Pereirapis semiaurata (Spinola)

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2000, Classification Of The Bee Tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (250), pp. 1-89 : 84

Pereirapis semiaurata (Spinola)

Halictus semi -auratus Spinola, 1853: 86.

Augochlora Titania Smith, 1853: 75 .

Augochlora semiaurata (Spinola) : Smith, 1853: 79.

Halictus caucasicus Radoszkowsky, 1868: 77 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Augochlora titanea Dalla Torre, 1896: 96. Nomen emendatum (unjustified).

Augochlora seminigra Cockerell, 1897a: 144 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Corynura titania (Smith): Cockerell, 1900: 375.

Halictus hypixis Vachal, 1904: 127, 142.

Halictus chrysaspis Vachal, 1911: 18 . NEW SYNON- YMY.

Halictus myrrhites Vachal, 1911: 18 . NEW SYNONY- MY.

Halictus simotes Vachal, 1911: 22 , 55. NEW SYNON- YMY.

Halictus cerasis Vachal, 1911: 55 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Augochlora cladopyga Cockerell, 1914: 324 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Pereirapis rhizophila Moure, 1943a: 461 . NEW SYN- ONYMY.

Augochlorella bidentata Michener, 1954b: 57 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Augochlorella cerasis (Vachal) : Moure in Ordway, 1966b: 511.

Augochlorella chrysaspis (Vachal) : Moure in Ordway, 1966b: 511.

Augochlorella semiauratus (Spinola) : Moure in Ordway, 1966b: 512.

Pereirapis rhysophila Ordway, 1966b: 512. Lapsus calami.

Augochlorella simotes (Vachal) : Moure in Ordway, 1966b: 512.

Augochlorella cladopyga (Cockerell) : Moure in Ordway, 1966b: 512.

Pereirapis caucasica (Radoszkowsky): Ebmer, 1977: 575.

Pereirapis cerasis (Vachal) : Moure and Hurd, 1987: 247.

Pereirapis chrysaspis (Vachal) : Moure and Hurd, 1987: 247.

Pereirapis simotes (Vachal) : Moure and Hurd, 1987: 248.

Augochlora myrrhites (Vachal) : Moure and Hurd, 1987: 277.

Pereirapsis [sic] risofila Alves dos Santos, 1997: 6. Lapsus calami.

Pereirapis myrrhites (Vachal) : Moure, 1999: 83.

COMMENTS: Two synonymies are proposed

above even though I have not had the opportunity

to examine the type material firsthand. The first is

H. caucasicus the holotype for which is located

in the Institute of Systematic Zoology, Polish

Academy of Sciences, Krákow. According to the

curator the holotype is in poor condition and not

suitable for shipment (W. Celary, personal com-

mun., 1996). Father Ebmer (1977), however, had

examined the type and considered it identical to

A. seminigra and A. bidentata . I have seen the

types of both A. seminigra and A. bidentata and

am confident of Ebmer’s comparisons. I therefore have considered H. caucasicus as identical to these latter two taxa and thereby as a synonym of H. semiauratus .

I have also not had the opportunity to see Padre Moure’s types of P. rhizophila (located in DZUP), although I have seen specimens of this species identified by Moure. In 1944 and 1950 Moure considered his species as a synonym of A. seminigra . I am similarly confident with Moure’s determination which accords with the specimens identified by him that I have examined. I therefore consider P. rhizophila as a synonym of H. semiauratus .