@article{Astafurova_Proshchalykin_2020, title={New and little-known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from the Himalayas}, volume={729}, url={https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1195}, DOI={10.5852/ejt.2020.729.1195}, abstractNote={<p>An annotated list of twenty species of rarely collected and little known bees of the genus <em>Sphecodes</em> Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from the Himalayas is given. <em>Sphecodes bluethgeni </em>sp. nov. is described from Bhutan. Three species are newly recorded from the Himalayas: <em>S.&nbsp;binghami </em>Blüthgen, 1924, <em>S.&nbsp;kershawi</em>&nbsp;Perkins, 1921 and <em>S.&nbsp;laticeps</em>&nbsp;Meyer, 1920. Based on type specimens, new synonymies have been proposed for <em>Sphecodes cameronii&nbsp;</em>(Bingham, 1897) = <em>S.&nbsp;armeniacus</em> Warncke, 1992 syn.&nbsp;nov.; <em>S.&nbsp;gibbus </em>(Linnaeus, 1758) = <em>S.&nbsp;indicus</em>&nbsp;Bingham, 1898 syn.&nbsp;nov.; and <em>S.&nbsp;invidus</em>&nbsp;(Cameron, 1897) = <em>S.&nbsp;nigrobasalis</em> Meyer, 1922 syn.&nbsp;nov. A lectotype is designated for <em>Sphecodes sikkimensis</em>&nbsp;Blüthgen, 1927. Illustrated keys to males and females of all species known from the Himalayas and an updated checklist of the 26 Himalayan species of <em>Sphecodes </em>are provided. Additionally, one new species from neighboring Uttar Pradesh (India), <em>Sphecodes uttaricus </em>sp. nov., is here described as new and included due to its close relationship to the Himalayan <em>S.&nbsp;sikkimensis </em>Blüthgen, 1927.</p>}, number={1}, journal={European Journal of Taxonomy}, author={Astafurova, Yulia and Proshchalykin, Maxim}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={74–120} }