Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen, 1935

Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen in Popov 1935: 366, ♀, ♂ (holotype: ♂, near Kulab [Tajikistan], 25.VII.1935, V. Popov, ZISP); Popov 1967: 47; Warncke 1992: 29, as Sphecodes rufiventris tadschicus; Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017a: 272, as Sphecodes tadschicus, stat. resurr.

Material examined. Uzbekistan. 1 ♀, Akcza, 20 km SW Angren [69°51'E 40°53'N], 7.V.1994, M. Halada ; 1 ♀, Yangiabad, 12 km N Angren [41°07'N 70°05'E], 8–10.V.1994, K. Denes ; 23 ♀, Samarkand [66°57'E 39°39'N], 19– 21.V.1994, M. Halada. Turkmenistan. 3 ♀, Kopet-Dag, 15 km S Gektepe [38°01'N 58°00'E], 2.V.1993, M. Halada ; 5 ♀, Kugit-Angtau Mts, Koiten [66°31'E 37°41'N], 8.VI.1993, K. Denes.

General distribution. This speсies mainly oссurs in the mountains (up to 2000 m) of Central Аsia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan).

Remarks. Аdditional reсords of this rarely сolleсted speсies.