Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus)

author(s) : Pauly A.
Geographic zone: Africa - World

Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) Pauly

Africa
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) bellulum (Vachal 1909)
Halictus bellulus VACHAL, 1909.
Holotype femelle: MNHNP, illustrée ici (T).
"Afrique Orientale Anglaise", d'Escarpment, septembre, Maurice de Rothschild 1906.
Kenya: Escarpment (station de l'Uganda Railway).

Synonymes nouveaux:
= Halictus (Chloralictus) zimbabwicus Cockerell, 1937: 4–5, female holotype (AMNH) Zimbabwe (non examiné); Cockerell 1945:130.
Halictus zimbabwicus Cockerell: Cockerell 1940b: 252; Cockerell 1945: 130.
Halictus zimbabericus [!] Cockerell: Cockerell 1945: 280; Cockerell 1945: 470.
Cotypes BMNH AMNH examinés.

= Halictus discretulus Cockerell 1940. Type illustré ici.

= Halictus meneliki Friese, 1915: 265, 268, 281, two male syntypes (AMNH, ZMHB) Ethiopia; Friese 1921: 1096; Cockerell 1937k: 103; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 70.
Halictus (Chloralictus) meneliki Friese: Cockerell 1937i: 4.
Lasioglossum meneliki (Friese): Eardley and Urban 2006: 163.
Evylaeus meneliki (Friese): Pauly et al. 2008: 85 [by implication]. [Pauly (personal communication) places it in the subgenus Afrodialictus].
Lectotype AMNH illustré ici.

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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) bianone (Cockerell 1945)
bianone (COCKERELL, 1945) (BMNH) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) calviniellum (Cockerell 1940)
calviniellum (COCKERELL, 1940) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) camphorellum (Cockerell 1940)
camphorellum (COCKERELL, 1940) (BMNH) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) cessulum (Cockerell 1940)
cessulum (COCKERELL, 1940) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) coeruleodorsatum (Strand 1911)
coeruleodorsatum (STRAND, 1911) (MNHUB) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) diminutellum (Cockerell 1937)
diminutellum (COCKERELL, 1937) (BMNH) (N)
= umtaliellum (COCKERELL, 1937) (BMNH) (N)

In this entry it would be useful to note the confusion caused by miscitation of Thrinchostoma umtaliellum (J. Ascher, communic. pers.)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) epichlorum (Cockerell 1937)
epichlorum (COCKERELL, 1937) (BMNH) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) gendettense (Cockerell 1937)
? gendettense (COCKERELL, 1937) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) godmanae (Michener 1969)
? godmanae (MICHENER, 1969) (paratypes BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) hemicyaneum (Benoist 1944)
Halictus hemicyaneus BENOIST, 1944.
Holotype femelle: Mt Cameroun, 1800-2000m (MNHNP), illustrée ici.
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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) hirtulinum (Cockerell 1939)
hirtulinum (COCKERELL, 1939) (BMNH) (N)
Holotype: South Africa.
Halictus hirtulinus Cockerell, 1939g: 510, 512–513, two female syntypes (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1940a: 86; Cockerell 1940b: 250; Cockerell 1941a: 302; Cockerell 1941c: 532.
Lasioglossum hirtulinum (Cockerell): Michener 1969c: 476, 478, 484, 491–492.
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) hirtulinum (Cockerell): Pauly 1984e: 142; Pauly 1999a: 167, 173.
Evylaeus (Afrodialictus) hirtulinus (Cockerell): Pauly et al. 2008: 85 [by implication]. Eardley & Urban 2010.
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) hypochlorinum (Cockerell 1940)
hypochlorinum (COCKERELL, 1940) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) kabetiellum (Cockerell 1945)
kabetiellum (COCKERELL, 1945) (BMNH) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) kamerunensis (Friese 1914)
Friese 1914: 295, ad. 66.
Holotype male: Kamerunberg, 1300m, XII, V. Rothkirch. Examiné au MNHUB en 1988, c'est un Afrodialictus.
A ne pas confondre avec Zonalictus kamerunensis Friese 1914: 295 ad. 65 qui a priorité ! (Halictus nomioides var kamerunensis)

