Hylaeus brunnescens Eversmann, 1852

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29. Hylaeus brunnescens Eversmann, 1852

( Figs 29 a–e)

Hylaeus brunnescens Eversmann, 1852: 34 (key), 36, ♀.

Type locality: Orenburg ( Russia). Published (original) locality: “in provincia Orenburgensi australiore”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Pesenko 1984a: 19; Orb. [ Russia, Orenburg, 51°46′N 55°06′E] // brunnescens Ev. , ♀ // Lectotypus, Halictus brunnescens Eversmann (Ev.) design. Pesenko [1]981 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000152 .

Paralectotype: ♀, Orb. [ Russia, Orenburg] // Hylaeus // Hylaeus brunnescens Evsm , ♀, Cotype, Coll. Evers- mann // Paralectotypus, H. brunnescens Ev. , ♀, design. Pesenko [1]981 <red label>.

Current status. Halictus (Halictus) brunnescens ( Eversmann, 1852) (according to Pesenko 1984a: 10).

Remark. Description of male: Friese 1916: 29–30, as Halictus quadricinctus var. aegyptiacus (synonymized by Pesenko 1984d: 346).

Distribution. Europe, Russia (European part, North Caucasus, Crimea, Urals, Eastern Siberia), North Africa, Israel, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, Northwestern and Northern China ( Pesenko 2005b).

Figures

FIGURES 29a–e. Hylaeus brunnescens Eversmann, 1852. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—head, frontal view; d—mesosoma, dorsal view; e—labels.