Lasioglossum anellum (Vachal, 1905)

Astafurova, Yulia V., Maharramov, Mahir M. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2024, The genus Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in Azerbaijan, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97, pp. 849-880 : 849-880

Lasioglossum anellum (Vachal, 1905)

Fig. 1 A – D

Published data.

Kokujev 1913: 5, as Halictus schelkovnikovi ( Azerbaijan); Blüthgen 1923: 295; 1931: 322 ( Azerbaijan); Ebmer 1995: 602 ( Azerbaijan).

Material examined.

Lectotype (designated here), 1 ♀, Halictus schelkovnikovi Kokujev, 1913 // 2623 Арешск. [ий] у. [езд] [ Azerbaijan, Areshsky distr. ] А. Б. Шелков. [ников] [A. B. Shelkovnikov leg.] // H. schelkovnikovi Kok. <red label> // к. [оллекция] Кокуева [collection of Kokujev] // = anellus Vach. ♀, Blüthgen det. 1996 // Lectotypus Halictus schelkovnikovi Kokujev, 1913 design. Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2024 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002719 .

20 ♀, 1 ♂ of Lasioglossum anellum .

Distribution.

Caucasus: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia. – Southeastern Europe, Russia (south of the European part), Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iran.

Remarks.

Halictus schelkovnikovi Kokujev, 1913 was described from Azerbaijan and this name was synonymized with Lasioglossum anellum (Vachal, 1905) by Blüthgen (1931: 212). Information on type specimens of Halictus schelkovnikovi Kokujev, 1913 was missing from Astafurova and Poshchalykin (2018). This specimen was recently found in the Halictidae collection of the ZISP and is designated here as lectotype (Fig. 1 A – D ).

Figures

Figure 1. Halictus schelkovnikovi Kokujev, 1913, lectotype, female A, C habitus, lateral (A) and dorsal (C) views B head, frontal view D labels. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.