Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853

Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853

(Fig. 82)

Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853: 36, ♀ (type locality: Albania).

Sphecodes gibbus var. similis subvar. scariosus Sichel 1865: 444, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code).

Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens 1882: 219, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893: 78, ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated here, Warzaminor [Uzbekistan] // gracilor F. Mor., ♂ // F. Morawitz det., Typ. // lectotypus Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893, design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017; ZISP. Fig. 105.

Sphecodes antigae Tournier 1901: 258, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken 1914: 195, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria).

Sphecodes alternatus lindbergi Pittioni 1950: 61, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, Khiva, 16.VI.1927, VG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Chardzhou, NW Bukhara, 1.VII.1928, VG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Yargak, 17.VI.1930, Zimin (ZMMU); 5 ♀, Dzhuma, 28.V-1.VII.1937, VP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Samarkand, 25.IV.1959, AZ (ZMMU); 1 ♀, 10 km W SaryaSSiy, 11.V.1987, N. Kurzenko (FSCV); 1 ♀, 50 km E Guzar, 18.V.2015, MP (FSCV); 1 ♀, KarShi, Khudoyzot, 20.V.2015, MP (FSCV). Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 25 km ESE OSh, 1500 m, 21.VII.1979, YP (ZISP); 2 ♂, Uch-Debe, 15 km SSW Sufi-Kurgan, 2500 m, 23.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP); 2 ♂, Alarchin, 20 km S Frunze [= BiShkek], 1650 m, 11.IX.1986, YP (ZISP); 1 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya, 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP); Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, KuShka, 1.V.1917, L. Wollmann (ZISP); 2 ♂, Staraya Bukhara, 19.VIII.1926, V. Yakhontov (ZMMU); 2 ♀, Farab, Buchara, 4.VII.1928, VG (ZISP); 2 ♀, Bagir, AShkhabad, 21–23.IV.1929, AS (ZISP); 1 ♀, TaShkent, Kabray, 26.IV.1929, E. Kuznetzova (ZISP); 7 ♀, 15 ♂, Imam-Baba, 1932, AS (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kopet-Dag, Yarty-Kala, Chandyrk River, 13.VIII.1934, VP (ZISP); 4 ♀, Sumbar River, 27.V.1952, Steinberg (ZISP); 2 ♀, 21 ♂, Kara-Kala, 28.VI–17.VII.1955, AP (ZISP); 2 ♀, Tedzhen, 10.V.1963, AP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, Chuli, 21.V.1964, AP (ZISP); 2 ♀, Kara-Kala, 15.V.1970, L. Zimina (ZMMU); 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, 15 km SW Nokhur, 24.V.1985 (ZISP); 1 ♀, 20 km SE Mary, 28.V.1976, YP (ZISP). Tajikistan: 3 ♂, Kulyab, 20.VII.1933, VP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Stalinabad [= DuShanbe], 30.VII.1934, VG (ZISP); 1 ♀, Uzun, 30 km S Kurgan-Tyube, 9.VI.1936, VG (ZISP); 3 ♀, 8 ♂, 11–23.VII.1943; 14 ♂, 9.IX.1943, 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 6– 23.V.1944, VP (ZISP); 1 ♂, GiSSar MtS., Khodzha-Obi-Garm, 13.VIII.1944, М. NikolSkaya (ZISP); 1 ♀, 12 km N Pyandzh, 27.IV.1987, N. Kurzenko (FSCV); 3 ♀, 10 km N Garaviti, 3.V.1987, AL (FSCV).

Published records. Popov (1935: 367; 1951: 167): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 46): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia (UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); South and Central Europe, North Africa, RuSSia (eaSt to KhakaSSia Republic), CaucaSuS, Turkey, Iran.

Remark. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 waS deScribed from the SpecimenS of both SexeS collected in Warzaminor [now Zakhmat-abad, Upper ZaravShan Valley, UzbekiStan]. There iS only one male in ZISP from thiS locality, which correSpondS to the original deScription of F. Morawitz. ThiS male with label “Typ.” iS deSignated here aS a lectotype of S. gracilior to avoid any confuSion about the StatuS of itS type SpecimenS and to properly diagnoSe thiS SpecieS.