17. Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867

(Figs 17 a–e)

Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867: 46, ♂.

Type locality: Ober-Engadin (Switzerland).

Published (original) locality: Switzerland, Ober-Engadin.

Lectotype: ♂, designated by Pesenko 1998: 679, <golden circle> // Ob.[er]- Engadin, St. [saint] Moritz [Switzerland, Saint Moritz, 46°29′N 9°50′E] // paradoxus Mor., Typ., ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, Halictoides paradoxus Mor., design. Pesenko 1997 <red label>.

Paralectotypes (2 ♂): 2 ♂, Ob.[er]-Engadin, St.[saint] Moritz [Switzerland, Saint Moritz // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Halictoides paradoxus Moraw. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Duf. paradoxa (Mor.), design. Pesenko, 1997 <red label>.

Current status. Dufourea (Cephalictoides) paradoxa (Morawitz, 1867) .

Remark. Description of female: Morawitz 1872: 364.

Distrubutin: Mountains of Eurasia, where seven subspecies are recognised: D. p. atrocoerulea (Morawitz, 1875) (Pamir-Alai and Tian-Shan Mts); D. p. mesembria Ebmer, 1979 (Pyrenées); D. p. nivalis Ebmer, 1989 (Sierra- Nevada Mts); D. p. paradoxa (Alps), D. p. sibirica Pesenko, 1998 (East Siberia, Mongolia); D. zolotasi (Warncke, 1988) (Olimp Mt., Greece).