308 lines
30 KiB
XML
308 lines
30 KiB
XML
<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="6C526DDF62FD08512E4FAB8FACDF251F" 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) gemmeum Gibbs & Bass & Morgan 2022, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="61DF8422-3F04-4E4D-A201-4107060FE9B4" 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">
|
|
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
|
|
<mods:titleInfo>
|
|
<mods:title>Habralictus and Lasioglossum of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)</mods:title>
|
|
</mods:titleInfo>
|
|
<mods:name type="personal">
|
|
<mods:role>
|
|
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
|
</mods:role>
|
|
<mods:namePart>Gibbs, Jason</mods:namePart>
|
|
<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-5423</mods:nameIdentifier>
|
|
<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada</mods:affiliation>
|
|
<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">jason.gibbs@umanitoba.ca</mods:nameIdentifier>
|
|
</mods:name>
|
|
<mods:name type="personal">
|
|
<mods:role>
|
|
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
|
</mods:role>
|
|
<mods:namePart>Bass, Amber</mods:namePart>
|
|
<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>
|
|
</mods:name>
|
|
<mods:name type="personal">
|
|
<mods:role>
|
|
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
|
</mods:role>
|
|
<mods:namePart>Morgan, Katherine</mods:namePart>
|
|
<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada</mods:affiliation>
|
|
</mods:name>
|
|
<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
|
|
<mods:relatedItem type="host">
|
|
<mods:titleInfo>
|
|
<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
|
|
</mods:titleInfo>
|
|
<mods:part>
|
|
<mods:date>2022</mods:date>
|
|
<mods:detail type="pubDate">
|
|
<mods:number>2022-03-18</mods:number>
|
|
</mods:detail>
|
|
<mods:detail type="volume">
|
|
<mods:number>1089</mods:number>
|
|
</mods:detail>
|
|
<mods:extent unit="page">
|
|
<mods:start>125</mods:start>
|
|
<mods:end>167</mods:end>
|
|
</mods:extent>
|
|
</mods:part>
|
|
</mods:relatedItem>
|
|
<mods:location>
|
|
<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645</mods:url>
|
|
</mods:location>
|
|
<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
|
|
<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645</mods:identifier>
|
|
<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-1089-125</mods:identifier>
|
|
<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">2EC2586CB2F7415DB5DB03AE8D1056A6</mods:identifier>
|
|
<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-UUID">4972464BFAA154A58DC8FE82DBED4BD4</mods:identifier>
|
|
</mods:mods>
|
|
<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="194176199" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:61DF8422-3F04-4E4D-A201-4107060FE9B4" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C526DDF62FD08512E4FAB8FACDF251F" lastPageNumber="125" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="nomenclature">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/61DF8422-3F04-4E4D-A201-4107060FE9B4" authority="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan, 2022" authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmeum" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum</taxonomicName>
|
|
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="125">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="description">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum sp. nov., holotype female A dorsal habitus B head, frontal view C lateral habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660585" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figs 20</figureCitation>
|
|
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum sp. nov., paratype male A dorsal habitus B head, frontal view C lateral habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660586" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">, 21</figureCitation>
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="holotype">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Holotype.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">♀. Saint Vincent, St. George Parish, 5-10.X.1991, leg. R.E. Woodruff, Malaise trap (FSCA).</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="paratypes">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Paratypes.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">SVG • Saint Vincent• St. George Parish</emphasis>
|
|
• Rivulet Agr. Sta., 27-30-IX-1991, leg. R.E. Woodruff, Malaise trap (1 ♂); 5-10-X-1991, leg. R.E. Woodruff, Malaise trap (2 ♀ FSCA) • "24 // W. Indies / 99-331 //
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Robertson" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Dialictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dialictus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dialictus</taxonomicName>
|
|
-not
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">Halictus gemmatus</taxonomicName>
|
|
det G.C. Eickwort" (1 ♀ NHMUK). One leg, both forewings and one hind wing missing. "69 // W. Indies 99-331 //
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">Halictus gemmatus</taxonomicName>
|
|
Smith Ashm //
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Robertson" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Dialictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dialictus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dialictus</taxonomicName>
|
|
-not
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">Halictus gemmatus</taxonomicName>
|
|
det G.C. Eickwort" (NHMUK). In good condition, two submarginal cells in both wings (1 ♀ NHMUK) • St Vincent, Majorea, VIII.1972 (2 ♂ SEMC).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660585" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" start="Figure 20" startId="F20">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figure 20.</emphasis>
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmeum" subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov., holotype female
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">A</emphasis>
|
|
dorsal habitus
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">B</emphasis>
|
|
head, frontal view
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">C</emphasis>
|
|
lateral habitus.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</caption>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Halictus gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
:
|
|
