Halictus nigripes Morawitz, 1876

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2020, The bees of the family Halictidae (Hymenoptera) described by Ferdinand Morawitz from the collection of Aleksey Fedtschenko, ZooKeys 994, pp. 35-104 : 35

26. Halictus nigripes Morawitz, 1876 Figure 21

Halictus nigripes Morawitz, 1876: 251, ♂.

Type locality.

Karazuk, vicinity of Shakhimardan (Uzbekistan).

Published (original) locality.

Tajikistan: Iori George, Iskander River; Uzbek enclave in Kyrgyzstan: Karakazuk; Kyrgyzstan: Alay.

Lectotype.

♂, designated by Blüthgen 1934a: 302, 11.[VII.1871] // Каразукъ [Uzbekistan, Karazuk, vicinity of Shakhimardan 39°60'N, 71°50'E] // Halictus nigripes Mor., [N]380 [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // nigripes Mor., ♂, lecto-holotype, Blüthgen det. 1933 // Lectotypus Halictus nigripes Mor., design. Blüthgen [19]34 <red label> labelled by Yu. Astafurova [ZMMU].

Paralectotypes

(3 ♂). 1 ♂, 23.[VII.1871] // Алай [Alay] // [N]380 // nigripes Mor. ♂, Lecto-Paratype, Blüthgen det., 1933 [ZMMU]; 1 ♂, <golden circle> // 23.[VII.1871] // Алай [Alay] // nigripes Mor. Typ., [N]380 [handwritten by F. Morawitz]; 1 ♂, 22.[VII.1871] // Алай [Alay] // к.[оллекция] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Halictus nigripes Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Halictus nigripes Mor., design. Blüthgen <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen, labelled by Yu. Astafurova> [ZISP].

Current status.

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) melanopus (Dalla Torre, 1896), replacement name for Halictus nigripes Morawitz, 1876 (nec H. nigripes Lepeletier, 1841).

Remarks.

The specimens from Iskander and Iori George in the Morawitz type series are the holotype and paratypes of Halictus pseudonigripes Blüthgen, 1934.

Description of female: Vachal 1902: 229, as Halictus attritus (synonymised by Blüthgen 1934a: 301).

Distribution.

Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang) ( Morawitz 1876, Murao et al. 2017, Ascher and Pickering 2020).

Figures

Figure 21. Halictus nigripes Morawitz, 1876, lectotype, male A habitus, lateral view B metasoma, dorsal view C head, frontal view D mesosoma, dorsal view E labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A), 0.5 mm (B-D).