Sphecodes geoffrellus Kirby 1802

Sphecodes geoffrellus (Kirby 1802)

(Figs 29, 30, 54, 56, 79, 99, 109c)

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: Yakutsk, Yakutia, Russia).

Sphecodes campadellii Nobile & Turrisi 2004: 118, ♂ (type locality: Italy).

Sphecodes silvicola Tsuneki 1983: 60, Figs 246–248, ♀ (holotype –♀, Japan, Yamagata Pref., Mt. Iide, 16.V.1976, K. Tsuneki leg., MNHAH). Syn. nov.

Sphecodes shirozui Tsuneki 1983: 53, Figs 98–104, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan, Kumamoto Pref., Gokasho, Mt. Shiratori, 2.VIII.1975, T. Shirozu leg.; MNHAH. Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013: 65 under Sphecodes silvicola Tsuneki 1983.

Sphecodes kitamius Tsuneki 1983: 55, Figs 105–108, ♂ (holotype –♂, Japan, Hokkaido, Kitami Pass, 14.VIII.1977, T. Murota leg., MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai &Tadauchi 2013: 65 under Sphecodes silvicola Tsuneki 1983.

Sphecodes geoffrellus: Proshchalykin & Kupianskaya 2005: 12; Proshchalykin 2012: 457.

Material examined. Russia. Primorskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, Molchanovka, 1.VII.1972, V. Kuslitskiy; 1 ♀, Ussuriyskiy Nature Reserve, 7.IX.1974, AL; 1 ♂, 14.IX.1979, AK; 1 ♂, 40-70 km N Khasan, 10.VIII.1978, DK; 1 ♀, Vladivostok, 14.V.1978, AL; 1 ♀, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, 5 km SE Kievka, 15.VI.1981, SB; 1 ♂, 30 km NW Spassk, 25.VIII.1981, SB; 1 ♂, Nakhodka, 20.VIII.1985, SB; 1 ♂, Evseevka, 28.VI.1985, SB; 1 ♀, Barabash- Levada, 7.VII.1986, AL; 3 ♀, Ryazanovka, 15 km S Slavyanka, 2.IX.1987; 1 ♀, 7.VI.1990; 1 ♂, 19.VII.1991; 1 ♀, 16.VI.1993; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 31.VIII.1995, SB; 1 ♀, Lyalichi, Ilistaya River, 2.VI.1990, SB; 1 ♂, 20 km SE Ussuriysk, 31.VII.1991, SB; 1 ♂, Spassk, 3-6.VII.1993; 3 ♂, 11-16.VIII.1995, SB; 1 ♂, 20 km SW Krounovka, 2-5.VIII.1993, SB; 1 ♀, Vladivostok, Akademgorodok, 20.V.1994, AL; 1 ♂, Khasan, 12-14.VIII.1998, SB; 2 ♀, 25 km SW Slavyanka, Sukhanovka, 18-20.VIII.1998, SB; 1 ♂, 10 km SE Chernigovka, 26-28.VIII.1998, SB; 2 ♀, Novokachalinsk, Khanka Lake, 12-16.VIII.2003, SB; 1 ♀, 21-22.VII.2010, MP; 2 ♀, 70 km SE Chuguevka, 13.VII.2001, VL; Jewish AP: 2 ♂, 40 km NNW Amurzet, 27.VII.1981, DK; 1 ♀, 12 km W Birobidzhan, 16.VI.1983, DK; 1 ♀, Malyi Khingan Mt., Radde, 12-15.VII.2003, SB; Amurskaya Prov.: 1 ♀, Cheremkhovo, 15.VI.1940, V. Nekruchev; 1 ♀, Between Malaya Pera River and Bolshoy Ergel, 26-29.V.1958, G. Zinovjev; 1 ♂, Simonovo, 75 km W Svobodnyi, 9-12.VII.1959, G. Zinovjev; 1 ♀, Semenovka, 4.VII.1975, AL; 1 ♂, Dim, 16.VII.1975, NK; 1 ♂, 40 km SW Svobodnyi, 27-29.VII.2003, SB; 1 ♀, 10 km W Ekimchan, 22-23.VI.2004, MP; Khabarovsk Terr.: 1 ♂, Duki, 24.VIII.1976, Yu. Bodrova; 1 ♂, Khekhtsir, Dva Brata Mt., 26.VII.1978, DK; 1 ♀, 10 km E Arka, 25.VIII.1982, AK; 1 ♀, Komsomolsk on Amur, 20.V.1986; 1 ♀, 17.V.1988, VM; 1 ♀, Pivan’, 13.V.2001, MP; 2 ♀, Evoron Lake, 15-17.VII.2006, MP; Sakhalin: 1 ♀, Konuma[=Novoaleksandrovsk], 12.VII.1931, M. Hori; 1 ♀, Ozerskii, 19.VII.1978, AL; 1 ♀, Tymovsk, 29.VI.1981, YP; 1 ♀, 15 km NE Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk, 9.VII.1981, YP; 1 ♀, Dolinsk, 21-23.V.1985, S. Kholin, A. Plutenko; 1 ♀, Lyugi, 12.VIII.2001, AL; Kuril Islands: Kunashir, 2 ♀, 6 km WSW Yuzhno-Kurilsk, 11.VI.1984, V. Makarkin; 6 ♀, Dubovoe, 20- 22.VII.2011, MP, VL; 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Ivanovskii Cape, Grozovoe, 16-18.VII.2013, YS, LS; 1 ♀, Severyanka River, 23- 27.VII.2013, K. Makarov; 2 ♀, Rudnoe, 27-28.VII.2013, YS; 3 ♀, 3 ♂, Dokuchaeva Cape, 30.VII–6.VIII.2013, YS, LS; Iturup, 1 ♀, Dobroye, Nachalo Bay, 22.VIII.1996, AL; Kamchatskiy Terr.: 1 ♀, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatskiy, 6.VII.1981, A. Egorov; 1 ♀, Kozyrevsk, 13.VII.1985, SB; 1 ♀, 10 km E Esso, 24.VII.2005, MP; Magadan Prov.: 4 ♀, 5 ♂, 12 km N Seimchan, 27.VII.1975, V. Marshakov; 1 ♀, 50 km N Seimchan, Lazo, 7.VIII.1975, V. Marshakov; Chukotskiy AA: 2 ♀, 180 km lower Omolon, Omolon River, 30.VI.1976, V. Marshakov. Japan. Hokkaido, 1 ♂, Otarunai, 22.IX.1973, H. Fukuda (K. Mitai det. 2011, as S. silvicola); 1 ♀, Tsukisappu, 21.IX.1965 (K. Mitai det. 2011, as S. silvicola).

Distribution. Russia: *Primorskiy Terr., *Jewish AP, *Amurskaya Prov., *Khabarovsk Terr., *Sakhalin, *Kuril Islands (Kunashir, Iturup), Kamchatskiy Terr. (Blüthgen 1935), *Magadan Prov., *Chukotskiy AA, Western Siberia, European part (Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu (Mitai & Tadauchi 2013, as Sphecodes silvicola), North Africa, Europe (north to 66°), Turkey, Near East.

Remarks. We studied numerous materials of S. geofrellus from Europe, Central Asia, Urals and Siberia. Male and female specimens examined from Japan identified as S. silvicola by K. Mitai proved to be S. geofrellus. Description, figures (Tsuneki 1983) and redescription (Mitai & Tadauchi 2013) of S. silvicola also unequivocally indicate identity with S. geofrellus. For this reason we propose S. silvicola as a new junior synonym of S. geofrellus.