Dolichopus pulicarius Fallén, 1823: 20.
Porphyrops annulipes Meigen, 1824: 56.
Sympycnus aeneicoxa: Pogonin & Negrobov, 2008: 103 (Russia: Krasnoyarsk) (misidentification).
Material examined. Kazakhstan. 1♂, Petropavlovsk, 27.VI.2015, Kosterin (ZMMU); 3♂, Kostanay Region, 3 km E Kostanay, 3–18.VII.1983, Korobov (VSU); 1♂, Kostanay Region, 5 km SE Kostanay, 10.VII.1983, Korobov (VSU); 5♂, Kostanay Region, 2 km SW Kostanay, 29.VII.1982, 8.VII.1983, Korobov (VSU); 3♂, Kostanay Region, 4 km SW Kostanay, Tobol River, 18, 28.VII.1982, 8.VIII.1982, Korobov (VSU); 3♂, [Jambyl Region,] Muyunkum Desert, Akyur-tyube, 27.VIII.1932, Veltishchev (ZIN); 2♂, Karaganda Region, Bassaga, 23.VI.1959, Grunin (ZIN); 1♂, Akmola Region, Kokshetau district, Borovoe vil., 7–20.VII.1929, Rodendorf (ZIN); 23♂, North Tian Shan, Alma-Atinskii Nature Reserve, Pravyi Talgar River, 1600–1700 m, mountain river bank, sweeping on grass, 13–20.VII, 2.VIII.1978, Grichanov (VSU); 3♂, North Tian Shan, Alma-Atinskii Nature Reserve, Srednii Talgar River gorge, 1–4.VIII.1979, Badyagina (VSU); 1♂, [Almaty Region,] Bolshaya Almatinka River, Semirechye, 29.VII.1928, Shnitnikov (ZIN); 17♂, [Almaty Region,] Bolshaya Almatinka River, Semirechye, Paseka Zubenko, 18.VIII.1928, Shnitnikov (ZIN). Kyrgyzstan. 26♂, Issyk-Kul Lake, Ananyevo, 17.VIII.1978, 7.VII.1979, Grichanov (VSU); 1♂, Issyk-Kul Lake, Chong-Oryuktyu, 9.VII.1979, Grichanov (VSU); 1♂, Issyk- Kul Lake, Ottuk, 22.VII.1979, Grichanov (VSU); 4♂, Issyk-Kul Lake, [Jeti-Oguz District,] Dzheti-Ogyuz, 2200 m, 18.VII.1979, Grichanov (VSU); 2♂, Rybachye vil. env. [= Balykchy], 4.VII.1979, Grichanov (VSU); 1♂, Kirgizia: Frunze [= Bishkek], Semirechye, 25.IV.1931, Zimin (ZIN). Mongolia. 3♂, Bayan-Khongorskii Aimak, Ekhin-Gol oasis, 11–14.VIII.1969, Kerzhner (ZIN); 1♂, Bayan-Khongorskii Aimak, Toroin-Bulak, 13 km E Tsagan-Bulak, 16.VII.1969, Kerzhner (ZIN); 2♂, Bayan-Khongorskii Aimak, Tsagan-Bulak spring, Tsagan-Bagro- Ula Mt., 15.VIII.1969, Kozlov (ZIN); 11♂, Bayan-Khongorskii Aimak, Ekhin-Gol oasis, 11–14.VIII.1969, Zaitsev (ZIN); 2♂, Tsentralnyi Aimak, Ulaanbaatar env., Narchuk, 28.VI.1970, Narchuk (ZIN); 2♂. Bajanchongor Aimak, Oase Echin-gol, 9 km NO von Grenzposten Caganbuag, 950 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 27–28.VI.1967, Nr 855. Russia. 41♂, [Chelyabinsk Region,] S Ural, Ilmen Nature Reserve, 5.VII–12.VIII.1979, Tolstykh (VSU); 3♂, Altai Terr., Krasnoshchekovskii Distr., Tigirek vil., 550 m, 9–12.VII.2014, Shamshev (ZIN); 3♂, Altai Rep., Kosh- Agach Distr., 17 km NE Kokorya vil., 2200 m, 30.VI–2.VII.2014, Shamshev (ZIN); 1♂, Altai, Artybash, Teletskoe Lake, VII.1972, Logvinovskii (VSU); 1♂, Altai Republic, Shebalinskii district, Cherga vil., 51.57°N, 85.56°E, 462 m, 1.VII.2009, Barkalov (VSU); 2♂, Buryatia, Barguzin depression, Sakhuli vil., 1–5.VII.1980, Barkalov (VSU); 2♂, 20 km SE Svedlovsk [= Yekaterinburg], Borovskoe, Iset River bank, bog, 22.VII.1977, Gorodkov (ZIN); 1♂, Yakutia, Amginskii district, Mikhailovka, 1.VIII.1987, Zlobin (ZIN); 1♂, Khakassia, Shira distr., Shira salt lake env., 350–355 m, 54.485 N, 90.224 E, Larix - Betula, 21–24.VI.2011, K. Tomkovich (ZMMU); 1♂, Tambov env., 52.677 N, 41.330 E, 6.VI.2012, N. Vikhrev (ZMMU); 4♂, Yakutsk, 30.VI, 7–12.VII.1927, Moskovin (ZIN); 3♂, Krasnoyarsk, 70 km W St. Kryuchkovo, 14–23.VII.2009, Tomkovich (ZMMU); 1♂, Krasnoyarsk Terr., Nazarovo vil., 27.VII.1998, Tsurikov (VSU). Tajikistan. 