Halictidae, Thomson, 1869

Scarpulla, Eugene J., 2018, Four submarginal cells on a forewing of Melitoma taurea (Say) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), and a summary of known records of atypical and variable numbers of submarginal cells, Insecta Mundi 2018 (667), pp. 1-28 : 16-18

Family Halictidae

Augochlora (Say) sp. (likely an undescribed species per Rasmussen, pers. comm., 30 June 2014)

♀; 6 October 1970; Peru, Pucallpa ; coll.: Renan Garcia; det.: Claus Rasmussen; MUSM; left: 2 SM; right: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Claus Rasmussen, pers. comm. (photo examined by Scarpulla ) .

Halictus (Protohalictus) rubicundus (Christ)

♀; 26 July 1989; Canada, Manitoba, Lyleton, 4.4 km E ; coll.: W. B. Preston; det.: Jason Gibbs; JBWM; left: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); right: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Jason Gibbs , pers. comm .

Halictus (Seladonia) confusus Smith

♀; 12–14 August 2014; USA, Minnesota, St. Louis Co., open bog ; Start: 47.166964°, –92.732307°; 3.25-oz elevated bee bowls (4 each of yellow, blue, and white); coll.: Gerda Nordquist and Kristen Olson; det.: Crystal L. Boyd and Amy Arndorfer; UMSP; MN-DNR_155786; left: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); right: 2 SM (1st SMCV absent); Crystal L. Boyd, pers. comm.

♀; 26–27 May 2015; USA, Minnesota, Pipestone Co., Winter Wildlife Management Area ; 44.13456°; –96.36904°; 3.25-oz elevated bee bowls; coll.: Ashley Fulton and Karin J. Jokela; det.: Crystal L. Boyd; UMSP; UMSP_BEE_113167; left: 2 SM (1st SMCV extending anteriorly 25% of the distance from the 1st medial cell); right: 2 SM (missing 1st SMCV); Crystal L. Boyd, pers. comm. ♀; same information except: UMSP_BEE_113268; left: 2 SM (1st SMCV absent); right: 3 SM. ♀; same information except: UMSP_BEE_113271; left: 2 SM, right: 2 SM (both wings 1st SMCV extending anteriorly 10% of the distance from the 1st medial cell). ♀; same information except: UMSP_BEE_113317; left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 1st SMCV). ♀ ; same information except: UMSP_BEE_113394; left: 2 SM (missing 1st SMCV); right: 3 SM. ♀; same information except: Terrace Wildlife Management Area ; 44.03038°; –96.17125°; UMSP_BEE_113065; left: 3 SM; right: 3 SM (2nd SM atypically triangular, with the point touching the marginal cell). ♀; same information except: Lac qui Parle Co., Bail Out Wildlife Management Area ; 44.84752°; –96.28242°; UMSP_BEE_113748; left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 1st SMCV). ♀ ; same information except: Swift Co., Clair Rollings Wildlife Management Area ; 45.29003°; –95.62591°; UMSP_BEE_113844; left: 3 SM; right: 2 SM (missing 1st SMCV). ♀ ; same information except: Yellow Medicine Co., Mound Spring Prairie Scientific and Natural Area ; 44.74177°; –96.42908°; UMSP_BEE_113597; left: 3 SM; right: 2 SM (missing 1st SMCV). ♀ ; same information except: 9–10 September 2015; Murray Co., Salt & Pepper Wildlife Management Area ; 43.95021°; –96.02563°; UMSP_BEE_122470; left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 1st SMCV).

♀; 5 August 2015; USA, Maryland, Prince George’s Co., USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, in front of BIML, Building 308 ; 39.035090°; –76.874023°; bee bowl; coll.: Michael Fizdale; det.: Eugene J. Scarpulla; Scarpulla collection ; USGS_DRO 429803; left: 2 SM (missing 1st SMCV); right: 3 SM; Michael Fizdale , pers. comm .

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) admirandum (Sandhouse)

♀; 15–16 June 2015; USA, Minnesota, Nobles Co., West Graham Wildlife Management Area ; 43.80083°; –95.53262°; 3.25-oz elevated bee bowls; coll.: Ashley Fulton and Karin J. Jokela; det.: Crystal L. Boyd; UMSP; UMSP_BEE_114381; left: 3 SM (dot of extra sclerotization and small extra veins present on the distal side of the 3rd SMCV [exterior to the 3rd SM], anterior to where the 3rd SMCV meets the 2nd medial cell); right: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Crystal L. Boyd, pers. comm. (sketch examined by Scarpulla).

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) anomalum (Robertson)

♀; 10–13 May 2010; USA, Connecticut, New Haven, Cheshire, Boulder Knoll Farm ; elev.: 90 m; 41°28.13′; –072°52.26′›; bee bowl; coll.: Tracy A. Zarrillo; det.: John S. Ascher; CAES; UCMS_ENT00044323; left: 3 SM; right: 2 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Tracy A. Zarrillo, pers. comm .

♂; 8 September 2013; USA, Minnesota; 43°50′42.66″ 91°47′6.31″; on Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Riddell) G. L. Nesom (Asteraceae) (skyblue aster); coll.: Scott Leddy; det.: Jason Gibbs; JBWM; left: 1 SM; right: 1 SM (missing 1st SMCV on each wing; slight nub visible on anterior margin of each SM); Jason Gibbs, pers. comm.

♀; 8 August 2016; USA, Minnesota; Ramsey Co., Battle Creek Regional Park ; elev.: 295 m; 44.9384°; –92.9933°; bee bowl; coll.: Elaine Evans; det.: Jason Gibbs; CNBL; 2016hc5647; left: 3 SM (2nd SMCV added); right: 2 SM; Crystal L. Boyd, pers. comm.

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) laevissimum (Smith)

♀; 9 July 1959; USA, Minnesota, St. Louis Co., Eagles Nest ; coll.: V. W. Balduf; det.: Jason Gibbs; INHS; INHS_318012; left: 2 SM (2nd SMCV missing); right: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Crystal L. Boyd, pers. comm .

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum (Smith)

♀; 12 September 2011; USA, Connecticut, Fairfield Co., Bethel, Holbrook Farm, 45 Turkey Plain Road; 41°20.741′; –073°24.935′; netted from Galinsoga Ruiz and Pav. sp. (Asteraceae) (gallant soldier); coll.: Ellen Bulger and Krystian Madrid; det.: Jason Gibbs; CAES; UCMS_ENT00052638; left: 1 SM; right: 1 SM (both wings missing 2nd SMCV; both wings with only a partial spur of the 3rd SMCV extending ~40% the distance from the 2nd medial cell; 3 SM is the normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Tracy A. Zarrillo, pers. comm. (photos examined by Scarpulla).

Lasioglossum ( Evylaeus s. lat. Robertson) sp.

♂; 1–2 August 2012; USA, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park , COM1 ; 44.7628°; –110.4726°; bee bowl; coll.: Yellowstone National Park staff; det.: Catherine E. Stragar; Scarpulla collection; USGS_DRO 328954; left: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); right: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); Catherine E. Stragar, pers. comm.

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) hewetti (Cockerell)

♀; 11 February 2010; Mexico, Chiapas, Ocosingo ; elev.: 1118 m; 16.89°; –92.27°; coll.: D. Sánchezm; det.: Jason Gibbs; JBWM; left: 3 SM (normal [Gibbs, pers. comm.]); right: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); Jason Gibbs, pers. comm.

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) leucozonium (Schrank)

♀; 26 May 2017; Denmark, Give , Raekkebjerge ; 55.77112392°; 9.05901958°; sweep net; coll. and det.: Claus Rasmussen; Rasmussen collection ; left: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); right: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1960]); Claus Rasmussen , pers. comm .

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) seillean Gibbs and Packer

♀; paratype; 27 May 1949; Canada, Newfoundland, Harmon Field; coll.: F. G. DiLabio; det.: Jason Gibbs and Laurence Packer; CNC; left: 3 SM (normal); right: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); Jason Gibbs, pers. comm.

Lipotriches ( Afronomia Pauly , Austronomia Michener , or Macronomia Cockerell ) sp.

Both Michener (2007) and Eardley et al. (2010) state that ♂ s of these three subgenera cannot be separated.

