Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen 1923

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 256

Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen 1923

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Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen 1923: 500 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Caucasus). Sphecodes lactipennis Meyer 1925: 7 , ♂ (type locality: Libya).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, Golodnaya Step (Gulistan), 15.IV.1903, Yakobson ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Farab , 6.V.1917, L. Wollmann ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Fergana Mts., Kug-art pass, 22.V.1925, Dobrzhanskiy ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Khiva, Nurlabay, 9.VI.1927, VG (ZISP); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Dzhuma , 30.V.1937, VP ( ZISP) ; Kurgan-Tube , 2.VIII.1938, 1 ♂, Flyagina ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 30 km S Samarkand , 18.V.1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Dzharkuduk , 11.V.2015, MP ( FSCV) ; 1 ♂, KyzylkiShlak , 18.V.2015, MP ( FSCV) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 30 km ESE Rybachye, ISSyk-Kul Lake , Myricaria Sp., 15.VII.1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 7 ♀, 1 ♂, 25 km ESE Osh , 1500 m, Ashillea sp., 21.VII. 1979, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Fergana Mts. , 10 km ESE Lay-Talaa, 1700 m, 16.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Alay Mts. , 10 km S Sary-Bulak, 2300 m, 21.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, Serax, coll. F. Morawitz ; 1 ♂, Chuli, Kopet-Dag, 6–8.V.1913, Golbek (ZISP); 9 ♀, 10 ♂, Bagir, Ashkhabad, 21–23.IV. 1 926, AS ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kara-Kala , 27.V.1953, Steinberg ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Chayek , 12 km WSW Firyuza, 28–30.IV.1989, MV ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Badkhyz Nature Reserve , 3.V.1990, SB ( ZISP) ; 4 ♀, 50 km ENE Takhta-Bazar , 15.V.1990, A. Sitdikov ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, KammaShi , 19.VI.1932, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 5 ♂, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], 6.V.1944, VP ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Alay Mts. , 15 km WSW Karamyk, 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Sangvor River , 7.VII.1975, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Gissar Mts. , Ramit, no date, MV ( ZISP) .

Published records. Popov (1967: 47): UzbekiStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan; BoguSch & Straka (2012: 12): TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); KazakhStan, Europe (eaSt to Ukraine), RuSSia (European part, Ural), North Africa, CaucaSuS, Turkey.

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 57. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 29 — Sphecodes haladai Warncke; 30, 31 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 32 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 33, 34 — S. longulus Hagens; 35, 36 — S. miniatus Hagens; 37, 38 — S. monilicornis (Kirby); 39, 40 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 41 — S. pectoralis Morawitz; 42, 43 — S. pellucidus Smith; 44, 45 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 46, 47 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 48, 49 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 50, 51 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 52, 53 — S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov.; 54, 55 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 56, 57 — S. spinulosus Hagens. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 70 – 75. Females, head: 70, 72 – 74 – dorsal view; 71, 75 — lateral view; 70 — Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens; 71 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 72 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 73 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 74 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 75 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau.

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.