Sphecodes Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015, sp. nov. ...

Key to the Sphecodes species of the Siberia and Mongolia Females Note: The female of S. kozlovi Astafurova et Proshchalykin and S. schwarzi, sp. nov. is unknown. Additional characters that are not unique but are useful in the identification of some species are indicated in parentheses. *Females of t...

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Main Authors: Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu.
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Published: Zenodo 2015
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619722
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5619722
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Summary:Key to the Sphecodes species of the Siberia and Mongolia Females Note: The female of S. kozlovi Astafurova et Proshchalykin and S. schwarzi, sp. nov. is unknown. Additional characters that are not unique but are useful in the identification of some species are indicated in parentheses. *Females of this vicarious species are very difficult to distinguish morphologically; however, S. nippon is distributed in the East Palaearctic to Baikal Lake on the West, whereas S. gibbus is distributed in the West Palaeractic to Baikal Lake and Yakutsk on the East. 1. Preoccipital carina present along vertex only. F2 square, as long as wide, remaining flagellomeres distinctly longer than wide. (Head strongly transverse, 1.25 times wider than long. Scutum densely punctate, punctures separated mostly by less than a puncture diameter. Body length 8.0–11.0 mm).............................................. S. spinulosus Hagens - Preoccipital carina not developed or present laterally behind eye only. F2 transverse 0.5–0.7 times ... : Published as part of Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2015, Bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of Siberia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), pp. 65-95 in Zootaxa 4052 (1) on pages 89-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234174 ...