Sphecodes pseudofasciatus (Blüthgen, 1925)

Vertommen, Win, Vanormelingen, Pieter, D’Haeseleer, Jens, Wood, Thomas J., Baugnée, Jean-Yves, Blanck, Tim De, Grave, David De, Rycke, Samuel De, Deschepper, Chantal, Devalez, Jelle, Feys, Simon, Foubert, Olivier, Jacobs, Maarten, Janssen, Kobe, Legrain, Benjamin, Molenberg, Jean-Marc, Pauly, Alain, Pasau, Bernard, Reynaerts, Annie, Verheyen, Stefan, Wallays, Henk, Wielandts, Maarten & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2024, New and confirmed wild bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) for the fauna of Belgium, with notes on the rediscovery of regionally extinct species, Belgian Journal of Entomology 149, pp. 1-64 : 27-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16958242
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scientific name	Sphecodes pseudofasciatus (Blüthgen, 1925)
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Sphecodes pseudofasciatus (Blüthgen, 1925) View in CoL – Belg. sp. nov.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: This species is a small lookalike (5-8 mm) of S. monilicornis (Kirby, 1802) because of the strongly developed genae and square-shaped face, but the hindwing has fewer than seven hamuli ( BOGUSCH & STRAKA, 2012).

HOST SPECIES: Unknown ( BOGUSCH & STRAKA, 2012; WESTRICH, 2018).

DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE: Mainly southwestern- and Central Europe, from Portugal to Bulgaria and Germany ( SCHEUCHL & WILLNER, 2016). No records from the United Kingdom ( ELSE & EDWARDS, 2018), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( HERRERA MESÍAS & WEIGAND, 2021) and the Netherlands ( REEMER, 2018; www.waarneming.nl), but it has been found in France ( BOGUSCH & STRAKA, 2012).

EU RED LIST STATUS: Data deficient (DD) ( NIETO et al., 2014)

ORIGIN OF RECORDS:

- LUXEMBOURG PROVINCE. Tintigny ; 2♀♀; 15.vii.2019; leg./coll . T. De Blanck; det . T. De Blanck, J. Straka, P. Bogusch - Fig. 12 View Fig H-I. 2♀♀; 18.iv.2022; leg./coll. K. Schoonvaere; det. K. Schoonvaere , T. De Blanck , W. Vertommen. . 1♀; 4.v.2023; leg./ coll./det. M. Wielandts. Habay ; 1♂; 23.vii.2021; leg./coll. J. D’Haeseleer; det. T. De Blanck .