Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier, 1825

Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 249-284 : 258-259

Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1825

( FigS 39, 40 , 65 , 75 , 89 )

Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau in Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville 1825: 448, ♂ ( type locality: Arabia).

Sphecodes collaris Spinola 1843: 137 , ♀ ( type locality: Spain).

Sphecodes hispanicus var. abyssinicus Sichel 1865: 447 , ♀ ( type locality: Ethiopia).

Sphecodes ruficornis Sichel 1865: 440 , ♀ ( type locality: Algeria).

Sphecodes punctulatus Sichel 1865: 443 , ♂ ( type locality: Algeria).

Sphecodes subpunctulatus Sichel 1865: 445 , ♂ ( type locality: Morocco).

Sphecodes rufithorax Morawitz 1876: 225 , ♀ ( type locality: Kazakhstan).

Sphecodes verticalis Hagens 1882: 219 , ♀ ( type locality: France).

Sphecodes desertus Nurse 1903: 540 ♀, ♂ ( type locality: India).

Sphecodes chionospilus Cockerell 1911: 217 , ♂ ( type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes chionospilus var. sanguinatus Cockerell 1911: 217 , ♂ ( type locality: Pakistan).

Sphecodes tenuis Meyer 1920: 121 , ♂ (type locality: Transcaspia).

Sphecodes olivieri var. niveatus Meyer 1925: 4 , ♂ ( type locality: Algeria).

Material examined ( 108 ♀, 125 ♂). Uzbekistan: Dzhuma ; GuliSton ; Chimbay; KarShi; 35 km SW KarShi ; Kuropatkino; Khiva; Yargak; Kurgan-Tyube; Staraya Bukhara; TaShkent; 10 km NW Sharabad ;

Turkmenistan: AShkhabad; Karakym deSert, 60 km NE AShkhabad; Akhcha-Kuyma; Chardzhou; Bakharden; Farab; Firyuza; Imam-Baba; 20 km SE Mary; Repetek; Kara-Bogaz; Kara-Kala; Khodzha-Kala; KomarovSk; Serax; Tedzhen ; Tajikistan: DuShanbe, Kirovobad; Kulyab; Khodzha; Staraya PriStan’; Kurgan-Tyube; 15 km S Shaartuz ; 10 km N Garavuti.

Published records. RadoSzkowSki (1886: 20, aS Sphecodes rufithorax ): TurkmeniStan; Blüthgen (1924b: 463): TurkmeniStan; Mayer (1925: 3, aS S. tenuis ): TajikiStan; Popov (1935: 365): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 45): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan.

General distribution. Central ASia ( UzbekiStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); South Europe, RuSSia (South of European part), North Africa, CaucaSuS, Turkey, Iran, PakiStan, ISrael, Arabian PeninSula.

Remark. ThiS SpecieS iS common in deSertS of Central ASia.

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 57. Males, gonostylus, dorsal and lateral views; 29 — Sphecodes haladai Warncke; 30, 31 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 32 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 33, 34 — S. longulus Hagens; 35, 36 — S. miniatus Hagens; 37, 38 — S. monilicornis (Kirby); 39, 40 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 41 — S. pectoralis Morawitz; 42, 43 — S. pellucidus Smith; 44, 45 — S. nurekensis Warncke; 46, 47 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 48, 49 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 50, 51 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 52, 53 — S. turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov.; 54, 55 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 56, 57 — S. spinulosus Hagens. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 64 – 69. Females, head; frontal view; 64 — Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby); 65 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau; 66 — S. rufiventris (Panzer); 67 — S. saxicolus Warncke; 68 — S. tadschicus Blüthgen; 69 — S. schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin.

FIGURES 70 – 75. Females, head: 70, 72 – 74 – dorsal view; 71, 75 — lateral view; 70 — Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens; 71 — S. scabricollis Wesmael; 72 — S. reticulatus Thomson; 73 — S. intermedius Blüthgen; 74 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus); 75 — S. olivieri Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau.

FIGURES 88 – 92. 88 — male; 89 – 92 — females; 88 — metatibia; 89 — thorax, ventral view; 90 — antenna; 91, 92 — hind wing; 88 — Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens; 89 — S. hyalinatus Hagens; 90 — S. miniatus Hagens; 91 — S. ephippius (Linné); 92 — S. gibbus (Linnaeus).