♂; 27 November 2016; South Africa, Mpumalanga, Skukuza, Kruger National Park , in village scrublined street ; –24.9857°; 31.581°; bee bowl; coll. and det.: Sam Droege; BIML; USGS_DRO 482042; left: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); right: 3 SM (normal [ Michener 2007]); Sam Droege , pers. comm. (specimen examined by Scarpulla) .

Sphecodes antennariae Robertson

♀; 11 September 1995; USA, Wisconsin, Dane Co., Black Earth, T 8N R6 E Sect. 27, DNR study ; sweep net; coll. and det.: Michael S. Arduser; Arduser collection ; left: 3 SM (2nd SM very narrowly triangular); right: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV; typically, 3 SM [Arduser, pers. comm.]); Michael S. Arduser , pers. comm. ♀ ; same information except: left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 2nd SMCV). ♀ ; same information except: 26 August 1999; USA, Wisconsin, Grant Co., McNamee Prairie, T 8N R3 W Sect. 35, DNR study ; left: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); right: 1 SM (missing 1st and 2nd SMCVs; no spur veins or other indications of SMCVs). ♀; same information except: 31 August 1999; USA, Wisconsin, Pepin Co., Schaull’s Bluff Prairie, T 25N R13 W Sect. 29, DNR study ; left: 2 SM (a minute spur vein coming off the marginal cell where the 1st SMCV would have been); right: 3 SM (2nd SM with veins parallel, not converging above).

Sphecodes coronus Mitchell

♀; 2–3 June 2016; USA, Maryland, Anne Arundel Co., Harwood, Riddle Sand and Gravel, sand mine ; 38.8693°; –76.671°; bowl trap; coll.: Dejen Mengis; det.: Sam Droege; BIML; USGS_DRO 471826; left: 2 SM (partial 1st SMCV, 2 spurs: one weak spur extends posteriorly ~30% the distance from the marginal cell, the other spur extends anteriorly ~25% the distance from the 1st medial cell); right: 3 SM (normal [ Mitchell 1956]).; Sam Droege , pers. comm. (specimen examined by Scarpulla) .

Sphecodes pimpinellae Robertson

♀; homotype; 16 June 1923; USA, North Carolina, Bryson City ; coll.: J. C. Crawford; Arduser collec- tion; left: 2 SM (missing 2nd SMCV); right: 3 SM (normal [Arduser, pers. comm.]); Michael S. Arduser, pers. comm.

♂; 29 July 1995; USA, Illinois, Madison Co., Poag Road, sand prairie; netted at the extrafloral nec- taries of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene var. fasciculata , partridge pea ( Fabaceae ); coll. and det.: Michael S. Arduser; Arduser collection; left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 2nd SMCV); Michael S. Arduser, pers. comm.

♀; 16 August 1996; USA, Wisconsin, Iowa Co., T 8N R4E, Sect. 30, dry hill prairie, DNR study ; sweep net; coll. and det.: Michael S. Arduser; Arduser collection ; left: 3 SM (2nd SM very narrow, only two vein widths wide; all veins dark in color); right: 3 SM (2nd SMCV faintly-colored and separated from the 1st SMCV by no more than one vein width, thus the 2nd SM extremely narrow); Michael S. Arduser, pers. comm .

♀; 14 May 2002; USA, Missouri, Atchison Co., Star School Hill Prairie ; netted; coll.: Tom Nagel; Arduser collection ; left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 2nd SMCV); Michael S. Arduser, pers. comm .

♀; 18–19 May 2016; USA, Maryland, Caroline Co., S of Goldsboro , MD Rte. 313, Councell pit, roadside ; 39.0233°, –75.7883°; bowl trap; coll.: Dejen Mengis; det.: Sam Droege; BIML; USGS_DRO 471376; left: 3 SM; right: 2 SM (missing 1st SMCV); Sam Droege , pers. comm. (specimen examined by Scarpulla) .

Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson

♀; 26 May 2017; Denmark, Give , Raekkebjerge ; 55.77112392°; 9.05901958°; sweep net; coll. and det.: Claus Rasmussen; Rasmussen collection ; left: 2 SM; right: 2 SM (both wings missing 1st SMCV; typically, 3 SM [Rasmussen, pers. comm.]); Claus Rasmussen , pers. comm .