Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) bellulum (Vachal, 1909)

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 197

Lasioglossum (Afrodialictus) bellulum (Vachal, 1909)

( Figs 48–50 )

Material examined. Socotra: Kishin , 700 m, 2 JJ 1 ♀, 18.iv.1967, K. M. Guichard lgt. ( BMNH) ; Adho Demalu , 1000 m, 5 ♀♀, 24.iv.1967, K. M. Guichard lgt. ( BMNH) ; Al Haghier Mts. , Skant Mt., 1400 m, 12°34′36.0″N 54°01′30.0″E, 9 ♀♀, 31.i.–1.ii.2010, L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC) ; Al Haghier Mts. , Skant Mt., 1400 m, 12°34′36.0″N 54°01′30.0″E, 1 J 7 ♀♀, 12.–13.xi.2010, J. Batelka lgt. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. The species is known from mountains in South and East Africa, and from the Arabian Peninsula. Reported from Socotra by PAULY (2017) without precise locality data.

Figures

Figs 44–50. 44–45 – Crocisaspidia forbesii (Kirby, 1900). 44 – female, dorsal view; 45 – male, lateral view. 46–47 – Lasioglossum arabs (Pérez, 1907), female. 46 – dorsal view; 47 – lateral view. 48–50 – Lasioglossum bellulum (Vachal, 1909). 48 – female, dorsal view; 49 – female, lateral view; 50 – male, lateral view.