The distribution of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries with description of hitherto unknown female of S. atlanticus Warncke, 1992 and male of S. dathei Schwarz, 2010 Author Astafurova, Yulia V. Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. Author Schwarz, Maximilian text ZooKeys 2019 872 13 40 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.35361 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.35361 1313-2970-872-13 DCDEFCB1E33D476F90D7178BC08C311A Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870 Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870: 99, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, Sweden; MZLU). Sphecodes bituberculatus Perez , 1903; S. opacifrons Perez , 1903; S. puncticeps var. cretanus Strand, 1921 (Synonyms). Diagnosis. See Astafurova et al. 2018a : 31. Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♂, Riyadh area, 16-21.IV.1980, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 013380403); JORDAN: 1 ♀, Jordan valley, S. Shuna, 17.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 2 ♀, 3 ♂♂, Jordan valley, Dayr Alla, 27.IV.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km N Petra, 3.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♀, 10 km SE Suwayda Kafr, 19.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); SYRIA: 1 ♀, Latakia s.l., 17.VI.1986, K. Guichard (NHMUK 013380360); 2 ♀♀, 10 km SE Suwayda Kafr, 19.V.1996, M. Halada (OLBL/PCMS); ISRAEL: 2 ♂♂, Jerusalem, 21.IX.1922, P.A. Buxton (NHMUK 013380401, 013380400); 1 ♂, Rehovot s.l., 29.IV.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380404); 3 ♂♂, Jericho (Wadi Quilt), 250 m, 13-22.V.1975, K.M. Guichard (NHMUK 1975-248, 013380365, 013380376, 013380402). Published records. Warncke 1992 : 19 (Israel); Ascher and Pickering 2019 (Israel). Distribution. *Saudi Arabia, Israel, *Jordan, *Syria; North Africa, Europe (north to Finland and Sweden), Russia (east to Far East), Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.