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Sphecodes geoffrellus

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Sphecodes geoffrellus (Kirby 1802)

(FigS 10, 11)

Melitta geoffrella Kirby 1802: 45, ♀ (type locality: England).

Sphecodes affinis Hagens 1882: 224, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Sphecodes fasciatus Hagens 1882: 224, ♂ (type locality: Germany). Sphecodes rimalis Pérez 1903: 221, ♀ (type locality: France).

Sphecodes impunctatus Meyer 1922: 171, ♂ (type locality: Russia, Yakutsk).

Sphecodes silvicola Tsuneki 1983: 60, figs 246–248, ♀ (type locality: Japan). Sphecodes shirozui Tsuneki 1983: 53, figs 98–104, ♂ (type locality: Japan).

Sphecodes kitamius Tsuneki 1983: 55, figs 105–108, ♂ (type locality: Japan). Sphecodes geoffrellus atlassa Warncke 1992: 36, ♀ (type locality: Turkey).

Sphecodes geoffrellus hakkariensis Warncke 1992: 36, ♂ (type locality: Turkey). Sphecodes campadellii Nobile & Turrisi 2004: 118, ♂ (type locality: Italy).

Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, Pskem Mts., Nanay, 23.V.1963, VT (ZISP); 2 ♀, Chatkal Nature Reserve, Nevich, 9.VI.1963, VT (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul Lake, Pokrovka, 27.V.1951, D. Panfilov (ZMMU); 1 ♀, Karakoyun River, Tian-Shan Mts., 3.IX.1963, Viktorov (ZISP); 1 ♂, Teploklyuchinka, 2000–2600 m, 26.VI.1970, V. TanaSiychuk (ZISP); 1 ♂, Fergana Mts., 10 km NW Dzhalambad, 31.VIII.1974, Kandybina (ZISP); 1 ♀, Sary Chelek Lake, 2000 m, 20.VI.1979, DK (ZISP); 1 ♂, 10 km SSW Teploklyuchinka, 2200 m, 6.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 2 ♂, 1800 m, 27.VIII.1988, YP; 3 ♀, 30 km NW Naryn, 2300 m, 21.VI.1989, MV (ZISP). Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, Kugitang-Tau, 2500 m, 16.VI.1965, V. TanaSiychuk (ZISP). Tajikistan: 1 ♀, Pamir, Mayakovskiy Peak (Mts.), 3000 m, 13.VII.1965, 1 ♀, V. Tanasiychuk (ZISP); 1 ♀, Zeravshan Mts., 10 km SE Ayni, 9.VI.1982, SB (ZISP); 1 ♀, Peter I Range, Gursy-Tash, 31.VII.1911, A. Golbek (ZISP).

Published records. Morawitz (1876: 258): UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan.

General distribution. Central ASia (UzbekiStan, KyrgyzStan, * TurkmeniStan, * TajikiStan), Europe (north to 66°), RuSSia (eaSt to Far EaSt), North Africa, Turkey, Near EaSt, Mongolia, Japan.

Remark. Rare in Central ASia, recorded in the mountainS only.

Notes

Published as part of Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, pp. 249-284 in Zootaxa 4324 (2) on pages 254-255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/997720

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