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
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-12-28
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74
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journal article
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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
INDIA
•
1 ♀
,
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
.
NEPAL
•
1 ♀
;
Rapti Tal
,
Monahari Khola
,
Belwa
;
350 m
a.s.l.
;
10 May 1967
;
Dierl-Forster-Schacht
leg.;
PCMS
.
TURKEY
•
1 ♀
,
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
).