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 tanoi Tsuneki 1983 (Figs 20, 51, 52, 73, 105, 109d) Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 : 49 , Figs 79–85, ♂ ( holotype –♂, Japan ; “Ishikawa Pref., Iwama Spa., at the foot of Mt. Haku, 25.VII.1959 , T. Tano leg.”, MNHAH). Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 : 29 , Fig. 231, ♀ ( holotype –♀, Japan : “Fukui Pref., Koike, 26 VII 1973 ”, MNHAH). Syn. nov. Sphecodes mutsu Tsuneki 1983 : 22 , Figs 23–25, ♂ ( holotype –♂, Japan : “Aomori Pref., Towada, 22.IX.1957 , K. Simoyama leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 : 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 . Sphecodes fukuiensis Tsuneki 1983 : 44 , Figs 65–67, ♂ ( holotype –♂, Japan : “Fukui Pref., Tochinoki Pass, Imajo, 11 VII 1981 , T. Murota leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 : 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 . Sphecodes fudzi Tsuneki 1983 : 45 , Figs 69, 70, ♂ ( holotype –♂, Japan : “Yamanashi Pref., Mt. Fudzi , Narusawa, 19.IX.1980 , H. Suda leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 : 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 . Sphecodes chichibuus Tsuneki 1984 : 46 , Figs 80–82, ♂ ( holotype –♂, Japan : “Saitama Pref., Chichibu mountain region, Tochimoto Village, 16.VII.1960 , H. Nagase leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 : 75 under Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki 1983 . Sphecodes kamafuse Tsuneki 1983 : 65 , Figs 261–264, ♀ ( holotype –♀, Japan : “Amori Pref., Shimokita Penisula, Ohminato, Mt. Kamafuse , 5.VI.1975 , K. Tsuneki leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai &Tadauchi 2013 : 27 under Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 . Sphecodes ohtsukius Tsuneki 1984 : 9 , ♀ ( holotype –♀, Japan : “Yamanashi Pref., Tomihama, Ohtsuki City, 23.IV.1979 , H. Suda leg.”, MNHAH). Synonymized by Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 : 27 under Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 . Sphecodes chichibuensis Tsuneki 1986 : 45 , Fig. 79 ( holotype –♀, Japan : “Saitama Pref., Chichibu Village, Tochimoto, 16.VII.1960 , H. Nagase leg.”, coll. Nagase). Synonymizedy by Mitai &Tadauchi 2013 : 28 under Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki 1983 . Material examined. Russia . Primorskiy Terr. : 1 ♀, Vladivostok, 18.III.1914 (sic!); 1 ♀, 3.IX.1914 , Rimskii- Korsakov; 1♀, Partizansk, 26.IX.1974 , AL; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ , 22–23.VIII.1985 , SB; 1 ♀, Vladivostok, 14.V.1978 , AL; 1 ♂ , Anisimovka, 3.VII.1982 , AL; 1 ♀, Evseevka, 28.VI.1985 , AL; 1 ♂ , 7 km W Zanadvorovka, 6.VIII.1985 , SB; 5 ♂ , 50 km ESE Ussuriysk, 27.VIII.1986 , E. Budris; 7 ♀, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, America , 25.VIII–3.IX.2006 , YS, VS; 1 ♂ , 10 km SW Sokolchi, 22–24.VII.2007 , SB; Kuril Islands . Kunashir, 1 ♀, Yuzhno-Kurilsk, 6.VII.1979 , A. Zinovyev; 1 ♀, Tret’yakovo, 12.VIII.1986 , E. Budris; 1 ♀, Stolbchatyi Cape, 16.VIII.1992 , Gorbatovskii; 1 ♂ , Rudnoe, 27–28.VII.2013 , YS; 4 ♀, 2 ♂ , Dokuchaeva Cape, 30.VII–6.VIII.2013 , YS, LS; Japan . 1 ♂ , Hokkaido, Otarunai, 6.IX.1973 , H. Fukuda (K. Mitai det. 2011, as S. tanoi ); 1 ♂ , Honshu, Fukushimata Pref., Hinoemata Vill., 18.VIII.1999 , SB; 1 ♀, Kyushu, Oita Pref., Mt. Hanamureyama, Snonaicho, Oita-gun, 28.IV.2006 , K. Mitai (K. Mitai det. 2011, as S. coptis ). FIGURE 109. Distribution of Sphecodes species in the Russian Far East: a— S . crassus Thomson, S . albilabris (Fabricius) ; b— S . cristatus Hagens, S . ferruginatus Hagens ; c— S . geoffrellus (Kirby) , S . hyalinatus Hagens ; d— S. tanoi Tsuneki, S . laticaudatus Tsuneki; e— S . longulus Hagens, S . miniatus Hagens; f— S . monilicornis (Kirby) , S . nippon Meyer. FIGURE 110. Distribution of Sphecodes species in the Russian Far East: a— S . okuyetsu Tsuneki , S. pellucidus Smith ; b— S . orientalis , sp. nov. , S . simillimus Smith ; c— S . scabricollis Wesmael, S . puncticeps Thomson. Distribution . * Russia : *Primorskiy Terr., *Kuril Islands (Kunashir); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) ( Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 ). Remarks. The female of S. tanoi was unknown, as was the male of S. coptis , but both species are quite numerous in Japan ( Mitai & Tadauchi 2013 ) and not rare in Russian Far East. This species resembles S. ferruginatus and S. hyalinatus in many distinctive characters, including lack of an angle on the pronotum between dorsal and lateral surfaces, so must belong to the same group of species. We find S. tanoi and S. coptis to be conspecific and propose the latter as a new junior synonym of the former.