Sphecodes cameronii (Bingham, 1897)

Figs 2B, 5A

Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897: 94, ♀ (nom. praeocc., nec Halictus decorus Walker, 1871).

Halictus cameronii Bingham, 1897: 432, replacement name for H. decorus Cameron, 1897 (nec H. decorus Walker, 1871).

Sphecodes armeniacus Warncke, 1992: 19, ♀, ♂. Syn. nov.

Sphecodes decorus – Cameron 1897: 94. — Gupta 2013: 60.

Sphecodes cameronii – Cockerell 1921: 360. — Ascher & Pickering 2020: map.

Diagnosis and descriptive notes

See Astafurova et al. (2018a: 9, as S. armeniacus Warncke, 1992).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♀, syntype of Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897; “Mussouri [Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India] // Sphecodes // 999. // Halictus decorus Cameron, Type // Type Hyme 1956, Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897, Paralectotype [actually without this status], ♂, Hope Ent Coll.”; OUMNH • 2 ♂♂; N. India, Pali; 5 Mar. 1997; K.M. Guichard leg.; NHMUK 013380471, NHMUK 013380451.

NEPAL • 1 ♀; Rapti Tal, Monahari Khola, Belwa; 350 m a.s.l.; 10 May 1967; Dierl-Forster-Schacht leg.; PCMS .

TURKEY • 1 ♀, holotype of Sphecodes armeniacus; Kars, Tuzluca; OLBL / PCMS .

Distribution

Himalayas: * Nepal, India (Uttarakhand); Turkey, South Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, India (Pali), Sri Lanka (Inoka et al. 2005).