Halictus meridionalis Morawitz, 1874

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2020, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution III Family Halictidae, genera Halictus Latreille, 1804, and Sphecodes Latreille, 1804, Zootaxa 4790 (3), pp. 401-446 : 417-418

14. Halictus meridionalis Morawitz, 1874

( Figs 14 a–e)

Halictus meridionalis Morawitz, 1874: 170 , ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Derbent, Dagestan Republic ( Russia).

Published (original) locality: Derbent.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Proshchalykin & Astafurova 2016: 12, Derbent [ Russia, Dagestan Republic, Der- bent, 42°04′N 48°17′E], Becker [leg.] // Halictus meridionalis Mor. , ♀, ♂ [!] [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, Halictus meridionalis Morawitz , ♀, design. Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2016 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000049 .

Current status. Halictus (Seladonia) subauratus ssp. subauratus ( Rossi, 1792) (synonymized by Blüthgen 1922: 49).

Distribution. Europe, Russia (European part, North Caucasus, Crimea, Urals, Western Siberia), North Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, Northwestern China, North India ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017b).

Figures

FIGURES 14a–e. Halictus meridionalis Morawitz, 1874. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—head, frontal view; c—metasoma, dorso-lateral view; d—mesosoma, dorsal view; e—labels.