Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) zonulum ( Smith, 1848 )

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2025, Review of the bee genus Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) fauna of the Ciscaucasia region, Zootaxa 5637 (3), pp. 515-558 : 542

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) zonulum ( Smith, 1848)

Halictus zonulus Smith, 1848: 2171 , ♀, ♂. Lectotype: England: Woolwich; designated by Ebmer (1988: 592; sex not indicated); ZMUO.

Published data. Mamayeva & Krasnova 1971: 45 (Krasnodar Territory); Pesenko 1986: 142 (Caucasus); Chenikalova 2005: 26 (Stavropol Territory).

Material examined. RUSSIA. Krasnodar Territory : 1 ♀, Slavyanskiy , on Lotus corniculatus , 29. V.1938 , Z. Koshur; 1 ♀, idem, on Cynanchum acutum , 30.VII.1938 , VR; 1 ♀, 3 km S of Lazarevskoye , 4.VIII.1952 , VR; 1 ♀, Goryachiy Kluch distr, near Suzdalskaya , meadow, forest, 44°45′N 39°19′E, 18.VIII.2011, YA ; Stavropol Territory: 1 ♀, Shpakovskoye , 17. VI.1988, SB ; Adygei Republic: 1 ♂, Maykop , 3.XI.1910 , Shaposhnikov; 1 ♀, idem, 1930, Pogodina ; 4 ♀, Caucasus Reserve, Guzeripl , 44°003′N 40°141′E, 600 m, 14. VI.2023 , S. Basov; Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic: 1 ♂, 10 km E of Karachayevsk, Mara River , 1050 m, forest, meadow, steppe slope, 2.VIII.1990 , YP, 1 ♀, Teberda Reserve , 29.VII.1988 , D. Sherbakov; Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: 1 ♂, 5 km N of Baksan , 500 m, steppe, 31.VII. 1990 , YP; Dagestan Republic: 1 ♂, 9 km SSE of Kochubey , 21, 22.VII.2015, MP, VL, MM, SB ; 1 ♂, 12 km SSW of Kizlyar , 22, 23.VII.2015, MP, VL, MM, SB ; 1 ♀, 16 km NE of Kochubey , 18. VI.2018, YA ; 1 ♀, 3 km SW of Novoterechnoye , 43.99°N, 47.32°E, 20. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM ; 1 ♀, 10 km W of Agloba, Kamyshchay River valley , 41°908′N 48°233′E, 29. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM .

Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, east to Eastern Siberia); Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, China, North America.

Remarks. A polyzonal species, rare in the North Caucasus.