The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia

@article{Astafurova2017TheGS,
  title={The genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) in Central Asia},
  author={Yulia V. Astafurova and Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin},
  journal={Zootaxa},
  year={2017},
  volume={4324},
  pages={249-284}
}
Available information on the bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 in Central Asia is summarized. Twenty-eight species are currently known from this area. Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. is described from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Eight species: Sphecodes anatolicus Warncke 1992, S. crassus Thomson 1870, S. croaticus Meyer 1922, S. ferruginatus Hagens 1882, S. miniatus Hagens 1882, S. pellucidus Smith 1845, S. rufiventris (Panzer 1798… 
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