Bees of the genus Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Greater Puerto Rico, West Indies
Author
Gibbs, Jason
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-02-01
400
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2018.400
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2118-9773
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Key to Puerto Rican
Lasioglossum
1 Head and mesosoma brilliant metallic green to purple (subgenus
Habralictellus
) (
Figs 24– 25
); female T1 without appressed hairs on anterior surface (
Fig. 27C
); male inner metatibial spur pectinate; male genitalia without retrorse lobe (
Fig 4C
)...................................................2
– Head and mesosoma dull metallic blue to golden green (subgenus
Dialictus
); female T1 with appressed hairs on anterior surface (
Fig. 2C
); male inner metatibial spur ciliate; male genitalia with retrorse lobe (
Fig. 4A–B, D–F
)...........................................................3
2 Face distinctly longer than broad (length/width ratio =1.04–1.06) (
Figs 24A
,
25A
); three submarginal cells; mesoscutum densely punctate (
Fig. 24C
) ..............
L
.
eickwortellum
(
Engel, 2001
)
– Face distinctly wider than long (length/width ratio= 0.87–0.88) (
Figs 27A
,
28A
); two submarginal cells; mesoscutum sparsely punctate (
Fig. 27C
) ..............
L
.
rufopanticis
(
Engel, 2001
)
3 Metasoma metallic; mesepisternum rugose; head relatively long (length/width ratio=0.99–1.01) (
Figs 15A
,
16A
) .............................................................................................
L
.
ferrerii
(
Baker, 1906
)
– Metasoma brown; mesepisternum punctate or if rugose then head wide (length/width ratio =0.89–0.94) (
Figs 18A
,
19A
)..................................................................................................4
4 Mesepisternum smooth, sparsely punctate; female with dorsally interrupted T1 setal fan; male with long setose tufts on S4–S5 visible dorsally (
Fig. 22D
), S6 broadly emarginated .................. ................................................................................................................
L
.
gundlachii
(
Baker, 1906
)
– Mesepisternum punctate to rugose; female with complete T1 setal fan (
Fig. 18C
); male sterna not as above....................................................................................................................................5
5 Tegula enlarged, forming posterior angle (
Figs 9C
,
12C
); mesoscutum finely punctate............6
– Tegula ovoid (
Fig. 2A
); mesoscutum relatively coarsely punctate................................................7
6 Female supraclypeal area with punctures distinct; female propodeum with carinulate or rugulose dorsolateral slopes; female metasoma brown with pale apical margins; male mesepisternum interspaces shiny, polished ....................................................................................
L
.
enatum
sp. nov.
– Female supraclypeal area with punctures obscure; female propodeum with smooth-imbricate dorsolateral slopes; female metasoma entirely pale orange; male mesepisternum interspaces dull due to microsculpture (Mona Island) ..................................................................
L. monense
sp. nov.
7 Female mesepisternum rugose, T1–T2 without tomentose patches basolaterally; male mesepisternum reticulate-rugose ......................................................................................
L
.
genaroi
sp. nov.
– Female mesepisternum punctate-reticulate, T1–T2 with tomentose patches basolaterally; male mesepisternum punctate...................................................................................................................8
8 Female mesepisternum interspaces dull due to microsculpture; both sexes with dark tegula ....... ..........................................................................................................................
L
.
dispersum
sp. nov.
– Female mesepisternum interspaces polished, shiny; both sexes with pale tegula (Mona Island) .. ................................................................................................................................
L. amona
sp. nov.