Sphecodes gibbus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 92-93

Sphecodes gibbus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Sphex gibba Linnaeus, 1758: 571 , ♀ (type locality: Sweden). Apis glabra Füessly, 1775: 51 , ♀ (type locality: Switzerland). Andrena ferruginea Olivier, 1789: 139 , nom. nov. for Nomada gibba Fabricius, 1775 (nom. praeocc.,

nec Linnaeus, 1758). Apis gibbosa Christ, 1791: 177 , nom. nov. for Nomada gibba Fabricius, 1775 (nom. praeocc., nec

Linnaeus, 1758). Melitta sphecoides Kirby, 1802: 46 , ♀ (type locality: England). Melitta picea Kirby, 1802: 48 , ♂ (type locality: England). Andrena austriaca Fabricius, 1804: 325 , ♀ (type locality: Denmark) (nom. praeocc., nec Panzer, 1798). Dichroa analis Illiger, 1806: 48 , nomen novum for Nomada gibba Fabricius, 1775 (nom. praeocc., nec

Linnaeus, 1758). Sphecodes apicatus Smith, 1853: 36 , ♀ (syntypes: ♀, India, Simla; NHMUK). Synonymized by

Blüthgen 1927: 27. Sphecodes nigripennis Morawitz, 1876: 257 , ♀ (type locality: Kazakhstan). Sphecodes indicus Bingham, 1898: 123 , pl. a, fig. 10, ♂. Syn. nov. Sphecodes sutor Nurse, 1903: 538 , ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, India, Jammu and Kashmir; NHMUK).

Synonymized by Blüthgen 1927: 27. Sphecodes gibbus var. rufispinosus Meyer, 1920: 113 , ♀ (type locality: Spain). Sphecodes gibbus var. turkestanicus Meyer, 1920: 113 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Uzbekistan, “Golodnaja

Steppe”; China: Jarkand, Xinjiang). Sphecodes castilianus Blüthgen, 1924: 473 , ♀ (type locality: Portugal). Sphecodes lustrans Cockerell, 1931b: 411 , ♂ (type locality: Morocco). Sphecodes angarensis Cockerell, 1937: 3–4 , ♀ (type locality: Russia, Irkutsk Prov.). Sphecodes pergibbus Blüthgen, 1938: 50 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus).

Sphecodes indicus – Saini & Rathor 2012: 162. — Rajkumar & Dey 2016: 1841.

Sphecodes gibbus – Ascher & Pickering 2020: map.

Diagnosis and descriptive notes

See Astafurova et al. (2018a: 17).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♂, holotype of Sphecodes indicus Bingham, 1898 ; “Type // Simla, 5. 97. // Sphecodes indicus (Bingh) // B.M.Type HYM 17a560”; NHMUK 013380329 • 1 ♀; Simla ; May 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK 013380335 .

Distribution

Himalayas: India (Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh); North Africa, Europe (north to 63° latitude), Russia (east to Yakutia), Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Iran, Mongolia, China (Xinjiang).

Remarks

The record of S. indicus from Mussoorie (Uttarakhand, India) by Saini & Rathor (2012: 162) is doubtful.

Figures

Fig. 2. Antennae in lateral view, males. A. Sphecodes hakkariensis Warncke, 1992. B. S. cameronii (Bingham, 1897).C. S. alternatus Smith, 1853.D. S. sikkimensisBlüthgen, 1927. E. S. gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758). F. S. rufiventris (Panzer, 1798). G. S. kershawi Perkins, 1921. H. S. turneri Cockerell, 1916. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

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.