The bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of the Russian Far East, with key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) Author Astafurova, Yulia V. Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. text Zootaxa 2014 3887 5 501 528 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.1 712bf058-4950-4128-8a6e-f4035b88c85f 1175-5326 251121 1CCC459F-ACE3-4073-AEAE-97D4C3566E68 Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845 (Figs 15, 69, 110a) Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 1845 : 1014 , ♂, ♀ ( type locality: England ); Quest 2009 : 205 ; Proshchalykin & Quest 2009 : 245 ; Proshchalykin 2012 : 457 . Sphecodes pilifrons Thomson 1870 : 99 , ♀ ( type locality: Sweden ). Sphecodes brevicornis Hagens 1874 : 39 , ♂ ( type locality: Germany ). Sphecodes volatilis Smith 1879 : 26 , ♂ ( type locality: Transbaikalia, Russia ). Sphecodes pellucidus var. algirus Alfken 1914 ; 195, ♀ ( type locality: Algeria ). Sphecodes pellucidus var. hybridus Blüthgen 1924 : 516 , ♀ ( type locality: North China ). Sphecodes pellucidus var. niveipennis Meyer 1925 : 7 , ♂ ( type locality: North China , Turkmenistan ). Material examined. Russia . Primorskiy Terr .: 2 ♀, Lazovskiy Natere Reserve, 27.V–20.VI.2001 , M. Quest (M. Schwarz det. 2007); 1 ♀, Lazo, 20.IV.2002 , M. Quest (M. Schwarz det. 2007); Jewish AP : 4 ♀, Leninskii, Solonechnaya River, 13.VI.2005 , MP; Amurskaya Prov .: 2 ♀, between Malaya Pera River and Bolshoy Ergel, 3- 8.VI.1958 , 2 ♀, 20-26.VI.1958 ; 2 ♀, 4-9.IX.1958 , G. Zinovjev; 3 ♀, Klimoutsy, 45 km W Svobodnyi, 4- 14.VI.1959 , G. Zinovjev; 1 ♀, Arkhara, 9.VI.1987 , AL; 1 ♂ , 30 km SW Arkhara, Volnoe, 21-23.VII.2003 , SB; 1 ♀, 2 ♂ , Ekimchan, 11.VIII.2007 , V. Bezborodov; Khabarovsk Terr .: 1 ♀, Pravaya Bureya River, 954m , 5.VII.2010 , E. Koshkin. Distribution . Russia : Primorskiy Terr. ( Quest 2009 ), Jewish AP, *Amurskaya Prov., *Khabarovsk Terr., Transbaikalia, European part ( Osytshnjuk et al . 1978 ); North China , Turkmenistan , North Africa, Europe (north to 66°), Turkey .