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02379.x" author="Ashmead, WH" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Entomological Society of London" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" pagination="207 - 367" refId="B4" refString="Ashmead, WH, 1900. Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 207 - 367, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02379.x" title="Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02379.x" volume="2" year="1900">Ashmead (1900</bibRefCitation>
|
|
: 218, 219, 303) key, distribution record (in part);
|
|
<bibRefCitation author="Friese, H" journalOrPublisher="Verlag der Pustet'schen Buchhandlung (J. F. Winkler), Passau" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" refId="B32" refString="Friese, H, 1909. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbuecher supplement: 33-40." title="Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbuecher supplement: 33 - 40." year="1909">Friese (1909</bibRefCitation>
|
|
: 37) catalogue. Non
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Halictus gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
Smith, 1853.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Dialictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dialictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Dialictus gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
:
|
|
<bibRefCitation author="Moure, JS" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" refId="B66" refString="Moure, JS, Hurd, PD, 1987. An annotated catalog of the halictid bees of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC" title="An annotated catalog of the halictid bees of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)." year="1987">Moure and Hurd (1987</bibRefCitation>
|
|
: 101) catalogue (in part);
|
|
<bibRefCitation author="Moure, JS" editor="Moure, JS" journalOrPublisher="Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitiba" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" pagination="823 - 870" refId="B64" refString="Moure, JS, 2007. Halictini Thomson, 1869. In: Moure, JS, Urban, D, Melo, GAR, Eds., Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical region. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitiba: 823 - 870" title="Halictini Thomson, 1869." volumeTitle="Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical region." year="2007">Moure (2007</bibRefCitation>
|
|
: 849) catalogue (in part). Non
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Dialictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dialictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Dialictus gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
Smith, 1853.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="diagnosis">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
Females of
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. gemmeum" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="gemmeum">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. gemmeum</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
are easily recognised by their orange-red metasoma and small size (~ 3.5 mm long). No other
|
|
<taxonomicName authority="" lsidName="L. (Dialictus)" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Dialictus">L. (Dialictus)</taxonomicName>
|
|
in the Caribbean is known to have such a brightly coloured metasoma, although some
|
|
<taxonomicName authority="" lsidName="L. (Habralictellus)" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Habralictellus">L. (Habralictellus)</taxonomicName>
|
|
do. Males can be distinguished from other SVG
|
|
<taxonomicName authority="" lsidName="L. (Dialictus)" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Dialictus">L. (Dialictus)</taxonomicName>
|
|
by the elongate (1.5-2 MOD), pectinate setae on S5-S6. Other SVG
|
|
<taxonomicName authority="" lsidName="L. (Dialictus)" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Dialictus">L. (Dialictus)</taxonomicName>
|
|
have short (1 MOD), simple setae on S5-S6, which contrast with plumose setae on preceding sternites.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/660586" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" start="Figure 21" startId="F21">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Figure 21.</emphasis>
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gibbs & Bass & Morgan" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmeum" subGenus="Dialictus">Lasioglossum (Dialictus) gemmeum</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov., paratype male
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">A</emphasis>
|
|
dorsal habitus
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">B</emphasis>
|
|
head, frontal view
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">C</emphasis>
|
|
lateral habitus.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</caption>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="description">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Description.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Female</emphasis>
|
|
(
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">n</emphasis>
|
|
= 5). Length 3.3-3.6 mm; head length 1.03-1.11 mm; head width 1.08--1.19 mm; intertegular distance 0.71-0.84 mm; wing length 1.38-1.60 mm.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Colouration</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Head and mesosoma dull metallic blue-green to golden-green, except as follows. Labrum reddish brown. Mandible yellow-orange with brown base and red apex. Clypeal apex dark brown. Antenna dark brown, flagellum with ventral surface reddish brown. Pronotal lobe yellow-orange. Tegula amber. Wing membrane hyaline with dark setae, venation pale brown. Legs amber-brown. Metasomal terga orange.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Pubescence</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Dull white. Relatively sparse erect setae throughout, without tomentum, except on gena near eye, pronotal dorsolateral angle and lobe. Metasomal T1 with fan virtually absent, no erect setae medially. T2 without apical fimbriae, T3-T4 with only sparse fine setae on apical impressed areas. Scopa well developed on hind leg and metasomal sterna.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Face imbricate, punctation moderately fine. Clypeal punctation moderately sparse (IS = 1-s PD), denser proximally (IS = 1 PD), surface smooth distally. Supraclypeal area with punctures moderately sparse (IS = 1-2 PD), weakly imbricate in centre. Lower paraocular area punctation dense (IS ≤ PD). Upper paraocular area and frons reticulate-punctate (IS <PD). Ocellocular area punctate (IS ≤ PD). Gena and postgena punctate-imbricate, sculpturing weak on postgena. Mesoscutum weakly imbricate, polished submedially; punctation moderately coarse, dense laterad of parapsidal lines, posterior portion (IS <PD), sparsest submedially (IS = 1-2 PD), mesoscutellum similar with submedial impunctate area (IS = 1-3 PD). Metanotum finely punctate.
