Sphecodes rufiventris ( Panzer 1798 )

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 261-268

Sphecodes rufiventris ( Panzer 1798)

( FigS 48, 49 , 66 , 93 )

Tiphia rufiventris Panzer 1798: 4 , ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes subovalis Schenck 1853: 223 , ♀ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes brevis Hagens 1875: 317 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany).

Sphecodes singularis Meyer 1920: 130 , ♂ (type locality: Serbia).

Sphecodes combinatus Blüthgen 1927: 37 , ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes subovalis austrinus Erlandsson 1979: 123 , ♂ (type locality: Italy).

Sphecodes subovalis austrinus var. balcanicus Erlandsson 1979: 123 , ♂ (type locality: Croatia). Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes rufiventris hethiticus Warncke 1992: 28 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Turkey).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 3 ♂, Ravat-Say , 29.VII.1930, E. Kuznetsova ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Chatkal nature ReServe , 1200 m, 16.V.1980, DK ( ZISP) . Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Alay MtS., 10 km S Sary-Bulak , 2300 m, 21.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) ; 9 ♂, 20 km S Frunze [= Bishkek], 1650 m, 11.IX.1986, YP ( ZISP) ; 9 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya , 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 25 km S Kara-Balty , 1600 m, 13.VIII.1988, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, N BiShkek, VI.1999, Gurko ( ZISP) . Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Sangvor River , 7.VII.1975, YP ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Kvak , 2000 m, 21.VII.1939, VG ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 15 km NW Ramit , 11.VI.1975, YP ; 30 ♂, Alay Mts., 15 km WSW Karamyk , 2700 m, 11.VIII.1985, YP ( ZISP) .

Published records. –

General distribution. Central ASia (*UzbekiStan, *KyrgyzStan, *TajikiStan); KazakhStan, Europe (north to 57°), RuSSia (eaSt to KhakaSSia Republic), North Africa, Turkey.

Remark. In Central ASia thiS SpecieS occurS in the mountainS only.

FIGURES 82–87. Females, metasoma; 82, 83—T4–T5; 84–87—T1–T2; 82— Sphecodes alternatus Smith ; 83— S. reticulatus Thomson ; 84— S. haladai Warncke ; 85— S. miniatus Hagens ; 86— S. saxicolus Warncke ; 87— S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin , sp. nov.

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 64 – 69. Females, head; frontal view; 64 — Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby); 65 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 66 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 67 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 68 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 69 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin.

FIGURES 93 – 98. Males; 93, 94 — head, frontal view; 95 — head, dorsal view 96 — mesoscutum; 97, 98 — metasoma, T 1 – T 2; 93 — Sphecodes rufiventris (Panzer); 94 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 95 — S. puncticeps Thomson; 96 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 97 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 98 — S. croaticus Meyer.