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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645" ID-GBIF-Dataset="f92766b8-5618-4412-b441-65a24636ac6c" ID-PMC="PMC8956565" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1089-125" ID-Pensoft-UUID="4972464BFAA154A58DC8FE82DBED4BD4" ID-PubMed="35586602" ID-ZooBank="2EC2586CB2F7415DB5DB03AE8D1056A6" ModsDocID="1313-2970-1089-125" checkinTime="1647696022906" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Gibbs, Jason, Bass, Amber & Morgan, Katherine" docDate="2022" docId="CBCEAA398901941A11222B2688B0296F" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 1089: 125-167" docOrigin="ZooKeys 1089" docPubDate="2022-03-18" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645" docTitle="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae Gibbs & Bass & Morgan 2022, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="BF175658-2800-4F30-94FE-6B5743544478" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" id="4972464BFAA154A58DC8FE82DBED4BD4" lastPageNumber="125" masterDocId="4972464BFAA154A58DC8FE82DBED4BD4" masterDocTitle="Habralictus and Lasioglossum of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)" masterLastPageNumber="167" masterPageNumber="125" pageNumber="125" updateTime="1668151541135" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Habralictus and Lasioglossum of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Gibbs, Jason</mods:namePart>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-5423</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">jason.gibbs@umanitoba.ca</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:namePart>Bass, Amber</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada & Current address: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Morgan, Katherine</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2022</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2022-03-18</mods:number>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>1089</mods:number>
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<mods:start>125</mods:start>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-1089-125</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">2EC2586CB2F7415DB5DB03AE8D1056A6</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="194176195" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BF175658-2800-4F30-94FE-6B5743544478" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CBCEAA398901941A11222B2688B0296F" lastPageNumber="125" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/BF175658-2800-4F30-94FE-6B5743544478" authority="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan, 2022" authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luciae" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="125">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae sp. nov., paratype female A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C head, frontal view D head, lateral view E tergum 1, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660571" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figs 5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae sp. nov., holotype male A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C head, frontal view D metasoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660572" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">, 6</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Saint Lucia</emphasis>
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•
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Castries District</emphasis>
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• Piton Flore, Station no. 26, 10.I.1975, leg. J. Hance & G. Whitmyre (♂ FSCA).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="paratypes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Saint Lucia</emphasis>
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•
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Castries District</emphasis>
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• Castries, 0-210 m, VIII.1976, N.L.H. Krauss (2 ♀ AMNH); Castries, 10-22.IX.1919, leg. J.C. Bradley (2 ♂ USNM) •
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Micoud District</emphasis>
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• Escap Community, Fond Bay at beach,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="13.8316" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="13.8316">13.8316</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="60.893" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-60.893">-60.893</geoCoordinate>
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, 1 m, 8.V.2009, leg. C.M. Delphia and J.B. Runyon (1 ♀ MTEC).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum luciae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luciae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Lasioglossum luciae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is one of only two
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<taxonomicName authority="" lsidName="L. (Dialictus)" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Dialictus">L. (Dialictus)</taxonomicName>
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known from St. Lucia. It can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. (D.) dominicense" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="dominicense" subGenus="D.">L. (D.) dominicense</taxonomicName>
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by the larger size and longer head. It resembles
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. kilpatrickae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. kilpatrickae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Gibbs, 2016 from Dominica and both
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. plumbeum" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="plumbeum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. plumbeum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Ashmead, 1900) and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. sanctivincenti" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="sanctivincenti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. sanctivincenti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Ashmead, 1900) from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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Females of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. luciae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="luciae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. luciae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. kilpatrickae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. kilpatrickae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are very similar and definitive characters for distinguishing them are not currently known. The gena of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. luciae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="luciae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. luciae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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may be more distinctly lineolate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae sp. nov., paratype female A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C head, frontal view D head, lateral view E tergum 1, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660571" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">5D</figureCitation>
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) and T1 more distinctly coriarious (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae sp. nov., paratype female A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C head, frontal view D head, lateral view E tergum 1, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660571" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">5E</figureCitation>
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), but too few specimens are available of each species to be sure these characters are consistent. Both
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. luciae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="luciae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. luciae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. kilpatrickae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. kilpatrickae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are easily distinguished from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. plumbeum" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="plumbeum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. plumbeum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. sanctivincenti" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="sanctivincenti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. sanctivincenti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by absence of punctation on the apical impressed areas of T2, occurring only obscurely on the lateral portions. In contrast, both
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. plumbeum" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="plumbeum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. plumbeum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. sanctivincenti" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="sanctivincenti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. sanctivincenti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have distinct, albeit fine punctures across the apical impressed areas of T2.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660571" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luciae" subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., paratype female
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">A</emphasis>
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lateral habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">B</emphasis>
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dorsal habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">C</emphasis>
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head, frontal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">D</emphasis>
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head, lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">E</emphasis>
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tergum 1, dorsal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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The male of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. luciae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="luciae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. luciae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. kilpatrickae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. kilpatrickae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the less abundant tomentum of the face (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae sp. nov., holotype male A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C head, frontal view D metasoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660572" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">6C</figureCitation>
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), which only weakly obscures the lower paraocular area, more evident microsculpture on the medial portion of the mesoscutum and anterior face of T1, and the relatively dense punctures on T1-T3, which end near the border of the apical impressed area, such that at least two thirds of the segments are densely punctate.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum kilpatrickae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Lasioglossum kilpatrickae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has tomentum obscuring the lower paraocular area and proximal portion of the clypeus (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) kilpatrickae Gibbs, 2016, male A dorsal habitus B head, frontal view C lateral habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660573" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">7B</figureCitation>
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). The mesoscutum has microsculpture between punctures limited to the anterior portion and is largely polished on the anterior face of T1. Furthermore, the punctation of T1-T3 is weak distally such that nearly half the longitudinal length of the segment is sparsely punctate to impunctate. T1 has a nearly impunctate medial line.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660572" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luciae" subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., holotype male
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">A</emphasis>
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lateral habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">B</emphasis>
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dorsal habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">C</emphasis>
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head, frontal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">D</emphasis>
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metasoma, dorsal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660573" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) kilpatrickae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae" subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) kilpatrickae</taxonomicName>
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Gibbs, 2016, male
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">A</emphasis>
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dorsal habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">B</emphasis>
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head, frontal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">C</emphasis>
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lateral habitus.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Female</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">n</emphasis>
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= 2). Length 5 mm; head length 1.4 mm; head width 1.4 mm; intertegular distance 1.0 mm; wing length 1.7 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Colouration</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Head and mesosoma dull metallic blue-green. Clypeal apex dark brown, base yellow. Labrum reddish brown to orange. Mandible orange with black base and red apex. Flagellum dark brown, F2-F11 orange-brown ventrally. Pronotal lobe reddish brown. Tegula reddish brown. Wing membrane hyaline, veins with subcosta brown to dark brown, otherwise amber. Legs brown, except medio- and distitarsi and portions of metabasitarsus reddish brown. Metasoma blackish brown, apical impressed area reddish brown.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Pubescence</emphasis>
