Sphecodes sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927

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 : 108

Sphecodes sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927

Fig. 18 A–E

Sphecodes sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927: 54 , fig. 12a, ♀.

Sphecodes sikkimensis – Ascher & Pickering 2020: map.

Diagnosis and descriptive notes

See Astafurova et al. (2020b: 78) and refer to the diagnosis of Sphecodes uttaricus sp. nov. below.

Material examined

Lectotype (designated here) INDIA • 1 ♀; “Sikhim [India], 6.97., Rungit Tal, 1000′, Coll. Bingham // Sphec. fumippenis Dr. Meyer det. // Sphec. sikkimensis n.sp. P. Blüthgen det.”; ZMHB.

Paralectotypes INDIA • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for lectotype (same labels); ZMBH .

Distribution

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

Figures

Fig. 18. Sphecodes sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927. Lectotype, ♀ (ZMBH). A–B. Head in frontal (A) and lateral view (B). C. Metasoma in dorsal view. D. Propodeum in dorso-lateral view. E. Labels. Scale bars: A–C = 1 mm; D = 0.5 mm.