Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936

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2. Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936

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Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936: 305 , ♀, ♂. Type locality: Akhal Province ( Turkmenistan).

Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below).

Holotype: ♂, Багир, Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan, Akhal Province , Bagir (18 km W Ashkhabad), 58°12′E 37°57′N], 25. V.[1]928, В. Гуссаковский [ V. Gussakovskij leg.] // Halictus bagirensis n. sp., P. Blüthgen det. , Holotype // Holotype <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000157 .

Paratypes (2 ♂, 3 ♀): ♂, Чули, Копет-даг , Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan, Kopetdag, Chuli (Gok- depe)], 17. V.[1]914, Гольбек [A. Golbek leg.] ; ♂, the same label, but 18. V.[1]914 ; ♀, Кеши , Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan, Keshi], 22. V.[1]928, Гуссаковский [ V. Gussakovskij leg.] ; ♀, Ашхабад [ Turkmenistan, Ashkhabad ], 21. V.[1]928, Гуссаковский [ V. Gussakovskij leg.] ; ♀, Хр.[ебет] Петра Великого, пер.[евал] Зах- Бурси [ Tajikistan, Peter the First Ridge, Zakh-Bursi Pass], 5.VII.[1]913, к. Гольбека [collection of A. Golbek] // Halictus bagirensis n. sp., P. Blüthgen det. // Paratype <red label> [these two last labels for each paratype speci- mens].

Current status. Halictus (Protohalictus) bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936 .

Distribution. A relatively rare montane Central Asian species: southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and northern Iran ( Pesenko 2005a).

Figures

FIGURES 2a–f. Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936. Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—head, frontal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—genitalia, dorsal view; e—labels; f—metasoma, dorsal view.