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Sphecodes schenckii Hagens 1882

Description

Sphecodes schenckii Hagens, 1882

Described as: Sphecodes schenckii Hagens, 1882: 217 –218. Synonyms: Sphecodes sulcicollis Pérez, 1903: CCVIII.

Subspecies: Sphecodes schenckii caspicus Meyer, 1920: 113 –114.

Distribution. North-east Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Russia, Turkey and Iran (Warncke 1992).

Biology. Rare species of warm localities, in most of the countries only few records. Lasioglossum discum (Smith) is supposed to be a host due to the similar distribution area, size and appearance (Blüthgen 1934). Grozdaniċ (1971) confirmed this species as host of S. schenckii. In northern Switzerland and in Germany L. discum is missing, so there has to be one or more other hosts, probably Halictus simplex (M. Herrmann, pers. comm. and pers. obs.).

Notes

Published as part of Bogusch, Petr & Straka, Jakub, 2012, Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes), pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 3311 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281041

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Halictidae
Genus
Sphecodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hagens
Species
schenckii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sphecodes schenckii Hagens, 1882 sec. Bogusch & Straka, 2012

References

  • Hagens, J. (1882) Ueber die mannlichen Genitalien der Bienengattung Sphecodes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 26, 209 - 229. Harris, M. (1776) An exposition of English Insects, including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & libellulae. M. Harris, London, pp. i - viii + 9 - 72.
  • Perez, J. (1903) Especes nouvelles de Melliferes (palearctiques). Proces-verbaux des seances de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, 58, LXXVIII - XCIII, CCVIII - CCXXXVI.
  • Meyer, R. (1920) Apidae-Sphecodinae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 85 A (1), 79 - 160.
  • Warncke, K. (1992) Die Westpalaarktischen Arten der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg, 52, 9 - 64.
  • Bluthgen, P. (1934) Die Wirte der Palaarktischen Sphecodes - Arten. Zeitschrift Wissenschaftlicher Insekten-Biologie, 27, 33 - 42, 61 - 66. Bluthgen, P. (1935) Halictus, Nomioides und Sphecodes, pp. 360 - 367. In: Popov, V. V. (ed.) Beitrage zur Bienenfauna von Tadzhikistan. Trudy Tajikskoy Bazy Akademie Nauk SSSR, 5, 1 - 408.
  • Grozdanic, S. (1971) Biologische Untersuchungen an den Bienen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 18, 217 - 226.