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This species is close to the
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owing to a similar structure, sculpture of the body and the fact that the females morphologically are difficult to distinguish, but
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).
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Wings with weak yellowish or brownish darkening; hind wing with basal vein strongly curved with the angle between basal (
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) and cubital (
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) veins ca 90°, costal margin with five hamuli. Preoccipital carina absent.
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B5EEFEECFECDFE9E" bold="true" box="[234,325,265,291]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">Female</emphasis>
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Total body length
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<figureCitation id="13682A10FFDAFF84B5C2FEAAFEBBFED4" box="[198,307,335,361]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="22.[189,232,1923,1949]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,533,1879]" captionTargetId="figure-80@22.[189,1398,533,1879]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Fig. 11. Sphecodes iridipennis Smith, 1879. Holotype, ♀ (NHMUK 013380317). A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Head in frontal view. C. Labels. D. Mesosoma in dorsal view. E. Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bars: A, DE = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5705346" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5705346/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">Fig. 11B</figureCitation>
); vertex not elevated as seen in frontal view; F1 and F2 transverse, 0.50.6 times as long as wide, F3 0.8 times as long as wide; clypeus with punctures separated by 13 puncture diameters; ocello-ocular area with fine punctures separated by 13 puncture diameters; face and gena with sparse pubescence. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with punctures (1520 μm) separated by 14 puncture diameters (
<figureCitation id="13682A10FFDBFF85B445FEC9FE27FEFB" box="[321,431,300,326]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="22.[189,232,1923,1949]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,533,1879]" captionTargetId="figure-80@22.[189,1398,533,1879]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Fig. 11. Sphecodes iridipennis Smith, 1879. Holotype, ♀ (NHMUK 013380317). A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Head in frontal view. C. Labels. D. Mesosoma in dorsal view. E. Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bars: A, DE = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5705346" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5705346/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">Fig. 11D</figureCitation>
); hypoepimeral area coarsely reticulate; metafemur weakly enlarged in proximal half, maximum width 0.35 times its length; legs red. Propodeal triangle (metapostnotum) with coarse longitudinal wrinkles and shiny interspaces. Metasomal terga scarcely punctate, T1 impunctate, remaining terga basally with sparse fine setal pores (
<figureCitation id="13682A10FFDBFF85B622FE73FC06FE0D" box="[806,910,406,432]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="22.[189,232,1923,1949]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,533,1879]" captionTargetId="figure-80@22.[189,1398,533,1879]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Fig. 11. Sphecodes iridipennis Smith, 1879. Holotype, ♀ (NHMUK 013380317). A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Head in frontal view. C. Labels. D. Mesosoma in dorsal view. E. Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bars: A, DE = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5705346" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5705346/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">Fig. 11E</figureCitation>
); marginal zones impunctate; terga red to red-brownish apically, pygidial plate 0.7 times as wide as metabasitarsus.
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B5B9F866FE91F820" bold="true" box="[189,281,1923,1949]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">Fig. 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B426F866FDADF820" box="[290,549,1923,1949]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">Sphecodes iridipennis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B64FFDAFF84B729F866FD49F823" author="Smith F." box="[557,705,1923,1950]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96" refId="ref19170" refString="Smith F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 17490" type="book" year="1879">Smith, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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. Holotype, ♀ (NHMUK 013380317).
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B182F866FB13F820" bold="true" box="[1158,1179,1923,1949]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">A</emphasis>
. Habitus in lateral view.
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B401F842FE91F87C" bold="true" box="[261,281,1959,1985]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">B</emphasis>
. Head in frontal view.
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B737F843FDCEF87D" bold="true" box="[563,582,1958,1984]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">C</emphasis>
. Labels.
