Lipotriches pulchriventris ( Cameron, 1897 )

Athul, Cherodath Sankar, Vishnu, Azhakath Viswambharan, Prakash, Anju Sara, Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan & Shaji, Edappilly Mathew, 2025, A checklist of Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Kerala, India: new distributional and floral association records, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 601-623 : 612

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scientific name	Lipotriches pulchriventris ( Cameron, 1897 )
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Lipotriches pulchriventris ( Cameron, 1897) View in CoL ( Fig. 3H–I View Figure 3 )

Halictus pulchriventris Cameron, 1897:110 View in CoL . Holotype ♂, Uttarakhand, Mussouri – OUMNH.

Material examined. 1♂, India, Kerala, Thrissur, Chemmanda Kole wetland (10°23'44.6892"N, 76°11' 54.1248"E), 25. vii.2023, Swept, leg.: AVV GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, Kottat, near Chalakudy river (10°16'52.4208"N, 76°18' 39.8592"E), 19.xiii.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA GoogleMaps .

Brief diagnosis. ♂, Body length 8 mm. Abdomen pedunculate, apical spur of hind tibiae slightly toothed, hind basitarsi elongate, sternite IV with white and feathery bristles, sternite V with dark long bristles. ♀, Body length, colour, pubescence, wings as in males, first tergite with fine and widely spaced punctuations.

Distribution in India. Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ( Pauly, 2009, 2014; Pannure & Belavadi, 2017; Majumder et al., 2024; Ascher & Pickering, 2025), Kerala (New record).

General distribution. Afrotropical – Malawi; Australasia – Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand; Neotropical – Paraguay; Oriental – China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam ( Ascher & Pickering, 2025).

Floral association. Justicia procumbens ( Acanthaceae ) ( Karunaratne et al., 2005); Mimosa pudica ( Fabaceae ), Spermacoce alata ( Rubiaceae ), Spermacoce ocymoides ( Rubiaceae ) (New records).