Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz 1876

(Fig. 41)

Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz 1876: 259, ♀ (type locality: Kazakhstan).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 3 ♂, 4 ♀, Golodnaya Step (Gulistan), 30.V.1903, Yakobson (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, Farab, 12–28.V.1929, AS (ZISP); 1 ♀, Changir, E Tashkent, 8.V.1930 (ZISP); 1 ♀, Samarkand, 11.V.1959, AZ (ZMMU); 2 ♀, 35 km SE Gazli, Peganum harmala, 13.V.1978, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 35 km SW Karshi, Tamarix sp., 16.V.1978, YP (ZISP) ; 35 ♂, 20 km NW Kokand, 23.V.1978, YP (ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 50 ♀, Bagir, AShkhabad, 16–23.IV.1926, AS (ZISP); 2 ♂, Uch-Adzhi, 1–3.V.1929, AS (ZISP); 5 ♀, 31 ♂, Imam-Baba, 1932, AS (ZISP); 24 ♀, 4 ♂, TaSh-kepri, Murgab River, 1.VI.1954, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 25 km W Firyuza, 15.V.1985, MV (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Firyuza, 20.V.1985, AL (FSCV); 2 ♀, Repetek, 25.IV.1987, VT (ZISP); Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Aral, VakhSh River, 11.IX.1935, VG (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kondara, Varzob River, 3.V.1944, Shatkelberg (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], 13.V.1943, Shatkelberg (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kurgan-Tube, 29.III.1944, A. Shtakelberg (ZISP); 1 ♂, Staraya Pristan, V.1970, VT (ZISP); 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 15 km SW Dusti, Salsola leptoclada, 14.VI.1975, YP (ZISP) ; 5 ♀, Gandzhino, 1000 m, Ferula Sp., 20.IV.1989, VT (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 20 km SSW Shaartuz, Limonium sp., 16. VIII.1 979, YP (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20 km NW Bekabad, 15.VI.1982, SB (ZISP) .

Published records. Blüthgen (1924b: 463): TurkmeniStan; Mayer (1925: 5): TurkmeniStan; Popov (1935: 365): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 45): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia (UzbekiStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); KazakhStan.