Sphecodes
Genus of bees
Sphecodes is a genus of cuckoo bees from the family Halictidae , the majority of which are black and red in colour and are colloquially known as blood bees .[ 1] Sphecodes bees are kleptoparasitic on other bees, especially bees in the genera Lasioglossum , Halictus and Andrena . The adults consume nectar, but because they use other bees' provisions to feed their offspring they do not collect pollen.[ 2]
Distribution
Sphecodes is a cosmopolitan genus with species represented on every continent.[ 2] The genus is also very species rich, with 21 species described from Siberia,[ 3] 33 species from Central Europe,[ 2] 17 species from the Indian region,[ 4] 26 from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding region,[ 5] and 21 from Southeast Asia.[ 6] The genus is only represented in Australia in the northeast, with the species Sphecodes albilabris being thought to have been introduced to both Australia and the United States by accident.[ 2]
Species
There are over 300 known species in the genus Sphecodes .[ 7] [ 8] [ 4] [ 9] As of 2015, there were 319 valid species described.[ 2]
Sphecodes abuensis Nurse , 1903
Sphecodes abyssinicus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes aeneiceps Friese, 1917
Sphecodes aino Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes akitanus Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes albifrons Smith, 1879
Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius , 1793)
Sphecodes albociliatus Meyer, 1922
Sphecodes algoensis Blüthgen , 1928
Sphecodes alternatus Smith , 1853
Sphecodes amakusensis Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951
Sphecodes anatolicus Warncke, 1992
Sphecodes andinus Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes angarensis Cockerell , 1937
Sphecodes anonymus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes antennariae Robertson, 1891
Sphecodes apicatus Smith, 1853
Sphecodes arequipae Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes argentinus Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes armeniacus Warncke, 1992
Sphecodes arnoldi Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes aroniae Mitchell, 1960
Sphecodes arroyanus Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes arvensiformis Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes asclepiadis Cockerell, 1898
Sphecodes aspericollis Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes assamensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes atlanticus Warncke, 1992
Sphecodes atlantis Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes atriapicatus Strand, 1912
Sphecodes autumnalis Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes awaensis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes bakeri Cockerell, 1915
Sphecodes banaszaki Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes banksii Lovell, 1909
Sphecodes baratonis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes barbatus Blüthgen, 1923
Sphecodes basalis Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes binghami Blüthgen, 1924 [ 6]
Sphecodes biroi Friese, 1909
Sphecodes bischoffi Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes bogotensis Meyer, 1922
Sphecodes bonaerensis Holmberg, 1886
Sphecodes borealis Cockerell, 1937
Sphecodes brachycephalus Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes brasiliensis Schrottky, 1910
Sphecodes braunsi Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes breviclypeatus Tsuneki, 1984
Sphecodes bruchi Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes brunneipes Friese, 1914 [ 6]
Sphecodes californicus Meyer, 1922
Sphecodes campadellii Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes candidus Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes capensis Cameron, 1905
Sphecodes capriciosus Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes capverdensis Pauly & LaRoche, 2002
Sphecodes carolinus Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes castaneae Mitchell, 1960
Sphecodes centralis Cockerell, 1938
Sphecodes cephalotes Meyer, 1920
Sphecodes chaprensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes chibaensis Tsuneki, 1984
Sphecodes chichibuensis Tsuneki, 1986
Sphecodes chichibuus Tsuneki, 1986
Sphecodes chilensis Spinola , 1851
Sphecodes clematidis Robertson, 1897
Sphecodes clypeatus Friese, 1917
Sphecodes columbiae Cockerell, 1906
Sphecodes combai Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes confertus Say, 1837
Sphecodes confusus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes congoensis (Benoist, 1950)
Sphecodes connexus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes convergens Michener, 1978
Sphecodes convergens Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes coptis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes cordillerensis Jörgensen, 1912
Sphecodes cordovensis (Cockerell, 1919)
Sphecodes coriae Moure & Hurd, 1987
Sphecodes coronus Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes costaricensis Friese, 1917
Sphecodes crassanus Warncke, 1992
Sphecodes crassicornis Smith, 1879
Sphecodes crassus Thomson , 1870
Sphecodes crawfordi Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes cressonii (Robertson, 1903)
Sphecodes cristatus Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes croaticus Meyer, 1922
Sphecodes daishi Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes dathei Schwarz, 2010 [ 5]
Sphecodes davisii Robertson, 1897
Sphecodes decorus (Cameron, 1897)
Sphecodes dichrous Smith, 1853
Sphecodes dilutus Cockerell, 1936
Sphecodes diremptus Cockerell, 1932
