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 : 238

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66A27020-42C5-4170-B137-C54296B21F8C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6075174
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D639CC5C-2F06-4A60-C9FB-765D1DB3CF1A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Halictidae
status

Treatment

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Lasioglossum aff. nitidiusculum (Kirby, 1802)

Determined as Halictus aff . nitidiusculus (Kirby, 1802) in Valletta (1971).

Previous Reports: Valletta (1971)

Distribution: Continental Europe, Ireland, North Africa ( Morocco and Algeria) Sicily and Sardinia. This species is recorded from the South of Europe and Northern Africa at altitudes above 1000m ( Pauly, 2011) and may have been confounded with the closely related species L. transitorium .