Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum (Smith)

Gibbs, Jason, 2011, Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini), Zootaxa 3073, pp. 1-216 : 211

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Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum (Smith)
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Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum (Smith) View in CoL

Halictus zephyrus Smith, 1853: 68 . 3.

Holotype. 3 USA, Florida, St. John’s Bluff [ BMNH: B.M. Type 17a 993]. Examined. Halictus (Chloralictus) academicus Sandhouse, 1924: 12 . Ƥ.

Holotype. Ƥ USA, Colorado, Boulder, 14.v. (I. Bleasdale); [ NMNH: 26402]. Examined. Halictus (Chloralictus) vintonensis Sandhouse, 1924: 22 . Ƥ.

Holotype. Ƥ USA, Iowa, Vinton, 23.vi.1922 (G. Sandhouse); [ NMNH: 26417]. Examined.

Taxonomy. Robertson, 1895: Halictus zephyrus Ƥ, p. 117 (description); Robertson, 1902b: Chloralictus zephyrus , p. 248 (key); Cockerell, 1905: Halictus zephyrus 3, p. 352 (redescription); Viereck, 1916: Halictus (Chloralictus) zephyrus , p. 706 (key); Michener, 1951: Lasioglossum (Chloralictus) academicum , p. 1111, L. (C.) zephyrus , p. 1118 (catalogue); Mitchell, 1960: Dialictus zephyrus Ƥ3, p. 431 (redescription); Krombein, 1967: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum , p. 467 (catalogue); Hurd, 1979: Dialictus academicus , p. 1963 (catalogue); Dialictus academicus , p. 1963, D. zephyrus , p. 1973 (catalogue); Moure & Hurd, 1987: Dialictus academicus , p. 87, D. zephyrus , p. 140 (catalogue); Pesenko et al., 2000: Evylaeus zephyrus , p. 42 (review); Gibbs, 2010b: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum Ƥ3, p. 362 (redescription, key, synonymy).

Diagnosis. Female L. zephyrum can be recognised by the following diagnostic combination: size relatively large (5.31–7.08 mm); head wide (length/width ratio = 0.94–0.95); lower paraocular area with dense tomentum obscuring surface; gena wider than eye; hypostomal carina parallel; mesoscutum polished, punctures fine, moderately sparse between parapsidal lines (i=1–2d); mesepisternal punctures fine, sometimes obscure; metapostnotal rugae reaching approximately halfway to posterior margin; and metasomal terga polished with faint metallic reflections.

Male L. zephyrum are similar to females but can be further distinguished by the following combination: clypeus sometimes brownish yellow apically; denser tomentum on paraocular area; flagellomeres long (length/width ratio = 1.75–1.86), bright yellow ventrally; gena narrower than eye; mesepisternal punctures distinct; tarsi, apices and bases of tibiae pale brownish yellow; metapostnotal rugae longer, posterior margin smoothly rounded onto posterior propodeal surface; and metasomal terga colour variable from brown with greenish reflections to orange-red.

Range. Quebec west to Alberta, Oregon, south to Florida, Texas. USA: AL, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, NE, NY, OR, PA, TN, TX, VT, WI, WV. CANADA: AB, MB, ON, PQ.

DNA Barcode. Available. Multiple sequences.

Comments. Common.

Lasioglossum zephyrum View in CoL is a eusocial species ( Batra 1966) and is the most thoroughly studied species of L. ( Dialictus ) (see Gibbs 2010b for a bibliography).

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Lasioglossum

Loc

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum (Smith)

Gibbs, Jason 2011
2011
Loc

Halictus zephyrus

Smith 1853: 68
1853
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