A New Species of a Bee of the Genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Kazakhstan

The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Kazakhstan

“…In recent years there have been a series of contributions attempting to explore the diversity of Sphecodes occurring in Russia and neighboring countries (e.g., Proshchalykin & Astafurova, 2012;Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015a, b, 2016a, b, 2017aAstafurova et al, , 2015, particularly across Central Asia and the Russian Far East , 2015c, 2017b. The present work builds upon these by summarizing the current information of the largely unexplored, yet highly diverse fauna of Kazakhstan.…”

The distribution of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries with description of hitherto unknown female of S. atlanticus Warncke, 1992 and male of S. dathei Schwarz, 2010

“…The present paper is part of a series of studies dealing with the bees of the genus Sphecodes of the territory of the Palaearctic region (Warncke 1992; Bogusch and Straka 2012; Özbek et al 2015; Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2014, 2015a, b, c, 2016a, b, 2017a, b, c, 2018; Astafurova et al 2014, 2015, 2018a, b, c, d). The goal of this survey is to improve the knowledge on the taxonomy and distribution of Sphecodes in the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding countries (Israel, Jordan and Syria) (Fig.…”

New records of bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille in the Palaearctic part of China (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)

“…The present paper is part of a series of works dealing with the bees of the cleptoparastic genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 from the Palaearctic region ( Astafurova and Proshchalykin 2014 , 2015a , b , 2016a , b , 2017a , b , Astafurova et al 2014 , 2015 , 2018 ). Consequently, we focus on species in northern China and do not deal with the southern, Oriental species of China.…”