Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier, 1825

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Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier, 1825 View in CoL

Described as: S. olivieri Lepeletier, 1825: 448 .

Synonyms: Sphecodes collaris Spinola, 1843: 137 –139.

Sphecodes hispanicus var. abyssinicus Sichel, 1865: 447 . Sphecodes ruficornis Sichel, 1865: 440 .

Sphecodes punctulatus Sichel, 1865: 443 –444.

Sphecodes subpunctulatus Sichel, 1865: 445 –446. Sphecodes rufithorax Morawitz, 1876: 255 View in CoL –256. Sphecodes verticalis Hagens, 1882: 219 View in CoL .

Sphecodes desertus Nurse, 1903: 540 –541.

Sphecodes chionospilus Cockerell, 1911: 217 –218. Sphecodes chionospilus var. sanguinatus Cockerell, 1911: 217 . Sphecodes tenuis Meyer, 1920: 121 –122.

Sphecodes olivieri View in CoL var. niveatus Meyer, 1925: 4 .

Distribution: Southern Europe from Spain to Turkey, North Africa ( Morocco to Egypt), Israel, Caucasus ( Warncke 1992) and Iran.

Biology. Southern species occurring in warm semidesert habitats. The hosts of this rare species are not well known. Blüthgen (1934) mentioned Lasioglossum aegyptiellum (Strand) and L. vagans (Smith) as likely hosts.