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Genus Sphecodes Latreille
[Family Halictidae, Subfamily Halictinae, Tribe Halictini]
Sphecodes Latreille, 1804: p.182; Type species: Nomada gibba Fabricius, 1804 = Sphex gibba Linnaeus, 1758, monobasic.
Dichroa Illiger, 1806: p.46; Type species: Sphex gibba Linnaeus, 1758, by designation of Sandhouse, 1943: p.545.
Sabulicola Verhoeff, 1890: p.328; Type species: Sabulicola cirsii Verhoeff, 1890 = Nomada albilabris Fabricius, 1793, monobasic.
Thrausmus Buysson, 1900: p.177; Type species: Thrausmus grandidieri Buysson, 1900, monobasic.
Drepanium Robertson, 1903 EN 14: p.103; Type species: Sphecodes falcifer Patton, 1880 = Sphecodes confertus Say, 1837, by original designation.
Proteraner Robertson, 1903 EN 14: p.103; Type species: Sphecodes ranunculi Robertson, 1897, monobasic.
Dialonia Robertson, 1903 EN 14: p.104; Type species: Sphecodes antennariae Robertson, 1891, by original designation.
Machaeris Robertson, 1903 EN 14: p.104; Type species: Sphecodes stygius Robertson, 1893, by original designation.
Sphecodium Robertson, 1903 EN 14: p.104; Type species: Sphecodium cressonii Robertson, 1903, by original designation.
Stelidium Robertson, 1903 EN 14: p.104, lapsus for Sphecodium; this is not Stelidium Robertson, 1902 [CE 34]; Type species: Sphecodium cressonii Robertson, 1903, by original designation.
Sphecodes (Callosphecodes) Friese, 1909 AMNH 7: p.182; Type species: Callosphecodes ralunensis Friese, 1909, monobasic. [Friese described Callosphecodes as a subgenus, but treated it as a genus when describing the species.]
Sphegodes Mavromoustakis, 1949: p.553, unjustified emendation of Sphecodes Latreille, 1804.
Sphecodes (Austrosphecodes) Michener, 1978 UKSB 51: p.327; Type species: Sphecodes chilensis Spinola, 1851, by original designation.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1.
apicatus Smith, 1853
India
2.
fumipennis Smith, 1853
Northern India, Assam
3.
albifrons Smith, 1875
Western India
4.
montanus Smith, 1875
Northern India, Mussooree
5.
crassicornis Smith, 1875
Calcutta
6.
iridipennis Smith, 1875
Northern India
7.
rubripes Spinola, 1838
Bombay, Western India
8.
indicus Bingham, 1898
India
9.
sutor Nurse, 1903
Kashmir
10.
hanuman Nurse, 1903
Kashmir
11.
abuensis Nurse, 1903
Mount Abu
12.
tantalus Nurse, 1903
Mount Abu, Kashmir
13.
perplexus Nurse, 1903
Kashmir
14.
desertus Nurse, 1903
Deesa (Maharashtra)
15.
chionospilus Cockerell, 1911
India
16.
chionospilus var. sanguinatus Cockerell, 1911
India
17.
turneri Cockerell, 1916
Assam
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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