Sphecodes albilabris ( Fabricius 1793 )

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 251

Sphecodes albilabris ( Fabricius 1793)

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Nomada albilabris Fabricius 1793: 349 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Dichroa fuscipennis Germar 1819: 18 , ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes latreillei Wesmael 1835: 285 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Belgium).

Sphecodes rubripes Spinola 1839: 512 , ♀ (type locality: Cyprus).

Sphecodes africanus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841: 541, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria).

Sphecodes ni g ripes Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841: 542, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes rugosus Smith 1848: 2209 , ♂ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes nodicornis Gistel 1857: 554 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes fuscipennis var. basalis Dalla Torre 1877 (nom. praeocc., nec Sichel 1865): 185, ♀ (type locality: Italy) . Sabulicola cirsii Verhoeff 1890: 329, ♂ (type locality: Germany) .

Sphecodes grandis Meyer 1922: 173 , ♂ (type locality: Northeast India).

Sphecodes rufipennis Cockerell 1931a: 348 , ♂ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes atrescens Cockerell 1931a: 350 , ♂ (type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes albilabris rubripes: Warncke 1992: 30 .

Material examined (35 ♀, 196 ♂). Uzbekistan: Aman-Kutan; Dzhuma; Kuropatkino; Kurgan-Tyube; Varzaminor [= Zakhmad-Abad]; Samarkand; 20 km NW ChuSt ; ChatkalSkiy Nature ReServe, BaShkyzylSay; Yargak; Changir E TaShkent; 50 km E Guzar; Bukhara; Aman-Kutan . Kyrgyzstan: 3 km W Oytal, Alay MtS.; OSh; 5 km NE KanySh- Kyya; 10 km S Sary-Bulak, Alay MtS.; 15 km N Toktogul . Turkmenistan: Bagir, AShkhabad; Farab; Imam-Baba; Kara-Kala; KuShka; Iol-Dere, 15 km NE Kara-Kala . Tajikistan: 15 km WSW Karamyk, Alay MtS.; Stalinabad [= DuShanbe]; 15 km N Shakhrinav, GiSSar MtS.; Kondara; Dzhili-Kul’ on VakhSh River ; DaShti-Gurk , 40 km ES KomSomolabad , Peter I Range; 30 km SE Kulyab; Dzhirgital’; Kyzyltam, GiSSar MtS.; Khorog; Khodzha-Obi- Garm, GiSSar MtS.; Shuroabad; Gofil’abad; Dehi-Colon near Tavidara.

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 255, aS Sphecodes fuscipennis (Germar)) : UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan; RadoSzkowSki (1886: 20, aS S. fuscipennis and S. rubripes Spinola ): TurkmeniStan; Meyer (1920: 104; 1925: 3, aS S. fuscipennis ): Syr-Darja River; TajikiStan; Popov (1935: 365; 1951: 167, aS S. fuscipennis ): TajikiStan; (1967: 45, aS S. fuscipennis ): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); Europe (north to Finland and Sweden), North Africa, RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), Turkey, the CaucaSuS, Syria, ISrael, India.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 28. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 2, 3 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 4, 5 — S. anatolicus Warncke; 6, 7 — S. crassus Thomson; 8, 9 — S. cristatus Hagens; 10, 11 — S. geoffrellus (Kirby); 12, 13 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 14, 15 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 16, 17 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 18, 19 — S. ephippius (Linné); 20 — S. croaticus Meyer; 21, 22 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 23, 24 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 25, 26 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin; 27, 28 — S. pinguiculus Pérez. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 76 – 81. Females; 76 – 79 — mesoscutum; 80, 81 — pronotum; 76 — Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius); 77 — S. armeniacus Warncke; 78 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 79 — S. pinguiculus Pérez; 80 — S. ferruginatus Hagens; 81 — S. pellucidus Smith.