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 dissimilandus ( Cameron, 1897 ) Fig. 8 A–D Halictus dissimilandus Cameron, 1897: 95 , ♀ [♂]. Sphecodes dissimulandus – Blüthgen 1927: 90 (incorrect spelling). Sphecodes dissimilandus – Ascher & Pickering 2020 : map. Diagnosis The male of this species is similar to S . invidus owing to a similar shape of antennal tyloids (well developed, covering entire lateral flagellar surface and a part of ventral one), sculpture and coloration of the body, including hyaline wings, the areolate mesoscutum, the densely punctate T1 on the disc and the marginal zone. The species clearly differs from S . invidus by the weaker elevated vertex as seen in frontal view, with distance from top of head to upper margin of lateral ocellus ca 1.5 lateral ocellar diameter (vs 2 in S . invidus ) and the finer punctate metasoma (10–20 μm vs 15–25 μm). Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♂ ; “Mussouri 74[Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India], Rothney [leg.]”; “ Sphecodes // 998. // Halictus dissimilandus Cameron , Type // Type Hyme 1957, Halictus dissimilandus Cameron, 1897 , Holotype, ♂, Hope Ent Coll .”; OUMNH . Descriptive notes Wings hyaline, without darkening; hind wing with the angle between basal ( M ) and cubital ( Cu ) veins ca 80°, costal margin with seven hamuli. Lateral preoccipital carina present. Male Total body length 7 mm . Head transverse, ca 1.2 times as wide as long ( Fig. 8D ); vertex elevated with distance from top of head to upper margin of lateral ocellus ca 1.5 lateral ocellar diameter as seen in frontal view and ca 2 as seen in dorsal view ( Fig. 8A ); antennae attain mesoscutellum, flagellomeres (from F2 onward) 1.2–1.3 times as long as wide, tyloids well developed, covering entire lateral flagellar surface and most part (from F4 onward) of ventral one (with small medial glabrous spot); ocello-ocular area close to areolate, with dense punctures separated by at most a half puncture diameter; face with dense plumose pubescence, below antennal sockets obscuring integument. Mesoscutum areolate- punctate (30–50 μm), mesoscutellum with interspaces equal to at most 2 puncture diameters ( Fig. 8A ); propodeal triangle (metapostnotum) shorter than mesoscutellum, roughly rugose; mesepisternum coarsely reticulate-rugose; legs red. Metasomal terga finely punctate (10–20 μm / 1–4), T1 marginal zone punctured basally, T2–T5 marginal zones impunctate; metasoma entirely red ( Fig. 8B ). Female Unknown. Fig. 8. Sphecodes dissimilandus ( Cameron, 1897 ) . Holotype, ♂ (OUMNH). A . Head and mesosoma in dorsal view. B . Metasoma in dorsal view. C . Labels. D . Head in frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Distribution Himalayas: India ( Uttarakhand ).