The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-09-27 4324 2 249 284 journal article 31978 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.3 c72b2bd7-b6c4-4cb6-ab36-8c0604a85af1 1175-5326 997720 Bed5Fe34-9A46-43Df-B1F5-3C2Eb7C72F40 Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen 1935 , stat. resurr. ( FigS 54, 55 , 68 , 94 ) Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen in Popov 1935 : 366 , ♂ , ♀ ( holotype : ♂ , near Kulab [ Tajikistan ], 25.VII.1935 , V. Popov // Sph. tadschicus n. sp. , ♂ , Blüthgen det., 1934 // Type ; ZISP), examined. Sphecodes rufiventris tadschicus Blüthgen : Warncke 1992 : 29 . Material examined. Uzbekistan : 1 ♂ , SeravShan , 1892, GlaSunov , coll. F. Morawitz ( ZISP ) . Kyrgyzstan : 1 ♀ , 20 km ESE Pokrovka , 2000 m , 21.V.1998 , A. Kireychuk ( ZISP ) . Turkmenistan : 2 ♀ , Bagir , AShkhabad, 21– 23.IV.1926 , AS ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♂ , Western Kopetdag, Khasardag , 23.VI.1953 , AP ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , 3 ♂ , Iol-Dere (gorge), 15 km NE Kara-Kala , 7.VII.1953 , E. Arens ( ZISP ) ; 4 ♂ , Western Kopetdag, Syunt Mts. , 9.VII.1953 , E. Arens ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , Kopetdag Mts. , Firyuza , 24.IV.1987 , DK ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , 5 km SE Firyuza , 2–3.VI.1985 , AL ( FSCV ) . Tajikistan : 3 ♂ , Gissar Mts. , Dzhurek , 22.IV.1921 , A. Fursov ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , Khodzhent , 8.VII.1930 ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♀ , Stalinabad [= Dushanbe ], 11.V.1943 , VP ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , Gissar Mts. , Takob , 13.VI.1952 , N. Filippov ( ZISP ) . Published records. Popov (1967: 47) : UzbekiStan , TajikiStan ; Warncke (1992: 29) : TajikiStan . TABLE 1. Records of Central Asian Sphecodes species by countries; + published records; ⊕ current data.

Sphecodes species	Uzbekistan	Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan	Tajikistan
S. albilabris	+	+	+	+
S. alternatus	+	⊕	+	+
S. anatolicus	⊕	⊕	⊕	⊕
S. armeniacus	+
S. crassus	⊕	⊕	⊕
S. cristatus	⊕	⊕	+
S. croaticus	⊕
S. nurekensis	+
S. ephippius	+	⊕	+	+
S. ferruginatus	⊕
S. geoffrellus	+	+	⊕	⊕
S. gibbus	+	+	+	+
S. haladai	+	+	+
S. intermedius	+	⊕	+	+
S. turanicus	⊕	⊕	⊕
S. longulus	⊕	⊕	+
S. miniatus	⊕
S. monilicornis	+	⊕	+	+
S. olivieri	+	+	+
S. pectoralis	+	+	+
S. pellucidus	⊕	⊕	⊕	⊕
S. pinguiculus	⊕	⊕	+	+
S. puncticeps	+	⊕	⊕	+
S. reticulatus	⊕	+

S. rufiventris ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ S. saxicolus ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ + S. spinulosus ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ S. tadschicus + ⊕ ⊕ + Total: 22 20 20 25 General distribution. ThiS SpecieS occurS in the mountainS of Central ASia ( UzbekiStan , * KyrgyzStan , * TurkmeniStan , TajikiStan ); KazakhStan . Remark. Warncke (1992) regarded Blüthgen’S SpecieS to be conSpecific with S . rufiventris , and demoted it to SubSpecific rank. Indeed, S . tadshicus iS Similar to S . rufiventris , aS well aS to S . schenckii , but each iS conSiStently different from the otherS, with S . tadschicus in Some reSpectS intermediate between S . rufiventris and S . schenckii . DifferenceS between theSe SpecieS are outlined in table 2.