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="Preëpisternum">Preepisternum</normalizedToken>
|
|
finely reticulate rugulose. Hypoepimeral area finely punctate. Mesepisternum below scrobe punctate (IS ≤ d), polished. Metepisternum dorsal 1/3 lineolate, ventral portion reticulate-imbricate. Metapostnotum medially with irregular carinulae reaching 2/3 distance to imbricate posterior margin, dorsolateral slope imbricate. Propodeum posterior and lateral surfaces weakly imbricate. Metasomal terga polished, finely coriarious basally, weakly coriarious on apical impressed margin of T3; punctation sparse (IS = 2-3 PD) on basal half, indistinct, sparser on apical impressed areas, T1-T2 apical impressed areas nearly impunctate. Metasomal sterna coriarious and finely, sparsely punctate (IS = 2-4 PD).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Structure</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Face relatively short (length/width ratio = 0.82
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.01 SD). Eyes weakly convergent below (UOD/LOD ratio = 1.29
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.19 SD). Clypeus 2/3 below suborbital tangent, apicolateral denticles low rounded knobs. Gena narrower than eye. Hypostomal carinae subparallel. Pronotal dorsolateral angle obtuse. Pronotal ridge rounded, interrupted by sulcus. Mesoscutum length/width ratio 0.82 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.02 SD); mesoscutum/mesoscutellum length ratio 2.72 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.2 SD); mesoscutellum/metanotum length ratio 1.75 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.06 SD); metanotum/metapostnotum length ratio 0.64 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.03 SD). Tegula ovoid. Submarginal cells two or three, veins 1r-sm, 2rs-m and 2m-cu distinctly weak. Distal hamuli arranged 2-1-2. Inner metatibial spur pectinate, with two or three branches not including apex of rachis, proximal branch much longer than width of rachis. Metapostnotum narrowly rounded onto posterior propodeal surface. Propodeum with lateral carina reaching 1/2 distance dorsal margin; oblique carina indistinct. Metasoma ovoid, T2-T4 impressed areas medially ~ 1/2 longitudinal length of basal area.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Male</emphasis>
|
|
(
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">n</emphasis>
|
|
= 3). Length 3.3-3.5 mm; head length 1.00-1.08 mm; head width 1.00-1.11 mm; intertegular distance 0.67-0.79 mm. Similar to female with usual sex-associated modifications.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Colouration</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Head and mesosoma green to golden green. Clypeal apex reddish brown. Labrum reddish brown. Mandible brown, orange apically. Flagellum reddish brown, sometimes orange ventrally. Pronotal lobe reddish brown to orange. Tegula orange. Wing membrane hyaline, veins brown to dark brown. Legs reddish brown with femur-tibia joints, base and apex of tibiae, and tarsi orange. Metasoma reddish brown.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Pubescence</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
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 (1.0-1.5 OD), densely plumose, dense, erect. Wing setae dark, short, sparse.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Surface sculpture</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Clypeal punctures dense (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces polished. Supraclypeal punctures sparse (I = 1-2 PD), interspaces polished. Paraocular area punctures dense (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces shiny. Frons punctate-reticulate. Gena punctate-imbricate, postgena sculpture punctate-imbricate. Tegula mostly impunctate. Mesoscutal punctation sparse (IS = 1-3 PD), becoming dense marginally (IS = 1-1.5 PD), interspaces shiny. Mesoscutellar punctation sparse (IS = 1-2 PD). Metanotum punctate. Metapostnotum with incomplete carinulae, margin shiny to weakly imbricate. Pre-episternum sculpture punctate. Hypoepimeral area distinctly punctate IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces polished. Mesepisternum distinctly punctate (IS ≤ 1 PD), interspaces shiny. Metepisternum lineate dorsally, weakly rugulose ventrally. Propodeal lateral face weakly imbricate-punctate, dorsolateral slope punctate. Propodeal posterior face sculpture polished-punctate. T1 anterior face polished. T1 dorsal surface sparse (IS = 2-6 PD), interspaces shiny. T2 disc punctures sparse (IS = 1-2.5 PD), failing well before premarginal line, interspaces shiny, apical impressed area impunctate, interspaces shiny.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Structure</emphasis>
|
|
.
