Halictidae

Balzan, Mario V., Rasmont, Pierre, Kuhlmann, Michael, Dathe, Holger, Pauly, Alain, Patiny, Sébastien, Terzo, Michael & Michez, Denis, 2016, The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Maltese Islands, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 225-244 : 234-235

Halictidae

Ceylalictus variegatus (Olivier, 1789)

Determined as Nomioides variegata (Olivier, 1789) but this is synonymised with C. variegatus (Kuhlmann et al. 2015) .

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Distribution: Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Cyprus, Sardinia and Sicily.

Halictus brunnescens (Friese, 1916)

Determined as Halictus aegyptiacus (Friese, 1916) but this is synonymised with H. brunnnescens (Kuhlmann et al. 2015) .

Previous Reports: Schembri (1982)

Distribution: Continental Europe, North Africa and the islands of Corsica, Cyprus, Sardinia and Sicily.

Halictus fulvipes (Klug, 1817)

Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982)

Specimens Examined: NMNH; 1♂, Wied il-Għasel, 16-vi-1969, C De Lucca [ NMNH] ; 1♀, 1♂, Buskett , 16- vi-1969, P Sammut [ NMNH] ; 1♂, Buskett , 16-vi-1969, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 1♂, Buskett , 28-ii-1976, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 1♂, Buskett , 7-iii-1976, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 1♀, 1♂, Buskett , 7-iii-1976, P Sammut [ NMNH] ; 1♀, Buskett , 16-iii-1976, P Sammut [ NMNH] ; 2♂, Rabat,?- vi-1981, P Sammut [ NMNH] ; 1♂, Rabat,?- vii-1981, P Sammut [ NMNH] ; 1♂, Għar Lapsi , 3-viii-2001, P Sammut [ NMNH] ; 1♀, Għar Lapsi (Siġġiewi), 5-v-2014, MV Balzan ; 2♀, 1♂, Miġra l-Ferħa, 19-v-2014, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 7♀, 4♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 23-vi-2014, MV Balzan ; 9♀, 3♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 9-vii-2014, MV Balzan ; 2♂, Buskett , 17-vii-2014, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 2♂, Baħrija , 24-vii-2014, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 1♀, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 25-vii-2014, MV Balzan ; 1♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 11-viii-2014, MV Balzan ; 1♀, Għar Dalam , 11-vii-2014, P Portelli [ NMNH] ; 1♀, 4♂, Għar Dalam , 11-vii-2014, P Portelli [ NMNH];

Distribution: Western Mediterranean Basin, Ukraine and the islands of Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia.

Halictus rubicundus (Christ, 1791)

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Distribution: Continental Europe, Sicily, Morocco.

Halictus scabiosae (Rossi 1790)

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Distribution: Continental Europe, Morocco, Iraq, Sardinia, Sicily.

Lasioglossum malachurum (Kirby 1802)

Determined as Halictus malachurus (Kirby) by Alfken (1929) and Valletta (1971). Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Valletta (1971); Schembri (1982) Specimens Examined: 1♀, Delimara (Marsaxlokk), 26-v-2014, MV Balzan Distribution: Continental Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Cyprus,

Sardinia, and Sicily.

Lasioglossum minutissimum (Kirby, 1802)

Determined as Halictus minutissimum (Kirby, 1802) .

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Specimens examined: 1♀, Għammieri (Hal Qormi), 9-vii-2014, MV Balzan

Distribution: Continental Europe and England and Northern Ireland, Northern Africa, and Cyprus, Sardinia and Sicily.

Lasioglossum limbellum (Morawitz, 1876)

Determined as Halictus ventralis (Pérez, 1903) but this is synonymised with L. limbellum (Kuhlmann et al., 2015) .

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971); Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Distribution: Continental Europe, Northern Africa ( Morocco and Algeria) and the islands of Cyprus, Corsica and Sicily.

Lasioglossum transitorium (Schenck, 1868)

Determined as Halictus transitorius (Schenck, 1868) planulus (Pérez, 1903) by Alfken (1929) Previous Reports: Alfken (1929); Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Specimens Examined: 1♀, Għar Lapsi (Siġġiewi), 5-v-2014, MV Balzan Distribution: The subspecies L. transitorium planulum is recorded from the Western Mediterranean , including the islands of Corsica and Sicily .

Lasioglossum callizonium (Pérez, 1896)

Specimens Examined: 1♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 9-vii-2014, MV Balzan Distribution: Western Mediterranean Basin, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia .

Nomioides facilis (Smith, 1853)

Previous Reports: Kuhlmann et al. (2015)

Distribution: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Southern Europe, and Sicily.

Nomiapis bispinosa (Brullé, 1832)

Determined as Pseudapis unidentata (Olivier, 1812) but this is synonymised with N. bispinosa ( Baker 2002) . Previous Reports: Schembri (1982)

Distribution: Mediterranean basin, Hungary, southern Russia. In Asia it occurs from Turkey to Pakistan.

Seladonia gemmea (Dours, 1872)

Determined as Halictus gemmeus (Dours, 1872) .

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Specimens Examined: 1♀, Għar Lapsi (Siġġiewi), 5-v-2014, MV Balzan ; 17♀, 1♂, Delimara (Marsaxlokk), 26-v-2014, MV Balzan ; 1♀, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), MV Balzan; 23-vi-2014 ; 1♀, 1♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 9-vii-2014, MV Balzan ; 2♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 11-viii-2014, MV Balzan ;

Distribution: West Mediterranean, Corsica, Greece, Turkey and Syria.

Seladonia smaragdula (Vachal, 1895)

Specimens Examined: 2♀, 1♂, Delimara (Marsaxlokk), 26-v-2014, MV Balzan ; 3♀, 2♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), MV Balzan; 23-vi-2014 ; 1♀, 1♂, Għammieri (Ħal Qormi), 25-vii-2014, MV Balzan ; Distribution: The subspecies S. smaragdula vinula (Blüthgen, 1923) is recorded from Malta and Sicily .