Sphecodes rufiventris (Panzer, 1798)

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2019, The distribution of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries with description of hitherto unknown female of S. atlanticus Warncke, 1992 and male of S. dathei Schwarz, 2010, ZooKeys 872, pp. 13-40 : 31-32

Sphecodes rufiventris (Panzer, 1798)

Tiphia rufiventris Panzer, 1798: 4, ♀ (syntypes: ♀♀, Germany; ZMHB).

Sphecodes subovalis Schenck, 1853; S. brevis Hagens, 1875; S. singularis Meyer, 1920; S. combinatus Blüthgen, 1927; S. subovalis austrinus Erlandsson, 1979; S. rufiventris hethiticus Warncke, 1992 (Synonyms).

Diagnosis.

See Astafurova et al. 2018a: 34.

Material examined.

JORDAN: 1 ♂, W Jordan Valey, Mubalath, 27.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS).

Published records.

Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Israel).

Distribution.

Israel, *Jordan; North Africa, Europe, (north to 57°), Russia (east to Khakassia Republic), Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan.