Lasioglossum berberum ( Benoist, 1941 )

Pauly, Alain, Noël, Grégoire, Sonet, Gontran, Notton, David G. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2019, Integrative taxonomy resuscitates two species in the Lasioglossum villosulum complex (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 541, pp. 1-43 : 32

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scientific name	Lasioglossum berberum ( Benoist, 1941 )
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Lasioglossum berberum ( Benoist, 1941)

Halictus berberus Benoist, 1941: 81 . Holotype: ♂, Morocco, Dj M’Goum , 3200 m, 1–15 Sep. (MNHN). Examined (AP) ( Fig. 23 View Fig ).

Remarks

Ebmer (1976: 251; 1988: 649) considers this species as valid, but Pesenko (2007a: 41) following Warncke (1976: 94) mention it as a synonym of L. villosulum . This small species of 6 mm length is very close to L. villosulum , but is well separated by its barcode. We have examined the type and we can confirm that it differs from L. villosulum by the impunctate apical margin of the terga ( Fig. 23D View Fig ), as mentioned by Ebmer (1976: 251).

References

Benoist R. 1941. Recoltes de R. Paulian et A. Villiers dans le Haut Atlas Marocain, 1938 (18. Note). Hymenopteres Apides. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France 110: 79 - 82.

Ebmer A. W. 1976. Halictus and Lasioglossum aus Marokko. Linzer biologische Beitrage 8 (1): 205 - 288.

Ebmer A. W. 1988. Kritische Liste der nicht-parasitischen Halictidae Osterreichs mit Berucksichtigung aller mitteleuropaischen Arten (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Linzer biologische Beitrage 20 (2): 527 - 711.

Pesenko Y. A. 2007 a. Subgeneric classification of the Palaearctic bees of the genus Evylaeus Robertson (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Zootaxa 1500: 1 - 54.

Warncke K. 1976. Bemerkungen zu der Arbeit von Ebmer uber die als Apis beschriebenen Bienen der Gattung Halictus und ein Beitrag zur Namensklarung nordafrikanischer Bienen der gleichen Gattung (Hym. Apidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 25 (5): 89 - 96.