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New and little-known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) from Southern and South-Western China

Yuliа V. Аstаfurovа, Mаxim Yu. Proshchаlykin, Ze‐Qing Niu, Michael C. Orr, Chao‐Dong Zhu

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Continuing prior studies on ChineseSphecodes, we here report further records of twelve rarely collected and little known species from mountainous regions of Southern and South-Western China (Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan). Forty two species are currently known from China, yet until now only two species were known from Southern and South-Western China. We report six entirely new records for China, includingSphecodes discoverlifeiAstafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020,S. fumipennisSmith, 1853,S. montanusSmith, 1879,S. nipponicusYasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951,S. simlaensisBlüthgen, 1924, andS. turneriCockerell, 1916, and another four are new regional records. Two are new species that we describe and illustrate:Sphecodes holgeriAstafurova & Proshchalykin,sp. nov.(Yunnan), andS. tibeticusAstafurova & Niu,sp. nov.(Xizang). The male ofSphecodes sikkimensisBlüthgen, 1927 is described for the first time.

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Continuing prior studies on ChineseSphecodes, we here report further records of twelve rarely collected and little known species from mountainous regions of Southern and South-Western China (Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan). Forty two species are currently known from China, yet until now only two species were known from Southern and South-Western China. We report six entirely new records for China, includingSphecodes discoverlifeiAstafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020,S. fumipennisSmith, 1853,S. montanusSmith, 1879,S. nipponicusYasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951,S. simlaensisBlüthgen, 1924, andS. turneriCockerell, 1916, and another four are new regional records. Two are new species that we describe and illustrate:Sphecodes holgeriAstafurova & Proshchalykin,sp. nov.(Yunnan), andS. tibeticusAstafurova & Niu,sp. nov.(Xizang). The male ofSphecodes sikkimensisBlüthgen, 1927 is described for the first time.

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Continuing prior studies on ChineseSphecodes, we here report further records of twelve rarely collected and little known species from mountainous regions of Southern and South-Western China (Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan). Forty two species are currently known from China, yet until now only two species were known from Southern and South-Western China. We report six entirely new records for China, includingSphecodes discoverlifeiAstafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020,S. fumipennisSmith, 1853,S. montanusSmith, 1879,S. nipponicusYasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951,S. simlaensisBlüthgen, 1924, andS. turneriCockerell, 1916, and another four are new regional records. Two are new species that we describe and illustrate:Sphecodes holgeriAstafurova & Proshchalykin,sp. nov.(Yunnan), andS. tibeticusAstafurova & Niu,sp. nov.(Xizang). The male ofSphecodes sikkimensisBlüthgen, 1927 is described for the first time.

Key concepts: Halictidae, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, China, Biology, Genus, Southern china, Zoology

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