Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853

Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853 (Fig. 82) Sphecodes alternatus Smith 1853: 36, ♀ (type locality: Albania). Sphecodes gibbus var. similis subvar. scariosus Sichel 1865: 444, ♂. Unavailable name (ICZN 1999, Article 45.5 of Code). Sphecodes punctiventris Hagens 1882: 219, ♀, ♂ (type locality: France). Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893: 78, ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated here, Warzaminor [Uzbekistan] // gracilor F. Mor., ♂ // F. Morawitz det., Typ. // lectotypus Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893, design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017; ZISP. Fig. 105. Sphecodes antigae Tournier 1901: 258, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain). Sphecodes reticulatus var. algeriensis Alfken 1914: 195, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Algeria). Sphecodes alternatus lindbergi Pittioni 1950: 61, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Cyprus). Material examined. Uzbekistan: 1 ♀, Khiva, 16.VI.1927, VG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Chardzhou, NW Bukhara, 1.VII.1928, VG (ZISP); 2 ♂, Yargak, 17.VI.1930, Zimin (ZMMU); 5 ♀, Dzhuma, 28.V-1.VII.1937, VP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Samarkand, 25.IV.1959, AZ (ZMMU); 1 ♀, 10 km W SaryaSSiy, 11.V.1987, N. Kurzenko (FSCV); 1 ♀, 50 km E Guzar, 18.V.2015, MP (FSCV); 1 ♀, KarShi, Khudoyzot, 20.V.2015, MP (FSCV). Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, 25 km ESE OSh, 1500 m, 21.VII.1979, YP (ZISP); 2 ♂, Uch-Debe, 15 km SSW Sufi-Kurgan, 2500 m, 23.VIII.1985, YP (ZISP); 2 ♂, Alarchin, 20 km S Frunze [= BiShkek], 1650 m, 11.IX.1986, YP (ZISP); 1 ♂, 5 km NE KanySh-Kyya, 1800 m, 31.VIII.1988, YP (ZISP); Turkmenistan: 1 ♀, KuShka, 1.V.1917, L. Wollmann (ZISP); 2 ♂, Staraya Bukhara, 19.VIII.1926, V. Yakhontov (ZMMU); 2 ♀, Farab, Buchara, 4.VII.1928, VG (ZISP); 2 ♀, Bagir, AShkhabad, 21–23.IV.1929, AS (ZISP); 1 ♀, TaShkent, Kabray, 26.IV.1929, E. Kuznetzova (ZISP); 7 ♀, 15 ♂, Imam-Baba, 1932, AS (ZISP); 1 ♂, Kopet-Dag, Yarty-Kala, Chandyrk River, 13.VIII.1934, VP (ZISP); 4 ♀, Sumbar River, 27.V.1952, Steinberg (ZISP); 2 ♀, 21 ♂, Kara-Kala, 28.VI–17.VII.1955, AP (ZISP); 2 ♀, Tedzhen, 10.V.1963, AP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, Chuli, 21.V.1964, AP (ZISP); 2 ♀, Kara-Kala, 15.V.1970, L. Zimina (ZMMU); 1 ♀, Kopet-Dag, 15 km SW Nokhur, 24.V.1985 (ZISP); 1 ♀, 20 km SE Mary, 28.V.1976, YP (ZISP). Tajikistan: 3 ♂, Kulyab, 20.VII.1933, VP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Stalinabad [= DuShanbe], 30.VII.1934, VG (ZISP); 1 ♀, Uzun, 30 km S Kurgan-Tyube, 9.VI.1936, VG (ZISP); 3 ♀, 8 ♂, 11–23.VII.1943; 14 ♂, 9.IX.1943, 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 6– 23.V.1944, VP (ZISP); 1 ♂, GiSSar MtS., Khodzha-Obi-Garm, 13.VIII.1944, М. NikolSkaya (ZISP); 1 ♀, 12 km N Pyandzh, 27.IV.1987, N. Kurzenko (FSCV); 3 ♀, 10 km N Garaviti, 3.V.1987, AL (FSCV). Published records. Popov (1935: 367; 1951: 167): TajikiStan; (1952: 92): TurkmeniStan; (1967: 46): UzbekiStan, TajikiStan. General distribution. Central ASia (UzbekiStan, * KyrgyzStan, TurkmeniStan, TajikiStan); South and Central Europe, North Africa, RuSSia (eaSt to KhakaSSia Republic), CaucaSuS, Turkey, Iran. Remark. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 waS deScribed from the SpecimenS of both SexeS collected in Warzaminor [now Zakhmat-abad, Upper ZaravShan Valley, UzbekiStan]. There iS only one male in ZISP from thiS locality, which correSpondS to the original deScription of F. Morawitz. ThiS male with label “Typ.” iS deSignated here aS a lectotype of S. gracilior to avoid any confuSion about the StatuS of itS type SpecimenS and to properly diagnoSe thiS SpecieS.Published as part of Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2017, The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia, pp. 249-284 in Zootaxa 4324 (2) on pages 251-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/99772