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 laticeps Meyer, 1920 Fig. 5B Sphecodes laticeps Meyer, 1920: 121 , ♀ , ♂. Sphecodes candidius Meyer, 1925: 10 , ♀ . Synonymized by Blüthgen 1927: 85 . Sphecodes biroi mariae Cockerell, 1930: 162 , ♂ ( holotype : ♂, Thailand , “ Siam , Nam, Jan. 8, 1928 (Cockerell)”; USNM, http://n 2t .net/ark:/65665/3e3daca86-a75f-458d-b994-6723b995dccd). Syno- nymized by Astafurova et al . 2020b: 65 . Diagnosis and descriptive notes See Astafurova et al . (2020b: 65–67) . Material examined NEPAL • 1 ♂ ; Bagmati ; 1600–2000 m a.s.l. ; 26 Aug. 1975 ; Takagi-S. leg.; PCMS . TAIWAN • 1 ♂ , lectotype (designated by Astafurova et al . 2020b: 64 ); Formosa [Taiwan], Takao ; ZMHB • ♀ , holotype of Sphecodes candidius Meyer, 1925 ; “ Lake Candidius 25./9/– 10./10/ 1907 ”; HNHM . Distribution Himalayas: * Nepal ; China ( Yunnan , Taiwan) , Thailand , Vietnam .