Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) albipes villosum Ebmer, 1995

Murao, Ryuki, 2017, Bees of the Hemihalictus series of Lasioglossum Curtis (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in South Korea, Zootaxa 4268 (4), pp. 451-488 : 470

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) albipes villosum Ebmer, 1995

Figs 4B , 5E , 6B

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) albipes villosum Ebmer 1995: 533 , Fig. 58 (♀) [Holotype: Andreas Werner Ebmer’s collection, Linz , Austria; ♀, type locality = Ryazanovka , Primorsk Terr., Russia]; Ebmer 1996: 279; Ebmer 2006: 556, Figs 17–18 (♂). Evylaeus (Evylaeus) albipes villosus: Pesenko 2007b: 83 (in key), 101.

Diagnosis. This species is separated from other members of the calceatum group occurring in eastern Asia by a combination of the following character states: male head nearly as long as wide; male labrum, mandible, and tarsi yellow; female metasomal terga with waxy coating. and complete basal hair bands ( Fig. 6B ); and male metasoma pale reddish in part [male characters cited from Murao & Tadauchi (2007) and Pesenko (2007b)]. According to the key of Pesenko (2007b), it is also separated from the nominotypical subspecies by the female metasomal terga densely punctate and appearing as if covered with waxy coating Both subspecies cannot be clearly separated in male ( Pesenko 2007b).

Specimens examined. (n = 2) [ South Korea] GW: 2♀, Mt. Gariwang-san, Jeongseon-gun, alt. 1100 m, N37°27’15’’, E128°1’10’’, 10. vi. 2013 (O. Tadauchi, ELKU).

Distribution. South Korea (new record), Russian Far East.

Flight period in South Korea. Female: June. Males have not been recorded from South Korea. In Russia, males are collected from August to September.

Flower records in South Korea. Neillia incisa (Rosaceae) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. A – F: inner hind tibial spur. A: L. affine (Smith). B: L. albipes villosum Ebmer. C: L. calceatum (Scopoli). D: L. nipponense (Hirashima). E: L. baleicum (Cockerell) or L. vulsum (Vachal). F: L. subfulvicorne subfulvicorne (Blüthgen). A – F: ♀. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 5. A – E: mesoscutum. A: Lasioglossum laevoides Ebmer. B: L. subfulvicorne subfulvicorne (Blüthgen). C: L. vulsum (Vachal). D: L. nipponense (Hirashima). E: L. albipes villosum Ebmer. A – E: ♀.

FIGURE 6. A, B: metasoma. C, D: distal part of metasomal terga. E, F: basal area of T 1. A: Lasioglossum calceatum (Scopoli). B: L. albipes villosum Ebmer. C: L. speculinum (Cockerell). D, F: L. transpositum (Cockerell). E: L. sulcatulum sulcatulum (Cockerell). A – F: ♀.