Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen 1935, stat. resurr.

(FigS 54, 55, 68, 94)

Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen in Popov 1935: 366, ♂, ♀ (holotype: ♂, near Kulab [Tajikistan], 25.VII.1935, V. Popov // Sph. tadschicus n. sp., ♂, Blüthgen det., 1934 // Type; ZISP), examined.

Sphecodes rufiventris tadschicus Blüthgen: Warncke 1992: 29.

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, SeravShan, 1892, GlaSunov, coll. F. Morawitz (ZISP) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 20 km ESE Pokrovka, 2000 m, 21.V.1998, A. Kireychuk (ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 2 ♀, Bagir, AShkhabad, 21– 23.IV.1926 , AS (ZISP); 1 ♂, Western Kopetdag, Khasardag, 23.VI.1953, AP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, Iol-Dere (gorge), 15 km NE Kara-Kala, 7.VII.1953, E. Arens (ZISP) ; 4 ♂, Western Kopetdag, Syunt Mts., 9.VII.1953, E. Arens (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kopetdag Mts., Firyuza, 24.IV.1987, DK (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 5 km SE Firyuza, 2–3.VI.1985, AL (FSCV) . Tajikistan: 3 ♂, Gissar Mts., Dzhurek, 22.IV.1921, A. Fursov (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Khodzhent, 8.VII.1930 (ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], 11.V.1943, VP (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Gissar Mts., Takob, 13.VI.1952, N. Filippov (ZISP) .

Published records. Popov (1967: 47): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan; Warncke (1992: 29): TajikiStan.

S. rufiventris ⊕ ⊕ ⊕

S. saxicolus ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ + S. spinulosus ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ S. tadschicus + ⊕ ⊕ +

Total: 22 20 20 25 General distribution. ThiS SpecieS occurS in the mountainS of Central ASia (UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, * TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); KazakhStan.

Remark. Warncke (1992) regarded Blüthgen’S SpecieS to be conSpecific with S. rufiventris, and demoted it to SubSpecific rank. Indeed, S. tadshicus iS Similar to S. rufiventris, aS well aS to S. schenckii, but each iS conSiStently different from the otherS, with S. tadschicus in Some reSpectS intermediate between S. rufiventris and S. schenckii . DifferenceS between theSe SpecieS are outlined in table 2.