Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes) Author Bogusch, Petr Author Straka, Jakub text Zootaxa 2012 3311 1 41 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.281041 7fcd479d-7724-4148-a392-8161fbe6d58a 1175-5326 281041 Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870 Described as: Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870 : 99 –100. Synonyms: Sphecodes bituberculatus Pérez, 1903 : CCXX–CCXXI. Sphecodes opacifrons Pérez, 1903 : CCXIX–CCXX. Sphecodes puncticeps var. cretanus Strand, 1921 : 305 . Distribution. Europe north to south Finland and Sweden , Asia, North Africa to Egypt , Israel ( Westrich 1989 , Warncke 1992 ), Iran . Biology. Species of warm sandy biotopes, in south Europe quite common, in central Europe local but in sandy localities usually abundant. The only confirmed host is Lasioglossum villosulum , published by Alfken (1913) . Bischoff (1927) put L. brevicorne (Schenck) as likely host. We confirm both hosts and have observed S. puncticeps also in an association with L. politum and L. sabulosum (Warncke) , but with no evidence.