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Lasioglossum (Dialictus) leucopus

  • 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
  • 2. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok- 22, 690022, Russia.

Description

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) leucopus (Kirby, 1802)

Melitta leucopus Kirby, 1802: 59, ♂. Lectotype: ♂, England: no locality; designated by Ebmer (1988: 638); BMNH.

Published data. Dathe 1980: 211 (Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic); Chenikalova 2005: 26 (Stavropol Territory).

Material examined. RUSSIA. Stavropol Territory: 3 ♀, Kislovodsk, 10.X.1956, VP; 1 ♀, Shpakovskoye, 27. V.1988, SB; Adygei Republic: 1 ♀, 47 km S of Khadzokh, Guzeripl, 26. VI.1976, ES; 1 ♀, Novozavedennoye, near Kuma River, 20.VII.2004, NV; Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic: 8 ♀, Teberda NR, Dzhamagat gorge, 23. VI.1982, E. Narchuk; Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: 1 ♂, 5 km N of Baksan, 500 m, steppe, 31.VII. 1990, YP; 1 ♀, Sukanskiy gorge, Zhemtal, 1980 m, 2-6. VI.2008, NV; North Ossetian Republic: 1 ♂, 20 km S of Buran, 1850 m, steppe slope, 26-28.VII.1990, YP; Dagestan Republic: 2 ♂, Levashi, 14.VII.1960, Tanasiychuk; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, near Kufa, 6 km NW of Rutul, 1500 m, 41°565′N 47°362′E, 1.VII.2018, YA, KF; 2 ♀, valley of Kurush River, 41°15′N 47°49′E, 15, 26. VI.2023, MP.

Distribution. Russia (east to Yakutia); Europe, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran.

Remarks. In the North Caucasus this species is recorded from mountain and plane territories in forest and steppe areas.

Notes

Published as part of Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2025, Review of the bee genus Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) fauna of the Ciscaucasia region, pp. 515-558 in Zootaxa 5637 (3) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/15562911

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References

  • Kirby, W. (1802) Monographia apum Angliae; or an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England; with descriptions and observations. To which are prefixed some introductory remarks upon the class Hymenoptera and a synoptical table of the nomenclature of the external parts of these insects. Vol. I. J. Raw, Ipswitch, xxii + 258 pp., 14 pls. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10346
  • Ebmer, A. W. (1988) Kritische Liste der nicht-parasitischen Halictidae Osterreichs mit Berucksichtigung aller mitteleuropaischen Arten (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 20 (2), 527-711.
  • Dathe, H. H. (1980) Zur Hymenopterenfauna des Naturschutzgebietes Teberda im Westkaukasus. Milu, 5 (1 / 2), 194-217.
  • Chenikalova, E. V. (2005) Wild bees of Stavropol, their efficiency and protection in agricultural landscapes: monograph. AGRUS, Stavropol, 112 pp. [in Russian]