Halictus lativentris (Schenk)

Weissmann, Julie A., Picanco, Ana, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Schaefer, Hanno, 2017, Bees of the Azores: an annotated checklist (Apidae, Hymenoptera), ZooKeys 642, pp. 63-95 : 75-76

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.642.10773

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scientific name

Halictus lativentris (Schenk)
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Halictus lativentris (Schenk)

Halictus lativentris (Schenk), ( Lasioglossum lativentre )

Description.

Small, dark brown bee (total length 8-9 mm in both sexes, wing length 5,5-6 mm in females and 4,5-5,5 mm in males), with narrow bands of pale hair on the abdomen; stigma light brown (Fig. 7 a–b).

Distinguishing features.

Unknown.

General distribution.

West- and Central Europe.

Distribution in the Azores.

Faial, São Miguel.

First record.

1984 (first mentioned by Stöckl 1988).

Nesting.

Probably in light soils.

Social behaviour.

Solitary.

Foraging.

No observation data from the Azores available, probably polylectic.

Phenology.

July-August.

Material.

São Miguel ( Remédios), 10.08.1984, 1 male, leg. La Roche, det. Ebmer (Ebmer, pers. comm., 20.09.2016); Faial (Horta), 22.07.1992, 1 female, leg. P. Wirtz, det. Ebmer, coll. Warncke (Linz).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Halictus