyk-Kul Lake, Dolinka, 21.VI.1965, V. Tanasiychuk (ZISP); 1 ♀, Fergana Mts., 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP) ; 5 ♂, Ulakhol River, 25 km SE Rybachye, 2 0 0 0 m, 9.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP) ; 4 ♂, Terskey- Alat, 30 km SE Rybachye, 2200 m, 10.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30 km S Kazarman, 2500 m, 23.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 3 ♀, AShkhabad, 27.IV.1932 , AS (ZISP); 1 ♀, Repetek, 23.V.1976, AL (FNCV) ; 1 ♀, 15 km W Firyuza, 20.V.1988, A. Barkalov (ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Aruk-Tau MtS., 15 km E Gandzhino, 15.V.1970, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Khodzha-Obi-Garm, Gissar Mts., 28.VII.1944, М. Nikolskaya (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Peter I Range, Gursy-Tash River, 31.VII.1911, A. Golbek (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kondara, Gissar Mts., 1.V.1964, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Alay MtS., 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 10 km W Vorukh, 16.VII. 1 982, SB (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Romit, 6.VI.1982, SB (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Rushan, 8.VII.1965, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 15 km NE Kulyab, 25.IV.1987, N. Kurzenko (FSCV) ; 1 ♀, Leningradskiy, 24.IV.1987, AL (FSCV) ; 2 ♀, Tavidara distr., Dehi-Colon near Tavidara, 24–27.V.2016, Yu. Danilov (ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (* UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, * TurkmeniStan, * TajikiStan); KazakhStan, Europe (north to 66°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, Turkey, Mongolia, North China.

Remark. ThiS SpecieS iS wideSpread and common in moderate zone of Palaearctic, but rare in Central ASia.