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Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853

Description

Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853

Descibed as: Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853: 36.

Synonyms: Sphecodes gibbus var. similis subvar. scariosus Sichel, 1865: 444.

Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens, 1882: 219.

Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1894: 78.

Sphecodes antigae Tournier, 1901: 258 –260.

Sphecodes reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken, 1914: 195. Sphecodes alternatus lindbergi Pittioni, 1950: 61 –62. Subspecies: S. a. gracilior Morawitz, 1894: 78.

S. a. algeriensis Alfken, 1914: 195.

Distribution. South of Europe, reaching central Europe to Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Ukraine, in the east through Turkey to Turkestan, present also in North Africa (Warncke 1992, Amiet et al. 1999).

Biology. Species of warm sites, especially sand dunes; quite common in various warm biotopes in southern Europe. In central Europe it is rare. Abundant in extensive sandy sites such as military training areas or larger sand quarries. Hosts unconfirmed. It was observed in association with Halictus compressus (Walckener) in Hungary (own observations); H. langobardicus Blüthgen is another likely host. Blüthgen (1934) recorded H. patellatus F. Morawitz as the likely host.

Notes

Published as part of Bogusch, Petr & Straka, Jakub, 2012, Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes), pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 3311 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281041

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Smith
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Halictidae
Genus
Sphecodes
Species
alternatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853 sec. Bogusch & Straka, 2012

References

  • Smith, F. (1853) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Andrenidae and Apidae. Part 1. Trustees, London, 197 pp.
  • Sichel, J. (1865) Etudes hymenopterologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 5 (4), 331 - 492.
  • Hagens, J. (1882) Ueber die mannlichen Genitalien der Bienengattung Sphecodes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 26, 209 - 229. Harris, M. (1776) An exposition of English Insects, including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & libellulae. M. Harris, London, pp. i - viii + 9 - 72.
  • Morawitz, F. (1894) [Fauna of Bees of the Turkmenistan]. Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago obshchestva, 28, 1 - 76 (in Russian).
  • Tournier, H. (1901) Descriptions de quelques Hymenopteres d'Europe et confins. Boletin de la Sociedad espanola Historia naturalis, 1, 258.
  • Pittioni, B. (1950) Hymenoptera aculeata I. On the insectfauna of Cyprus. Results of the Expedition of 1939 by Harald, Hakan and P. H. Lindberg. Commentationes Biologicae, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 10, 1 - 94.
  • Warncke, K. (1992) Die Westpalaarktischen Arten der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg, 52, 9 - 64.
  • Amiet, F., Muller, A. & Neumeyer, R. (1999) Hymenoptera Apidae. 2. Teil: Gattungen Colletes, Dufourea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhophitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes, Systropha. Fauna Helvetica 4. Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune & Schweitzerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Luzern, 219 pp.
  • Bluthgen, P. (1934) Die Wirte der Palaarktischen Sphecodes - Arten. Zeitschrift Wissenschaftlicher Insekten-Biologie, 27, 33 - 42, 61 - 66. Bluthgen, P. (1935) Halictus, Nomioides und Sphecodes, pp. 360 - 367. In: Popov, V. V. (ed.) Beitrage zur Bienenfauna von Tadzhikistan. Trudy Tajikskoy Bazy Akademie Nauk SSSR, 5, 1 - 408.