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B7BCF842FD43F87C" bold="true" box="[696,715,1959,1985]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">D</emphasis>
. Mesosoma in dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDAFF84B124F842FBB9F87C" bold="true" box="[1056,1073,1959,1985]" pageId="22" pageNumber="96">E</emphasis>
. Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bars: A, DE = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B5EEFE1EFEA2FDA8" bold="true" box="[234,298,507,533]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">Male</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BEC3695FFDBFF85B5B9FDFBFEB1FD85" blockId="23.[189,313,507,568]" box="[189,313,542,568]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C349651EFFDBFF85B5B9FDBAFD06FD76" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BEC3695FFDBFF85B5B9FDBAFEDEFDC4" blockId="23.[189,342,607,633]" box="[189,342,607,633]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">
<heading id="D0A481F9FFDBFF85B5B9FDBAFEDEFDC4" bold="true" box="[189,342,607,633]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B5B9FDBAFEDEFDC4" bold="true" box="[189,342,607,633]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
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Himalayas:
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, Northern
<collectingCountry id="F3447605FFDBFF85B75BFD68FD17FD1A" box="[607,671,653,679]" name="India" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">India</collectingCountry>
. The record of the species from
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(
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) by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B64FFDBFF85B5BAFD54FD88FD71" author="Saini M. S. &amp; Rathor V. S." box="[190,512,689,716]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" pagination="134 - 166" refId="ref18996" refString="Saini M. S. &amp; Rathor V. S. 2012. A species checklist of family Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) along with keys to its subfamilies, genera &amp; subgenera from India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences 3 (1): 134 - 166." type="journal article" year="2012">Saini &amp; Rathor (2012: 162)</bibRefCitation>
is doubtful.
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<subSubSection id="C349651EFFDBFF85B5B9FD17FD94FB91" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEC3695FFDBFF85B5B9FD17FEA7FCB1" blockId="23.[189,303,754,780]" box="[189,303,754,780]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">
<heading id="D0A481F9FFDBFF85B5B9FD17FEA7FCB1" bold="true" box="[189,303,754,780]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B5B9FD17FEA7FCB1" bold="true" box="[189,303,754,780]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">Remarks</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEC3695FFDBFF85B5B9FCC4FD09FC3F" blockId="23.[189,1399,801,898]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">
Since we could not clearly differentiate between females of
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B681FCC4FBAAFC86" box="[901,1058,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">S. iridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C534D16FFDBFF85B159FCC4FB7DFC86" authorityName="Bluthgen" authorityYear="1924" box="[1117,1269,801,827]" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Sphecodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simlaensis">
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B159FCC4FB7DFC86" box="[1117,1269,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">S. simlaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, except by their relative head length and coloration, more specimens should be studied (including the male finding) to make a decision on their synonymy.
</paragraph>
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The specimens recorded as
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B709FC4CFD24FC7F" box="[525,684,936,963]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">S. iridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Chapra (
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) by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B64FFDBFF85B6DFFC4DFAC1FC7E" author="Rajkumar M. B. &amp; Dey D." box="[987,1353,936,963]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" pagination="1839 - 1849" refId="ref18937" refString="Rajkumar M. B. &amp; Dey D. 2016. Identification and description of Indian parasitic bee genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804, (Halictidae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Applied and Natural Science 8 (4): 1839 - 1849. https: // doi. org / 10.31018 / jans. v 8 i 4.1051" type="journal article" year="2016">Rajkumar &amp; Dey (2016: 1847</bibRefCitation>
, pl. 3) belong to another species. Unlike the
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this specimen, re-described as
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<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B198FC29FAB5FC5B" box="[1180,1341,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">S. iridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, has more transverse head (1.3 times as wide as long) and possibly belongs to the undescribed female of
<taxonomicName id="4C534D16FFDBFF85B5B9FBF6FD90FB91" authority="Bluthgen, 1927" authorityName="Bluthgen" authorityYear="1927" box="[189,536,1042,1069]" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Sphecodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chaprensis">
<emphasis id="B927EA87FFDBFF85B5B9FBF6FED0FB91" box="[189,344,1042,1069]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="97">S. chaprensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B64FFDBFF85B464FBF7FD90FB91" author="Bluthgen P." box="[352,536,1042,1068]" pageId="23" pageNumber="97" pagination="23 - 112" refId="ref17172" refString="Bluthgen P. 1927. Beitrage zur Systematik der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. III. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 53 (1 / 3): 23 - 112." type="journal article" year="1927">Blüthgen, 1927</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
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