Sphecodes albilabris ( Fabricius, 1793 )

Astafurova, Yulia & Proshchalykin, Maxim, 2020, New and little-known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from the Himalayas, European Journal of Taxonomy 729, pp. 74-120 : 86

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 nigripes 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 – Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017b: 251.

Diagnosis and descriptive notes

See Astafurova et al. (2018a: 5).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♂; Himachal Pradesh, Tabo ; 2800 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2001; V. Major leg.; PCMS .

NEPAL • 1 ♀; Mustang Distr. , Purano Marpha; 3200 m a.s.l.; 9–11 May 1995; Iglesias leg.; PCMS .

Distribution

Himalayas: Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan Province), India (* Himachal Pradesh), * Nepal; North Africa, Europe (north to Finland and Sweden), Russia (east to Primorsky Terr.), Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Iran, North and North East China, India (Uttar Pradesh).

Figures

Fig. 3. Genitalia in dorsal view, males. A. Sphecodes fumipennis Smith, 1853. B. S. monilicornis (Kirby, 1802). C. S. montanus Smith, 1879. D. S. hakkariensis Warncke, 1922. E. S. albilabris (Fabricius, 1793). F. S. intermedius Blüthgen, 1923. G. S. simlaensis Blüthgen, 1924. H. S. rufiventris (Panzer, 1798). I. S. gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758). Scale bars = 0.25 mm.

Fig. 4. Diagnostic characters of species of Sphecodes. A–B. Males. C–F. Females. A. Genal area and lateral preoccipital carina in lateral view. B. Vertex and longitudinal carina in dorso-lateral view. C–F. Mesosoma in dorsal (C, F) and lateral views (D–E). A–B. S. montanus Smith, 1879. C–D. S. fumipennis Smith, 1853. E. S. albilabris (Fabricius, 1793). F. S. hakkariensis Warncke, 1922. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.