Sphecodes fumipennis Smith, 1853

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 : 92

Sphecodes fumipennis Smith, 1853

Figs 3A , 4 C–D

Sphecodes fumipennis Smith, 1853: 36 , ♀ (holotype: ♀, N. India, coll. J.S. Baly; London, NHMUK; not examined).

Sphecodes fumipennis – Blüthgen 1924: 489; 1927: 55. — Ascher & Pickering 2020: map.

Diagnosis and descriptive notes

See Astafurova et al. (2020b: 55).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Sikkim; Binghan leg. [ Sph. fumipennis Smith, Blüthgen det.]; ZMHB .

Distribution

Himalayas: India (Sikkim); Myanmar, Laos, China (Sichuan, Yunnan).

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.