Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867

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17. Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867

( Figs 17 a–e)

Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867: 46 , ♂.

Type locality: Ober-Engadin ( Switzerland).

Published (original) locality: Switzerland, Ober-Engadin.

Lectotype: ♂, designated by Pesenko 1998: 679, <golden circle> // Ob.[er]- Engadin, St. [saint] Moritz [ Switzerland , Saint Moritz , 46°29′N 9°50′E] // paradoxus Mor., Typ. , ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, Halictoides paradoxus Mor. , design. Pesenko 1997 <red label>.

Paralectotypes (2 ♂): 2 ♂, Ob.[er]-Engadin, St.[saint] Moritz [ Switzerland, Saint Moritz // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Halictoides paradoxus Moraw. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Duf. paradoxa (Mor.) , design. Pesenko, 1997 <red label>.

Current status. Dufourea (Cephalictoides) paradoxa ( Morawitz, 1867) .

Remark. Description of female: Morawitz 1872: 364.

Distrubutin: Mountains of Eurasia, where seven subspecies are recognised: D. p. atrocoerulea ( Morawitz, 1875) (Pamir-Alai and Tian-Shan Mts); D. p. mesembria Ebmer, 1979 (Pyrenées); D. p. nivalis Ebmer, 1989 (Sierra- Nevada Mts); D. p. paradoxa (Alps) , D. p. sibirica Pesenko, 1998 (East Siberia, Mongolia); D. zolotasi ( Warncke, 1988) (Olimp Mt., Greece).

Figures

FIGURES 17a–e. Halictoides paradoxus Morawitz, 1867. Lectotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—head, frontal view; d—mesosoma, dorsal view; e—labels.