Sphecodes simillimus Smith 1873

Sphecodes simillimus Smith 1873

(Figs 19, 49, 50, 63, 72, 92, 95, 110b)

Sphecodes simillimus Smith 1873: 199, ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan: Honshu, Hiogo, 5 labels (see Tsuneki 1983: 30); BMHN). Sphecodes esakii Strand et Yasumatsu 1938: 78, ♂ (holotype –♂, Chikuzen, Fukuoka). Synonymized by Tsuneki 1983: 30.

Material examined. Russia. Primorskiy Terr.: 1 ♂, Vinogradovka, 9.VIII.1929, Kirichenko; 1 ♀, Tigrovyi, 17.VI.1975, NK; 1 ♀, 5 km SE Kievka, 15.VI.1981, YP; 1 ♀, 23 km SE Lazo, Perekatnoe, 4.IX.1981, YP; 1 ♀, Anisimovka, 31.V.1994, AL; 1 ♀, Novokachalinsk, Khanka Lake, 4-7.VIII.2006, SB; 1 ♀, 70 km SE Chuguevka, 12.VII.2010, VL; Khabarovsk Terr.: 1 ♀, Komsomolskiy Nature Reserve, Kamennaya pad’, on Salix sp., 12.V.1988, VM; 1 ♀, Shargol, 12.V.1980, VM; 1 ♀, Pivan’, 13.V.2001, MP; Sakhalin: 1 ♀, Novikovo, 22.VII.1978, AL; 1 ♀, Novoaleksandrovsk, 27.VII.1978, AL; 1 ♂, 30.VII.1978, A. Basarukin; 1 ♂, Kostromskoe, 15.VIII.1978, A. Basarukin; 1 ♀, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 14.VII.1959, S. Klumov, I. Keizer; 1 ♀, 5.VIII.1978, AL; 2 ♀, Dolinsk, 21-23.V.1985, S. Kholin, A. Plutenko; Kuril Islands. Kunashir, 1 ♂, Peschanoe lake, 17.VII.1980, AL; 1 ♀, Alekhino, 30.VII.1981, YP; 1 ♀, Tret’yakovo, 26-30.VII.2011, MP, VL; 1 ♂, Dokuchaeva Cape, 30.VII–6.VIII.2013, YS, LS; 17 ♀, 15 ♂, Ivanovskii Cape, Grozovoe, 4–10.IX.2013, YS, LS.

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

FIGURES 90–95. Male, head in frontal and dorsal views: 90— Sphecodes laticaudatus Tsuneki; 91— S. orientalis, sp. nov.; 92— S. simillimus Smith; 93— S. cristatus Hagens; 94— S. longulus Hagens; 95— S. nippon Meyer.