Sphecodes discoverlifei Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020 [ 6]
Sphecodes distinctus Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes duplex Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes duplipunctatus Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes dusmeti Blüthgen, 1924
Sphecodes dyozankeanus Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes engeli Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020 [ 6]
Sphecodes ephippius (Linné, 1767)
Sphecodes equator Vachal, 1904
Sphecodes eritrinus Friese, 1915
Sphecodes eugnathus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes eustictus Cockerell, 1906
Sphecodes exaltus Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes fattigi Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes ferruginatus Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes fimbriatus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes formosus Cockerell, 1911
Sphecodes fortior Cockerell, 1898
Sphecodes fragariae Cockerell, 1903
Sphecodes friesei Herbst, 1908
Sphecodes fudzi Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes fuelleborni Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes fukuiensis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes fumipennis Smith, 1853
Sphecodes galeritus Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes galerus Lovell & Cockerell, 1907
Sphecodes genaroi Engel, 2006
Sphecodes geoffrellus (Kirby , 1802)
Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphecodes grahami Cockerell, 1922
Sphecodes grandidieri (Buysson, 1901)
Sphecodes granulosus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes guineensis Vachal, 1903
Sphecodes hagensi Ritsema, 1880
Sphecodes haladai Warncke, 1992
Sphecodes hanedai Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes hasshanus Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes hemirhodurus Cockerell, 1921
Sphecodes heraclei Robertson, 1897
Sphecodes hesperellus Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes hirtellus Blüthgen, 1923
Sphecodes howardi Cockerell, 1922
Sphecodes hudsoni Cockerell, 1913
Sphecodes hyalinatus Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes hydrangeae Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes illinoensis (Robertson, 1903)
Sphecodes ilyadadaria Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020 [ 6]
Sphecodes indicus Bingham , 1898
Sphecodes invidus (Cameron, 1897) [ 1]
Sphecodes inornatus (Schrottky, 1902)
Sphecodes insularis Smith, 1858
Sphecodes intermedius Blüthgen, 1923
Sphecodes iosephi Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes iridescens Cockerell, 1921
Sphecodes iridipennis Smith, 1879
Sphecodes itidyo Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes ituriensis Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes iwatensis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes izumindus Tsuneki, 1986
Sphecodes japonicus Cockerell, 1911
Sphecodes javanicus Friese, 1914
Sphecodes joergenseni Meyer, 1920
Sphecodes johnsonii Lovell, 1909
Sphecodes kaisensis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes kamafuse Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes kershawi Perkins, 1921
Sphecodes kincaidii Cockerell, 1898
Sphecodes kisukei Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes kitamius Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes knetschi Cockerell, 1898
Sphecodes koikensis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes kristenseni Meyer, 1919
Sphecodes laetus Meyer, 1922
Sphecodes lasimensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes laticaudatus Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes laticeps Meyer, 1920 [ 6]
Sphecodes latifrons Cockerell, 1919
Sphecodes lautipennis Cockerell, 1908
Sphecodes levicinctus Cockerell, 1936
Sphecodes levis Lovell & Cockerell, 1907
Sphecodes libericus Cockerell, 1936
Sphecodes longuloides Blüthgen, 1923
Sphecodes longulus Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes lunaris Vachal, 1904
Sphecodes luteiventris Friese, 1925
Sphecodes luzonicus Blüthgen, 1925 [ 6]
Sphecodes macswaini Michener, 1954
Sphecodes maetai Tsuneki, 1984
Sphecodes magnipunctatus (Cockerell, 1946)
Sphecodes majalis Pérez , 1903
Sphecodes malayensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes manchurianus Strand & Yasumatsu, 1938
Sphecodes mandibularis Cresson, 1872
Sphecodes manni Cockerell, 1913
Sphecodes manskii (Rayment, 1935)
Sphecodes marcellinoi Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes marginatus Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes maruyamanus Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes melanopus Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes mendocinus Jörgensen, 1912
Sphecodes metanotiaeus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes metathoracicus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes mexicanorum Cockerell, 1919
Sphecodes millsi Cockerell, 1919
Sphecodes minarum Schrottky, 1910
Sphecodes miniatus Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes minor Robertson, 1898
Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)
Sphecodes montanus Smith, 1879
Sphecodes murotai Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes mutillaeformis Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes mutsu Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes mutsuoides Tsuneki, 1984
Sphecodes nambui Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes natalensis Friese, 1925
Sphecodes niger Hagens, 1874
Sphecodes nigeriae Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes nigricans Timberlake, 1940
