In total, 31 cleptoparastic bee species of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Halictinae: Halictini: Sphecodina) are listed from Kazakhstan, 18 of which are newly recorded for the country: A new species Sphecodes pesenkoi Astafurova et Proshchalykin, sp. n. is described from Kyzylorda Province. New synonymy is established for Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) = S. tadauchi Mitai, 2012, syn. n.
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