New and little-known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from the Himalayas Author Astafurova, Yulia E0C904B0-6727-4F5C-8F5D-3CD1BFF32F3B Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (ZISP), Saint Petersburg, Russia. & Yulia. Yulia.Astafurova@zin.ru Author Proshchalykin, Maxim 6B6EEC64-E26C-4E34-A0C9-8DC198B881ED Federal Scientific Centre for East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCBV), Vladivostok, Russia. proshchalikin@biosoil.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-12-28 729 74 120 journal article 3508 10.5852/ejt.2020.729.1195 c4ddeab6-e087-4585-99d7-ac9f7dc4a102 2118-9773 5705318 2FA17849-A224-4B0B-8894-EDB6ECBE029B Sphecodes cameronii ( Bingham, 1897 ) Figs 2B , 5A Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897: 94 , (nom. praeocc., nec Halictus decorus Walker, 1871 ). Halictus cameronii Bingham, 1897: 432 , replacement name for H. decorus Cameron, 1897 (nec H. decorus Walker, 1871 ). Sphecodes armeniacus Warncke, 1992: 19 , , ♂. Syn. nov. Sphecodes decorus Cameron 1897: 94 . — Gupta 2013: 60 . Sphecodes cameronii Cockerell 1921: 360 . — Ascher & Pickering 2020 : map. Diagnosis and descriptive notes See Astafurova et al . (2018a: 9 , as S. armeniacus Warncke, 1992 ). Material examined INDIA1 ♀ , syntype of Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897 ; “Mussouri [Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India] // Sphecodes // 999. // Halictus decorus Cameron , Type // Type Hyme 1956, Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897 , Paralectotype [actually without this status], ♂, Hope Ent Coll .”; OUMNH 2 ♂♂ ; N. India , Pali ; 5 Mar. 1997 ; K.M. Guichard leg.; NHMUK 013380471 , NHMUK 013380451 . NEPAL1 ♀ ; Rapti Tal , Monahari Khola , Belwa ; 350 m a.s.l. ; 10 May 1967 ; Dierl-Forster-Schacht leg.; PCMS . TURKEY1 ♀ , holotype of Sphecodes armeniacus ; Kars , Tuzluca ; OLBL / PCMS . Distribution Himalayas: * Nepal , India ( Uttarakhand ); Turkey , South Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan , India (Pali), Sri Lanka ( Inoka et al . 2005 ).