Sphecodes nigricorpus Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes nigritus Ashmead, 1900
Sphecodes nippon Meyer, 1922
Sphecodes nipponicus Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951
Sphecodes nitidissimus Cockerell, 1910
Sphecodes niveatus Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes niveipennis Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes nomioidis Pesenko, 1979
Sphecodes nyassanus Strand, 1911
Sphecodes ohdeyamanus Tsuneki, 1984
Sphecodes ohtsukius Tsuneki, 1984
Sphecodes okuyetsu Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier , 1825
Sphecodes olympicus Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes oneili Cameron, 1905
Sphecodes oriundus Vachal, 1903
Sphecodes pallitarsis Vachal, 1909
Sphecodes paraguayensis Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes paraplesius Lovell, 1911
Sphecodes patagonicus Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes patruelis Cockerell, 1913
Sphecodes pecosensis Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes pectoralis Morawitz, 1876
Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845
Sphecodes perlustrans Cockerell, 1898
Sphecodes perplexus Nurse, 1903
Sphecodes persimilis Lovell & Cockerell, 1907
Sphecodes peruensis Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes pieli Cockerell, 1931
Sphecodes pilosulus Smith, 1879
Sphecodes pimpinellae Robertson, 1900
Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez, 1903
Sphecodes politulus Cockerell, 1937
Sphecodes profugus Cockerell, 1910
Sphecodes propinquus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes prosphorus Lovell & Cockerell, 1907
Sphecodes prostygius Mitchell, 1960
Sphecodes pseudocrassus Blüthgen, 1924
Sphecodes pseudofasciatus Blüthgen, 1925
Sphecodes pseudoredivivus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2020 [ 6]
Sphecodes pulsatillae Cockerell, 1906
Sphecodes punctatus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870
Sphecodes puncticollis Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes punctiscutum Eardley & R. P. Urban, 2006
Sphecodes pusillus Cockerell, 1937
Sphecodes pycnanthemi Robertson, 1897
Sphecodes quadrimaculatus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes quellensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes ralunensis Friese, 1909
Sphecodes ranunculi Robertson, 1897
Sphecodes redivivus Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes reticulatus Thomson, 1870
Sphecodes rhois (Cockerell, 1904)
Sphecodes rikuchu Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes rohweri Cockerell, 1907
Sphecodes rotundiceps Cockerell, 1919
Sphecodes rubicundus Hagens, 1875
Sphecodes rubripes Spinola, 1838 [ 1]
Sphecodes rudiusculus (Benoist, 1964)
Sphecodes rufichelis Strand, 1912
Sphecodes ruficrus (Erichson , 1835)
Sphecodes rufiscapis Vachal, 1909
Sphecodes rufithorax Morawitz, 1876
Sphecodes rufiventris (Panzer , 1798)
Sphecodes rufoantennatus Benoist, 1950
Sphecodes rugulosus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes samarensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes sapporensis Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes sauteri Meyer, 1925
Sphecodes saxicolus Warncke, 1992
Sphecodes scabricollis Wesmael , 1835
Sphecodes schenckii Hagens, 1882
Sphecodes schoanus Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015 [ 3]
Sphecodes scrobiculatus Pauly & Brooks, 2001
Sphecodes semicoloratus (Cockerell, 1897)
Sphecodes senegalensis Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes shawi Lovell, 1911
Sphecodes shillongensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes shirozui Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes sibuyanensis Cockerell, 1925 [ 6]
Sphecodes sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes silvicola Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes simillimus Smith, 1873
Sphecodes simlaensis Blüthgen, 1924 [ 6]
Sphecodes smilacinae Robertson, 1897
Sphecodes solidaginis Cockerell, 1937
Sphecodes solonis Graenicher, 1911
Sphecodes sophiae Cockerell, 1898
Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens, 1875
Sphecodes strandi Meyer, 1920
Sphecodes stygius Robertson, 1893
Sphecodes subconfertus Sichel, 1865
Sphecodes sudai Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes sulcatulus Cockerell, 1906
Sphecodes sulcifera Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes tadschicus Blüthgen 1935 [ 5]
Sphecodes taicho Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes tainoi Engel, 2006
Sphecodes tanoi Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes tantalus Nurse, 1903
Sphecodes tertius Blüthgen, 1927
Sphecodes togoanus Strand, 1912
Sphecodes tomarchioi Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes townesi Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes transversus Cockerell, 1919
Sphecodes trentonensis Cockerell, 1913
Sphecodes tristellus Cockerell, 1919
Sphecodes tuckeri Friese, 1925
Sphecodes turanicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2017 [ 5]
Sphecodes turneri Cockerell, 1916
Sphecodes ugandae Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes utinamius Tsuneki, 1983
Sphecodes vachali Meyer, 1920
Sphecodes variabilis Schrottky, 1906
Sphecodes veganus Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes villosulus Schwarz, 2010 [ 5]
Sphecodes vumbuensis Blüthgen, 1928
Sphecodes walteri Nobile & Turrisi, 2004
Sphecodes washingtoni Cockerell, 1904
Sphecodes wheeleri Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes woodi Cockerell, 1945
Sphecodes zangherii Noskiewicz, 1931
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