Lasioglossum (Dialictus) rufopantex (Engel)

Genaro, Julio A. & Franz, Nico M., 2008, The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Insecta Mundi 2008 (40), pp. 1-24 : 6-7

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) rufopantex (Engel) ( Figs. 4 and 5 )

Habralictellus rufopanticis Engel, 2001a: 33 . Holotype female in NHMLAC.

GD: British Virgin Islands (Guana Island), Puerto Rico (including Mona Island), and United States Virgin Islands (St. John; new record).

New record: ST JOHN, Leinstern bay , 13-16.ii.1969, col. H. E. Evans ”; and “ST JOHN, Coral Harbor, 12-14.ii.1969, coll. H. E. Evans ” (5 females in USNM) .

The senior author ( JAG) observed females in Puerto Rico nesting in vertical banks at Guánica and El Túnel de Guajataca, Quebradillas. This is a widespread species occurring throughout the Greater Puerto Rican islands .

Figures

Figure 2-6. Halictidae. 2) Agapostemon viequesensis Cockerell. 3) Augochlora buscki Cockerell. 4) Lasioglossum rufopanticis (Engel). 5) L. rufopanticis, face of female. 6) Nesosphecodes anthracinus Engel. Scale (4 mm) for all figures except close-ups.