Halictus vagans

Smith, F., 1857, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2, pp. 42-88 : 42

2. Halictus vagans .

H. ater, cinereo-pubeseens; abdomine nitido, segmentis intermediis basi fascia albis.

Female. Length 4 1/2 lines. Black: the clypeus produced, the face covered with cinereous pubescence. Thorax closely punctured above; the mesothorax thinly covered with short erect pale pubescence; the postscutellum with a dense short downy pubescence; the metathorax truncated, and having some irregular coarse striae at the base above; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures and tegulae testaceous; the legs with a short yellowish-white downy pubescence. Abdomen delicately punctured, the basal margin of the second and two following segments with a fascia of short yellowish-white pubescence, the apical segment covered with similar pubescence.

This species bears a very striking resemblance to the Halictus leucozonius of Europe.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).