voir aussi:
Halictus confusionis Strand, 1921b: 315 [unnecessary replacement name for Halictus kamerunensis Friese, 1914b];
Strand, E. (1921b) Apidologisches, insbesondere über paläarktische Andrena-Arten, auf Grund von Material des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A87, 266–324.
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) kasuloi (Cockerell 1937)
kasuloi (COCKERELL, 1937) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) lampronotum (Cameron 1905)
lampronotum (CAMERON, 1905) (BMNH) (N)
= politifrons (COCKERELL, 1939) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) macilentum (Benoist 1944)
Halictus macilentus BENOIST, 1944.
Holotype male: Mt Cameroun, 1800-2000m (MNHNP), illustré ici.
Distribution: Montagnes du NW Cameroun, Mts Nimba.
Remarque: le tergite 1 est ponctué (peu visible sur la photo ici).
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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) meruense (Friese 1909)
meruense (FRIESE, 1909) (M)
= megadelphum (COCKERELL, 1937) (BMNH) (M)
= filiferellum (COCKERELL, 1945) (BMNH) (M)
= glaberrimum (BLÜTHGEN, MS) (MNHUB) (M)
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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) nigritulinum (Cockerell 1945)
nigritulinum (COCKERELL, 1945) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) nitididorsatum (Benoist 1950)
nitididorsatum (BENOIST, 1950) (MNHNP) (Madagascar) (N)
= betsiliense (BENOIST, 1962) (NHMB)
= badium (BENOIST, 1964) (MNHNP)
= umbrinum (BENOIST, 1964) (MNHNP)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) parvulinum (Cockerell 1939)
parvulinum (COCKERELL, 1939) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) pastinimimum (Cockerell 1939)
Halictus pastinimimus COCKERELL, 1939 : 511 (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) pastinops (Cockerell 1941)
Type material (1 specimen). Holotype ♀, S. Rhodesia, Matopo Hills, 17-30.iv.1932, J. Ogilvie (white label), Type (red-white label), B.M. TYPE HYM. 17a.1096 (white label), Halictus pastinops Ckll Type (handwritten white label), BMNH. Examiné et illustré ici.

Halictus pastinops Cockerell, 1941c: 527–528, female holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Cockerell 1946i: 182.
Patellapis (Chaetalictus) pastinops (Cockerell): Pauly 1999a: 150, 175.

Probablement un synonyme de L. hirtulinum Cockerell 1939.

Ponctuation du T1 fine.
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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) pulchritarse (Cockerell 1940)
pulchritarse (COCKERELL, 1940) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) rufitarsellum (Cockerell 1940)
rufitarsellum (COCKERELL, 1940) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) ruwenzicum (Cockerell 1945)
ruwenzicum (COCKERELL, 1945) (BMNH ?) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) ruwenzoriellum (Cockerell 1945)
ruwenzoriellum (Cockerell, 1945) (BMNH ?) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) sublautum (Cockerell 1942)
? sublautum (COCKERELL, 1942) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) submetallicum (Benoist 1944)
submetallicum (BENOIST, 1944) (MNHNP) (M).

Probablement la femelle de L. (A.) macilentum.
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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) tenuicinctum (Cockerell 1939)
Type material (1 specimen). Holotype ♀, Africa, Mafeking, 1.iii.1934, J. Ogilvie, B.M.1934-172 (white label), Type (red-white label), B.M. TYPE HYM. 17a.854 (white label), Halictus tenuicinctus Ckll Type (handwritten white label), BMNH. Examiné et illustré ici.

Halictus tenuicinctus Cockerell, 1939e: 190–191, female holotype (BMNH) South Africa.
Patellapis (Chaetalictus) tenuicincta (Cockerell): Pauly 1999a: 150, 176.

Diagnose. Semblable à L. hirtulinum, probablement un synonyme. Ponctuation du T1 fine.
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Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) theste (Cameron 1905)
theste (CAMERON, 1905) (BMNH) (N)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) wilkinsoni (Cockerell 1945)
wilkinsoni (COCKERELL, 1945) (BMNH) (M)
Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) windhukense (Friese 1916)
windhukense (FRIESE, 1916) (MNHUB) (M) comb. nov.
Paradialictus ereptor (Gibbs 2009)
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) ereptor Gibbs, 2009.
(?) Paradialictus ereptor (Gibbs 2009)

Tentativement placé ici dans Paradialictus bien que ce genre soit probablement non monophylétique.

Photos originales de Jason Gibbs.
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Paradialictus synavei Pauly 1984
Cleptoparasite, probablement de Afrodialictus. Connu par une seule localité d'altitude (2720m) au Kivu (Parc National des Virungas)
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References

Gibbs, J. 2009. A new cleptoparasitic Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 18 (1): 74-79.
Pauly, A. 1984. Paradialictus, un nouveau genre cleptoparasite récolté au Parc National des Virungas (Zaïre) (Hymenoptera Apoidea Halictidae). Revue de Zoologie africaine, 98 (4): 689-692.
Pauly, A. 1998. Hymenoptera Apoidea du Gabon. Annales Sciences zoologiques, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 282: 1-121.
Pauly, A. 1999. Classification des Halictini de la Région Afrotropicale (Hymenoptera Apoidea Halictidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 69: 137-196.