Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2014, The bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of the Russian Far East, with key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Zootaxa 3887 (5), pp. 501-528 : 521-523

Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983

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Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983: 49 , Figs 79–85, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan; “Ishikawa Pref., Iwama Spa., at the foot of Mt. Haku, 25.VII.1959, T. Tano leg.”, MNHAH).

Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983: 29 , Fig. 231, ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan: “Fukui Pref., Koike, 26 VII 1973 ”, MNHAH). Syn. nov.

Sphecodes mutsu Tsuneki 1983: 22 , Figs 23–25, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan: “Aomori Pref., Towada, 22.IX.1957, K. Simoyama leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 .

Sphecodes fukuiensis Tsuneki 1983: 44 , Figs 65–67, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan: “Fukui Pref., Tochinoki Pass, Imajo, 11 VII 1981, T. Murota leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 .

Sphecodes fudzi Tsuneki 1983: 45 , Figs 69, 70, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan: “Yamanashi Pref., Mt. Fudzi , Narusawa, 19.IX.1980, H. Suda leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 .

Sphecodes chichibuus Tsuneki 1984: 46 , Figs 80–82, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan: “Saitama Pref., Chichibu mountain region, Tochimoto Village, 16.VII.1960, H. Nagase leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 .

Sphecodes kamafuse Tsuneki 1983: 65 , Figs 261–264, ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan: “Amori Pref., Shimokita Penisula, Ohminato, Mt. Kamafuse , 5.VI.1975, K. Tsuneki leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai &Tadauchi 2013: 27 under Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 .

Sphecodes ohtsukius Tsuneki 1984: 9 , ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan: “Yamanashi Pref., Tomihama, Ohtsuki City, 23.IV.1979, H. Suda leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 27 under Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 .

Sphecodes chichibuensis Tsuneki 1986: 45 , Fig. 79 (holotype –♀, Japan: “Saitama Pref., Chichibu Village, Tochimoto, 16.VII.1960, H. Nagase leg.”, coll. Nagase). Synonymizedy by Mitai &Tadauchi 2013: 28 under Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 .

Material examined. Russia. Primorskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, Vladivostok, 18.III.1914 (sic!); 1 ♀, 3.IX.1914, Rimskii- Korsakov; 1♀, Partizansk, 26.IX.1974, AL; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 22–23.VIII.1985, SB; 1 ♀, Vladivostok, 14.V.1978, AL; 1 ♂, Anisimovka, 3.VII.1982, AL; 1 ♀, Evseevka, 28.VI.1985, AL; 1 ♂, 7 km W Zanadvorovka, 6.VIII.1985, SB; 5 ♂, 50 km ESE Ussuriysk, 27.VIII.1986, E. Budris; 7 ♀, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, America, 25.VIII–3.IX.2006, YS, VS; 1 ♂, 10 km SW Sokolchi, 22–24.VII.2007, SB; Kuril Islands. Kunashir, 1 ♀, Yuzhno-Kurilsk, 6.VII.1979, A. Zinovyev; 1 ♀, Tret’yakovo, 12.VIII.1986, E. Budris; 1 ♀, Stolbchatyi Cape, 16.VIII.1992, Gorbatovskii; 1 ♂, Rudnoe, 27–28.VII.2013, YS; 4 ♀, 2 ♂, Dokuchaeva Cape, 30.VII–6.VIII.2013, YS, LS; Japan. 1 ♂, Hokkaido, Otarunai, 6.IX.1973, H. Fukuda (K. Mitai det. 2011, as S. tanoi ); 1 ♂, Honshu, Fukushimata Pref., Hinoemata Vill., 18.VIII.1999, SB; 1 ♀, Kyushu, Oita Pref., Mt. Hanamureyama, Snonaicho, Oita-gun, 28.IV.2006, K. Mitai (K. Mitai det. 2011, as S. coptis ).

Distribution. * Russia: *Primorskiy Terr., *Kuril Islands (Kunashir); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) ( Mitai & Tadauchi 2013).

Remarks. The female of S. tanoi was unknown, as was the male of S. coptis , but both species are quite numerous in Japan ( Mitai & Tadauchi 2013) and not rare in Russian Far East. This species resembles S. ferruginatus and S. hyalinatus in many distinctive characters, including lack of an angle on the pronotum between dorsal and lateral surfaces, so must belong to the same group of species. We find S. tanoi and S. coptis to be conspecific and propose the latter as a new junior synonym of the former.