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 alternatus Smith 1853 (Fig. 82) Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853 : 36 , ♀ (type locality: Albania). Sphecodes gibbus var. similis subvar. scariosus Sichel 1865 : 444 , ♂. Unavailable name ( ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code ). Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens 1882 : 219 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: France). Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 : 78 , ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated here , Warzaminor [Uzbekistan] // gracilor F. Mor., ♂ // F. Morawitz det., Typ. // lectotypus Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 , design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017 ; ZISP. Fig. 105 . Sphecodes antigae Tournier 1901 : 258 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain). Sphecodes reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken 1914 : 195 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria). Sphecodes alternatus lindbergi Pittioni 1950 : 61 , ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus). Material examined. Uzbekistan : 1 ♀ , Khiva , 16.VI.1927 , VG ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♂ , Chardzhou , NW Bukhara , 1.VII.1928 , VG ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♂ , Yargak , 17.VI.1930 , Zimin ( ZMMU ) ; 5 ♀ , Dzhuma , 28.V-1.VII.1937 , VP ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , Samarkand , 25.IV.1959 , AZ ( ZMMU ) ; 1 ♀, 10 km W SaryaSSiy, 11.V.1987 , N. Kurzenko (FSCV); 1 ♀ , 50 km E Guzar , 18.V.2015 , MP ( FSCV ) ; 1 ♀, KarShi, Khudoyzot, 20.V.2015 , MP (FSCV). Kyrgyzstan : 1 ♀ , 25 km ESE OSh , 1500 m , 21.VII.1979 , YP ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♂ , Uch-Debe , 15 km SSW Sufi-Kurgan , 2500 m , 23.VIII.1985 , YP ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♂ , Alarchin , 20 km S Frunze [= BiShkek ], 1650 m , 11.IX.1986 , YP ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♂ , 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya , 1800 m , 31.VIII.1988 , YP ( ZISP ) ; Turkmenistan : 1 ♀ , KuShka , 1.V.1917 , L. Wollmann ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♂ , Staraya Bukhara , 19.VIII.1926 , V. Yakhontov ( ZMMU ) ; 2 ♀, Farab, Buchara, 4.VII.1928 , VG (ZISP); 2 ♀ , Bagir , AShkhabad, 21–23.IV.1929 , AS ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀, TaShkent, Kabray, 26.IV.1929 , E. Kuznetzova (ZISP); 7 ♀, 15 ♂ , Imam-Baba , 1932, AS ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♂ , Kopet-Dag , Yarty-Kala , Chandyrk River , 13.VIII.1934 , VP ( ZISP ) ; 4 ♀ , Sumbar River , 27.V.1952 , Steinberg ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♀, 21 ♂ , Kara-Kala , 28.VI–17.VII.1955 , AP ( ZISP ) ; 2 ♀ , Tedzhen , 10.V.1963 , AP ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, Chuli, 21.V.1964 , AP (ZISP); 2 ♀ , Kara-Kala , 15.V.1970 , L. Zimina ( ZMMU ) ; 1 ♀ , Kopet-Dag , 15 km SW Nokhur , 24.V.1985 ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , 20 km SE Mary , 28.V.1976 , YP ( ZISP ) . Tajikistan : 3 ♂ , Kulyab , 20.VII.1933 , VP ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , Stalinabad [= DuShanbe ], 30.VII.1934 , VG ( ZISP ) ; 1 ♀ , Uzun , 30 km S Kurgan-Tyube , 9.VI.1936 , VG ( ZISP ) ; 3 ♀, 8 ♂, 11–23.VII.1943 ; 14 ♂, 9.IX.1943 , 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 6– 23.V.1944 , VP (ZISP); 1 ♂, GiSSar MtS., Khodzha-Obi-Garm, 13.VIII.1944 , М. NikolSkaya (ZISP); 1 ♀ , 12 km N Pyandzh , 27.IV.1987 , N. Kurzenko ( FSCV ) ; 3 ♀ , 10 km N Garaviti , 3.V.1987 , AL ( FSCV ) . Published records. Popov (1935 : 367; 1951: 167): TajikiStan ; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan ; (1967: 46): UzbekiStan , TajikiStan . General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan , * KyrgyzStan , TurkmeniStan , TajikiStan ); South and Central Europe, North Africa, RuSSia (eaSt to KhakaSSia Republic), CaucaSuS, Turkey , Iran . Remark. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 waS deScribed from the SpecimenS of both SexeS collected in Warzaminor [now Zakhmat-abad, Upper ZaravShan Valley, UzbekiStan ]. There iS only one male in ZISP from thiS locality, which correSpondS to the original deScription of F. Morawitz. ThiS male with label “Typ.” iS deSignated here aS a lectotype of S. gracilior to avoid any confuSion about the StatuS of itS type SpecimenS and to properly diagnoSe thiS SpecieS.