Lasioglossum (Dialictus) versans (Lovell)

Gibbs, Jason, 2011, Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini), Zootaxa 3073, pp. 1-216 : 205-206

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scientific name

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) versans (Lovell)
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Lasioglossum (Dialictus) versans (Lovell) View in CoL

Halictus versans Lovell, 1905a: 39 . Ƥ (3 misdet.).

Lectotype. Ƥ USA, Maine, Waldoboro (J.H. Lovell); [NMNH: 71573] designated herein. Examined.

Halictus (Chloralictus) consonus Sandhouse, 1924: 30 . 3.

Holotype. 3 USA, Connecticut, Colebrook, 1– 7.ix, (W.M. Wheeler); [ NMNH: 26429]. Examined. Halictus (Chloralictus) brevibasis Cockerell, 1938a: 3 . 3.

Holotype. 3 CANADA, Saskatchewan, Lake Waskesiu, beginning of portage to Heart Lakes, 31.viii.1936 (T. & W. Cock-

erell); [ AMNH]. Examined.

Evylaeus divergenoides Mitchell, 1960: 351 . 3. [new synonymy]

Holotype. 3 USA, Michigan, Mackinac Co., St. Ignace, 23.vii.1921 (T.H. Hubbell); [ NMNH: 75204]. Examined

Taxonomy. Lovell, 1908: Halictus versans 3, p. 38 (description); Michener, 1951: Lasioglossum (Chloralictus) brevibase , p. 1112, L. (C.) consonum , p. 1113, L. (C.) versans , p. 1118 (catalogue); Krombein, 1958: Lasioglossum (Chloralictus) brevibase , p. 230 (catalogue); Mitchell, 1960: Dialictus versans Ƥ3, p. 427 (redescription, synonymy); Krombein, 1967: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) versans , p. 466 (catalogue); Hurd, 1979: Dialictus brevibasis , p. 1964, D. versans , p. 1972 (catalogue); Moure & Hurd, 1987: Dialictus versans , p. 137, D. brevibasis , p. 92 (catalogue); Gibbs, 2010b: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) versans Ƥ3, p. 337 (redescription, key, synonymy).

Diagnosis. Female L. versans can be recognised by the following diagnostic combination: metapostnotal rugae extending less than 2/3 distance to posterior margin, posterior margin distinctly extending beyond adjacent dorsal surface of propodeum; T1 declivitous surface with sparse erect pubescence but no acarinarial fan ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 B); and apical impressed areas of metasomal terga impunctate. They are most similar to L. hemimelas , which has metapostnotal rugae reaching or nearly reaching the posterior margin ( Fig. 133 View FIGURE 133 ).

Male L. versans can be recognised by the following diagnostic combination: metapostnotal rugae reaching 2/3 distance to posterior margin, and penis valve with large dorsal crest.

Range. Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, west to Alberta, south to North Carolina. USA: CO, CT, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NY, PA, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI. CANADA: AB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, SK.

DNA Barcode. Available. Multiple sequences.

Comments. Common.

To maintain stable usage of the name, the specimen indicated above is designated as the lectotype. The name-bearing type has lectotype labels from both Mitchell and Covell. No publication by either of these authors could be found that makes a valid lectotype designation.

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Lasioglossum

Loc

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) versans (Lovell)

Gibbs, Jason 2011
2011
Loc

Evylaeus divergenoides

Mitchell 1960: 351
1960
Loc

Halictus (Chloralictus) consonus

Sandhouse 1924: 30
1924
Loc

Halictus versans

Lovell 1905: 39
1905
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