2. Halictus vagans Smith, 1857

Fig. 2

Halictus vagans Smith, 1857: 42, ♀.

Type material examined

Holotype

MALAYSIA • ♀; Sar. [Sarawak]; [29 Oct. 1854 – 10 Feb. 1856]; OUMNH, ENT-HYME0882.

Type locality

Borneo (Sarawak).

Notes

Baker (1993: 191) wrote the following:

“A ♀ in the UMO type collection (Type Hym: 882 1 / 2), formerly standing over the label ‘ vagans Sm. Born. ’ in Saunders’ collection, labelled “SAR.’ [white disc], ‘ Halictus vagans . Smith’ [blue paper, Smith] and ‘Syn.: Halictus cattulus Vach. 1894 ♀ etc. det. Blüthgen 1929.’ [Blüthgen’s hand] may be regarded as the HOLOTYPE of this species and it has now been labelled accordingly. It has lost the greater part of the left flagellum: but is otherwise in fair condition”.

Current status

Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) vagans (Smith, 1857) (Ascher & Pickering 2024; J. Gardner pers. com.).

Distribution

From the East Mediterranean to Papua New Guinea (Pauly 1986; Ascher & Pickering 2024).