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Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens 1875

Description

Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens, 1875

Described as: Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens, 1875: 317. No synonyms.

Distribution. Europe north to 56°N, present in England, Turkey, south-east Russia, and the distribution area extends probably east to Asia. Present in North Africa (Warncke 1992, Edwards & Telfer 2001).

Biology. Rare species of warm biotopes, usually steppes. In central Europe only few records in recent years. The only known host is Lasioglossum xanthopus (Kirby) recorded by Stoeckhert (1933) and Blüthgen (1934).

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 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281041

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hagens
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Halictidae
Genus
Sphecodes
Species
spinulosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens, 1875 sec. Bogusch & Straka, 2012

References

  • Hagens, J. (1875) Weitere Beitrage zur Kenntniss der deutschen Sphecodes-Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 19 (2), 315 - 319.
  • Warncke, K. (1992) Die Westpalaarktischen Arten der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg, 52, 9 - 64.
  • 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.