Integrative taxonomy resuscitates two species in the Lasioglossum villosulum complex (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) Author Pauly, Alain Author Noël, Grégoire Author Sonet, Gontran Author Notton, David G. Author Boevé, Jean-Luc text European Journal of Taxonomy 2019 2019-08-01 541 1 43 journal article 25916 10.5852/ejt.2019.541 7c4524ba-bd3a-4f71-84b8-2285ff4c0916 3377625 FDA7A52D-404E-4E50-A519-AF1300D8F435 Subspecies arabicum Ebmer, 2008 Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) villosulum arabicum Ebmer, 2008: 560 . Holotype : ♀ , UAE , Sharjah x Khor Kalba , 7–14 Jun. 2006 , light trap , leg. A.V. Harten 6681 ( SDEI ) . Examined by AP. Distribution This subspecies inhabits the Arabian Peninsula ( Oman , UAE ) and is distinguished mainly by red terga ( Figs 13–14 ). Also conspicuous are the zones of snow white, felted, adpressed pubescence on the face, particularly on frontal area and pronotum, and white, felted, upstanding hairs on the mesopleura, particularly the front as well as the posterior propodeal surface and the lateral fields above. This pubescence marks the subspecies as a desert form ( Ebmer 2008: 560 ; Dathe 2009: 385 ). Specimens from Oman and UAE have red terga, whereas those from Yemen , identified as L. villosulum by Ebmer (D. Notton, unpublished new record), have dark black terga. Maybe there is more taxonomic complexity here, but it is outside the scope of the current project to further examine this. It may correlate with topography and climate since Oman and UAE are generally lower altitude (hotter) and Yemen is generally higher altitude (cooler).