Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) quadrinotatum (Kirby, 1802)

Melitta quadrinotata Kirby, 1802: 79, ♀, ♂. Lectotype: ♀, England: Barham; designated by Ebmer (1988: 586); BMNH.

Published data. Dathe 1980: 211 (Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic); Pesenko 1986: 124 (Caucasus).

Material examined [material of females is complex of L. quadrinotatum + L. haesitans, see remarks for L. haesitans]. RUSSIA. Stavropol Territory: 1 ♂, near Stavropol, 11.VII.1927, Belizin; 5 ♀, Kislovodsk, on Taraxacum, 15. V.1949, VP; Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic: 1 ♀, Teberda Reserve, Dzhamagat Gorge, 23. VI.1982, E. Narchuk; Dagestan Republic: 1 ♀, Khunzakh, 29. V.1960, Tanasiychuk; 1 ♂, Shalbuzdag Mts, 27.VII.1983, I. Kerzhner; 2 ♀, Dubki, 43°01′N 46°56′E, 28. V.2019, MP, VL.

Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, east to the Urals); Europe, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan.

Remarks. Distribution in south-eastern part of ranges is unclear because of misidentification with L. haesitans (see Ebmer 2014: 347).