Homalictus is a subgenus of bees in the genus Lasioglossum subfamily Halictinae of the family Halictidae.[1][2][3] They are found in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, east across the Pacific to the Mariana Islands, Samoa, Fiji and are most prevalent in Australia.[4]
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| Subgenus: | Homalictus Cockerell, 1919
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Homalictus is sometimes regarded to be a full genus, but studies have shown that Homalictus is embedded within Lasioglossum, forming a clade with other Australian members of the genus.[5][2]
Species
editThe subgenus Lasioglossum (Homalictus) contains over 150 species including the following (list incomplete):[6]
- Homalictus achrostus Michener, 1979
- Lasioglossum adiazetus (Walker, 1997)
- Lasioglossum andrewsi (W.F. Kirby, 1900)
- Homalictus atritergus Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019[5]
- Lasioglossum atrus (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum behri (Cockerell, 1910)
- Lasioglossum blackburni (Cockerell, 1910)
- Lasioglossum bremerense (Rayment, 1931)
- Lasioglossum brevicornutum (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum brisbanense (Cockerell, 1918)
- Lasioglossum callaspis (Cockerell, 1915)
- Lasioglossum caloundrense (Cockerell, 1914)
- Lasioglossum cassiaefloris (Cockerell, 1914)
- Homalictus concavus Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum ctenander Michener, 1965
- Lasioglossum dampieri (Cockerell, 1905)
- Lasioglossum dotatum (Cockerell, 1912)
- Lasioglossum eurhodopus (Cockerell, 1914)
- Lasioglossum exlautum (Cockerell, 1905)
- Lasioglossum exleyae (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum exophthalmus (Walker, 1986)
- Homalictus fijiensis (Perkins & Cheesman, 1928)
- Lasioglossum flindersi (Cockerell, 1905)
- Lasioglossum forrestae (Walker, 1986)
- Homalictus groomi Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum grossopedalum (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum holochlorum (Cockerell, 1914)
- Lasioglossum houstoni (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum imitatum (Walker, 1986)
- Homalictus kaicolo Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum latitarse (Friese, 1909)
- Lasioglossum luteoaeneum (Friese, 1924)
- Lasioglossum maitlandi (Cockerell, 1910)
- Lasioglossum mataroa (Donovan, 2007)
- Lasioglossum megagnathum (Walker, 1997)
- Lasioglossum megastigmum (Cockerell, 1926)
- Lasioglossum multicavum (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum murrayi (Cockerell, 1905)
- Homalictus nadarivatu Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum nivefrons (Cockerell, 1914)
- Homalictus ostridorsum Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum pectinalum (Walker, 1986)
- Lasioglossum pilosigyna (Walker, 1997)
- Lasioglossum rowlandi (Cockerell, 1910)
- Lasioglossum scrupulosum (Cockerell, 1930)
- Lasioglossum sicarius (Walker, 1997)
- Lasioglossum sphecodoides (Smith, 1853)
- Lasioglossum sphecodopsis (Cockerell, 1905)
- Lasioglossum stradbrokense (Cockerell, 1916)
- Lasioglossum tasmaniae (Cockerell, 1905)
- Lasioglossum tatei (Cockerell, 1910)
- Homalictus taveuni Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Homalictus terminalis Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum thor (Cockerell, 1929)
- Homalictus tuiwawae Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
- Lasioglossum urbanum (Smith, 1879)
- Homalictus versifrons (Perkins & Cheesman, 1928)
- Lasioglossum verticulum (Walker, 1997)
- Lasioglossum woodsi (Cockerell, 1910)
References
edit- ^ "Homalictus (Cockerell, 1919)". Atlas of Living Australia. CSIRO. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ a b Ji, Shuqing; Danforth, Bryan N. (2001-03-01). "Australian Lasioglossum + Homalictus Form a Monophyletic Group: Resolving the "Australian Enigma"". Systematic Biology. 50 (2): 268–283. doi:10.1093/sysbio/50.2.268. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 12116931.
- ^ Gibbs, Jason; Brady, Seán G.; Kanda, Kojun; Danforth, Bryan N. (2012-12-01). "Phylogeny of halictine bees supports a shared origin of eusociality for Halictus and Lasioglossum (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65 (3): 926–939. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.013. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 22982437.
- ^ Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. Vol. 47. Walker. 1986. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ a b Dorey, James B.; Schwarz, Michael P.; Stevens, Mark I. (2019-09-23). "Review of the bee genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Fiji with description of nine new species". Zootaxa. 4674 (1): zootaxa.4674.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716018. S2CID 204151050.
- ^ Ascher & Pickering (2018-12-08). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)".