|
|
</emphasis>
|
|
Face length/width ratio 0.84 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.03 SD). F1: pedicel length ratio 0.77-1.00. F2:F1 length ratio 1.76-1.89. Gena narrower than eye. Hypostomal carinae parallel. Pronotal angle obtuse. Mesoscutum length/width ratio 0.0.8 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.02 SD); mesoscutum/mesoscutellum length ratio 2.51 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.03 SD); mesoscutellum/metanotum length ratio 2.04 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.25 SD); metanotum/metapostnotum length ratio 0.59 (
|
|
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
|
0.07 SD). Propodeum lateral carina nearly halfway to dorsal margin; oblique carina absent. Tegula ovoid. Forewing with two or three submarginal cells. Metatibial spurs ciliate. Metasoma slender, parallel sided.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="etymology">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">The specific epithet is a Latin adjective in the nominal singular meaning glittering.</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="125" type="taxonomic notes">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Taxonomic notes.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="125">
|
|
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02379.x" author="Ashmead, WH" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Entomological Society of London" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" pagination="207 - 367" refId="B4" refString="Ashmead, WH, 1900. Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 207 - 367, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02379.x" title="Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02379.x" volume="2" year="1900">Ashmead (1900)</bibRefCitation>
|
|
recorded three specimens of this species as
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Halictus gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
from the Leeward and Windward sides of St. Vincent. Comparison of two of his specimens to the type of
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="H. gemmatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">H. gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
from Jamaica, indicated that they were quite distinct. Both specimens have labels attached from George Eickwort indicating it is not
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Halictus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Halictus gemmatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Halictus gemmatus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
. One of these is missing both forewings and the other has vein 1rs-m missing in both wings. The three other females have 1rs-m present, but the single male paratype has 1rs-m absent in the left wing and present in the right wing.
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum gemmatum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatum">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Lasioglossum gemmatum</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
is a member of the
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum gemmatum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemmatum">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Lasioglossum gemmatum</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
species complex (also known as the
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum parvum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvum">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Lasioglossum parvum</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
or
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Robertson" baseAuthorityYear="1890" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Lasioglossum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lasioglossum tegulare" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tegulare">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">Lasioglossum tegulare</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
species complex;
|
|
<bibRefCitation author="Ellis, MD" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" pagination="151 - 155" refId="B24" refString="Ellis, MD, 1914. New American bees of the genus Halictus (Hym.). Entomological News 25: 151 - 155" title="New American bees of the genus Halictus (Hym.)." volume="25" year="1914">Ellis 1914</bibRefCitation>
|
|
;
|
|
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2032.1.1" author="Gibbs, J" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" pagination="1 - 38" refId="B41" refString="Gibbs, J, 2009. Integrative taxonomy identifies new (and old) species in the Lasioglossum (Dialictus) tegulare (Robertson) species group (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). Zootaxa 2032: 1 - 38, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2032.1.1" title="Integrative taxonomy identifies new (and old) species in the Lasioglossum (Dialictus) tegulare (Robertson) species group (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2032.1.1" volume="2032" year="2009">Gibbs 2009</bibRefCitation>
|
|
,
|
|
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.400" author="Gibbs, J" journalOrPublisher="European Journal of Taxonomy" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" pagination="1 - 57" refId="B46" refString="Gibbs, J, 2018. Bees of the genus Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Greater Puerto Rico, West Indies. European Journal of Taxonomy 400: 1 - 57, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.400" title="Bees of the genus Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Greater Puerto Rico, West Indies." url="https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.400" volume="400" year="2018">2018</bibRefCitation>
|
|
), but
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. gemmeum" pageId="0" pageNumber="125" rank="species" species="gemmeum">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="125">L. gemmeum</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
does not appear to be a member of this group.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
</treatment>
|
|
</document> |