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Body with sparse pilosity, dull white to faintly yellowish. Tomentum on gena near eye, pronotum dorsolateral angles and lobe, narrow basolateral patches of T2-T3 and sparsely on T4. Mesoscutal pilosity sparse, erect. Wing setae dark. Acarinarial fan complete, dense. T2 fringes absent, sparse laterally, T3 fringes absent, sparse laterally.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Clypeal punctures sparse (IS = 1-4 PD), becoming moderately dense in basal third (IS = 1-2 PD), interspaces polished. Supraclypeal area punctures sparse (IS = 1-3 PD), interspaces weakly imbricate. Paraocular area punctures dense (IS <1 PD), except near antenna, interspaces imbricate. Frons punctures contiguous. Vertex punctures sparse, interspaces polished. Gena lineolate, postgena lineolate. Tegula punctures obscure. Mesoscutal punctures moderately dense (IS = 1 PD), becoming sparser submedially (IS = 1-1.5 PD) and denser laterad of parapsidal lines (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces imbricate, polished laterally; mesoscutellar punctures as in mesoscutum with submedial impunctate area, interspaces imbricate. Metapostnotal rugae strong, anastomosing or subparallel, reaching margin, sculpture imbricate. Pre-episternum rugulose-punctate. Hypoepimeral area densely punctate, interspaces polished. Mesepisternum distinctly punctate. Metepisternum lineolate dorsally, reticulate ventrally. Propodeal lateral face imbricate, sparsely punctate; posterior face imbricate, sparsely punctate. T1 anterior face coriarious; T1 dorsal surface punctures moderately dense (IS = 1-3 PD), absent or very sparse in large apicolateral oval patches, interspaces polished. T2 disc punctures moderately dense (IS = 1-3 PD), interspaces polished, rim impunctate, surface weakly coriarious.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Structure</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Face length/width ratio 0.86 (
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0.01 SD). UOD/LOD ratio 1.21 (
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0 SD). Clypeus projecting ~75% below suborbital tangent; apicolateral denticles rounded knobs. Supraclypeal area length/width ratio 2.06 (
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0 SD). Hypostomal carinae parallel. Pronotal angle obtuse. Mesoscutum length/width ratio 0.83 (
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0.01 SD); mesoscutum/mesoscutellum length ratio 2.63 (
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0.1 SD); mesoscutellum/metanotum length ratio 1.66 (
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0.01 SD); metanotum/metapostnotum length ratio 0.75 (
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0.04 SD). Lateral propodeal carinae nearly reaching dorsal margin; oblique carina distinct. Tegula shape ovoid. Forewing with three submarginal cells. Distal hamuli arranged 2-1-2. Inner metatibial spur pectinate, with four branches not including apex of rachis, proximal branch much longer than width of rachis. Metasoma ovoid, apical impressed area medially ~ 1/2 longitudinal length of basal area.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Male</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">n</emphasis>
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= 3). Length 4.4-4.5 mm; head length 1.30-1.35 mm; head width 1.29-1.30 mm; intertegular distance 0.87-0.94 mm. Similar to female with usual sex-associated modifications.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Colouration</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Head and mesosoma blue-green. Clypeal apex reddish brown. Labrum reddish brown. Mandible brown, orange apically. Flagellum brown, light brown ventrally. Pronotal lobe reddish brown. Tegula orange. Wing membrane hyaline, veins dark brown. Legs brown with reddish brown tarsi. Metasoma blackish brown, apical impressed areas reddish brown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Pubescence</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Body sparse pilosity, dull white to faintly yellowish. Tomentum moderately dense on lower paraocular area, sparse on clypeus, dense on pronotal lobe. Mesoscutal pilosity thin. Sternal pilosity short (1 OD), moderately plumose, sparse, erect. Wing setae dark, short, sparse.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Clypeal punctures dense (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces polished. Supraclypeal area punctures sparse (IS = 1-2 PD), interspaces polished. Paraocular area punctures dense (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces weakly imbricate around antenna socket, otherwise shiny. Frons punctate-reticulate. Gena punctulate-lineolate, postgena sculpture lineolate. Tegula mostly impunctate. Mesoscutal punctation moderately sparse medially (IS = 1-2 PD), denser laterad of parapsidal lines, interspaces weakly imbricate, polished laterally. Mesoscutellar punctation moderately sparse (IS = 1-2 PD), becoming denser on margins. Metanotum punctate. Metapostnotum incompletely rugulose, margin weakly tessellate. Pre-episternum sculpture punctate. Hypoepimeral area closely punctate (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces polished. Mesepisternum distinctly punctate (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces shiny. Metepisternum lineolate dorsally, punctate-reticulate ventrally. Propodeal lateral face tessellate-punctate, dorsolateral slope punctate. Propodeal posterior face sculpture tessellate-punctate. T1 anterior face weakly coriarious. T1 dorsal surface evenly punctate (IS = 1-2 PD), interspaces shiny. T2 disc punctures sparse (IS = 1-2.5 PD), interspaces shiny, apical impressed area impunctate, interspaces coriarious.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Structure</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Face length/width ratio 0.87-0.88. F1: pedicel length ratio 1.27. F2:F1 length ratio 1.5. Gena narrower than eye. Hypostomal carinae parallel. Pronotal angle obtuse. Mesoscutum length/width ratio 0.82-0.85; mesoscutum/mesoscutellum length ratio 2.44; mesoscutellum/metanotum length ratio 1.78; metanotum/metapostnotum length ratio 0.77. Propodeum lateral carina nearly reaching dorsal margin; oblique carina absent. Tegula ovoid. Forewing with 3 submarginal cells. Metatibial spurs ciliate. Metasoma slender, parallel sided.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">The specific epithet is derived from the name of the island. Saint Lucia is the only sovereign nation named after a historical woman.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="notes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
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Males are associated with females in part by the shared head length consistent with patterns seen between
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. dominicense" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="dominicense">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. dominicense</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. kilpatrickae" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="kilpatrickae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. kilpatrickae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in Dominica.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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