2♂, “ Obburden / 5” [Oburdon: 39.4053°N, 69.0833°E] (ZIN); 1♂, “ Stalinabad district, Gulbistan ” [Dushanbe], 16.V.1939, E. Smirnov (ZMMU); 8♂, Varzob Valley, Kondara Gorge, 31.V.1939, 24–29.VIII, 16.IX.1945, Gussakovskii (ZIN); 1♂, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], Gulbistan, 16.V.1939, E. Smirnov (ZIN); 12♂, Pamir, Dashti-Jum, Pyandzh River, 2700 m, 28.VII.1964, V. Zaitsev (ZIN); 14♂, Porshnev, 20 km S Khorugh, 21–27.VII.1977, Zlobin (VSU); 1♂, Pamir, Tanymas River, Kizyltukoi, 19.VIII.1928, Shcherbakov (ZIN); 2♂, Pamir, Khorog, Botanical Garden, 2300 m., 20.VI.1965, Guryeva (ZIN); 1♂, Vanch, Darvaz, 28.VIII.1943, Stackelberg (ZIN); 1♂, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], Botanical Garden, 6.V.1943, Stackelberg (ZIN); 10♂, Stalinabad [= Dushanbe], Dyushanbinka River, 6.V, 9.X, 25.X.1943, Stackelberg (ZIN); 1♂, Khorog, Gunt River, Shugnan, Botanical Garden, 2800 m, 21.IX.1943, Stackelberg (ZIN); 1♂, NW bank of Iskander-Kul Lake, Gissar Ridge, 10.VII.1947, Kirichenko (ZIN). Turkey. 2♂ ♀, Bolu reg., 1200 m, Kibricik, 40.42°N, 31.854°E, 1.IX.2009, Vikhrev (ZMMU). Uzbekistan. 1♂, Samarkand, 20, Sympycnus annulipes Meigen, Stackelberg det. (ZMMU); 1♂, “ Peishambe / 30” [Paishanba] (ZMMU); 1♂, “ Zeravshan Valley / 20” (ZMMU); 1♂, “ Fergana Valley, [?], 850 m, 6.IX.1928, V. Kuznetsov ” (ZIN).
Distribution. Type locality: Sweden. Palaearctic: Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Alania, Altai Rep., Chechnya, Crimea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kaliningrad, Karachai-Cherkessia, Karelia, Krasnodar, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov, Stavropol, Voronezh), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain incl. Canary Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Aydın, Bolu, Muğla, Van), UK, Ukraine. Nearctic: California. New for Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; Chelyabinsk, Tambov and Svedlovsk Regions, Altai and Krasnoyarsk Territories, Buryatia, Khakassia and Yakutia Republics of Russia.
Remarks. See Pollet et al. (2015) for a re-description and illustration of S. pulicarius. For this study, we have re-examined numerous specimens of this species collected in many regions of European Russia, and in other countries of Europe including Finland and Sweden, which were included in the area of occurrence of a sibling species S. septentrionalis (Pollet et al. 2015), but we have found no specimens with the characters of the latter species. Therefore, we confirm our identifications of S. pulicarius published in several of our papers during the last 50 years.