Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini)
Author
Gibbs, Jason
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Lasioglossum
(
Dialictus
)
heterognathum
(Mitchell)
Dialictus heterognathus
Mitchell, 1960
: 397
. Ƥ.
Holotype
.
Ƥ
USA
, North
Carolina, Grandfather Mt.
,
27.vi.1952
, [
NCSU
]. Examined.
Dialctus banksi
Mitchell, 1960
: 434
. 3.
Lapsus calami
.
Holotype
. 3
USA
, North Carolina, West
End
,
14.vi.1950
, (Mitchell); [
NCSU
]. Examined.
Taxonomy.
Knerer and Atwood, 1963
:
Dialictus heterognathus
3, p. 167 (description);
Knerer and Atwood, 1966a
:
D
.
heterognathus
, p. 882 (synonymy);
Krombein, 1967
:
Lasioglossum
(
Dialictus
)
heterognathum
, p. 463 (catalogue);
Hurd, 1979
:
Dialictus heterognathus
, p. 1966 (catalogue);
Moure & Hurd, 1987
:
Dialictus heterognathus
, p. 103 (catalogue);
Gibbs, 2010b
:
Lasioglossum
(
Dialictus
)
heterognathum
Ƥ3, p. 136 (redescription, key).
Diagnosis.
Female
L
.
heterognathum
can be recognised by the following diagnostic combination: hypostomal carinae divergent towards mandible bases (
Fig. 10
B), gena wider than eye, mesoscutal punctures fine, and scopa present. They are similar to
L
.
apocyni
and
L
.
imitatum
, which both have hypostomal carinae parallel and female
L
.
imitatum
have T3–T4 with coarse white hairs (
Fig. 20
A).
Male
L
.
heterognathum
can be recognised by the following diagnostic combination: facial tomentum dense only on lower paraocular area; flagellomeres elongate (length/width ratio = 1.50–1.85); dorsolateral angles of pronotum obtuse; mesoscutum dull due to weak microsculpture, punctures sparse between parapsidal lines (i=2–3d); mesepisternal punctures fine but distinct (i=1–3d); and apical impressed areas of the metasomal terga impunctate. They are most similar to
L
.
wheeleri
, which have pronotal dorsolateral angles acute.
Range.
Nova
Scotia
to Ontario, west to Minnesota, and south to North Carolina.
USA
: CT, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, NC, PA, VT, WV, WI.
CANADA
: NB, NS, ON, PQ.
DNA Barcode.
Available. Multiple sequences.
Comments.
Common. See
Gibbs (2010b)
.