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Sphecodes ferruginatus Hagens 1882

Description

Sphecodes ferruginatus Hagens, 1882

Described as: Sphecodes ferruginatus Hagens, 1882: 221.

Synonym: Sphecodes rufescens var. alpestris Frey-Gessner, 1903: 107.

Distribution. Europe to 66°N, present in Scandinavia and Britain, Turkey, absent from North Africa (Warncke 1992).

Biology. Species of midlands, usually bound to grasslands or sunny slopes, but not in warm areas. In central Europe widespread but rare and uncommon. Lasioglossum fulvicorne (Kirby) is the only known documented host (Stoeckhert, 1933). Similar species such as L. laticeps and L. pauxillum have been published as likely hosts of this species (Stoeckhert 1933, Westrich 1989). Surveys on localities with these species present did not support this as the females of S. ferruginatus were invading only nests of L. fulvicorne.

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 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281041

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Halictidae
Genus
Sphecodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hagens
Species
ferruginatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sphecodes ferruginatus Hagens, 1882 sec. Bogusch & Straka, 2012

References

  • 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.
  • Warncke, K. (1992) Die Westpalaarktischen Arten der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg, 52, 9 - 64.
  • Westrich, P. (1989) Die Wildbienen Baden-Wurttembergs. Band. 1 und 2. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 972 pp.