Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini)
Author
Gibbs, Jason
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
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Lasioglossum
(
Dialictus
)
dubitatum
(Mitchell)
Dialictus dubitalus
Mitchell, 1960
: 436
. 3.
Lapsus calami
(spelled
D
.
dubitatus
in key, p. 376 and index, p. 533)
Holotype
.
3
USA
, New York, McLean Bogs, Cortland Co., June
20.vi.1936
[CUIC: 4890]. Examined.
Taxonomy.
Krombein, 1967
:
Lasioglossum
(
Dialictus
)
dubitatum
, p. 463 (catalogue);
Hurd, 1979
:
Dialictus dubitatus
, p. 1966 (catalogue);
Moure & Hurd, 1987
:
Dialictus dubitatum
, p. 100 (catalogue);
Gibbs, 2010b
:
Lasioglossum
(
Dialictus
)
dubitatum
3, p. 114 (redescription, key).
Diagnosis.
Male
L
.
dubitatum
are unique in having metabasitarsus short measuring only about three times as long as broad (
Fig. 33
B). In other respects male
L
.
dubitatum
match closely male
L
.
versatum
(see diagnosis below).
Female unknown.
Range.
New York, possibly Ontario, Quebec (
Moure & Hurd 1987
).
DNA Barcode.
Unavailable.
Comments.
Rare. Only the
holotype
is known, although records exist for Ontario and Quebec. The
type
locality is a bog, which is a habitat infrequently visited by melittologists.