Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) crassepunctatum ( Blüthgen, 1923 )

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 : 524-525

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) crassepunctatum ( Blüthgen, 1923)

Halictus crassepunctatus Blüthgen, 1923: 280 , ♀. Holotype: ♀, “ Ungarn: Nemet Bogsàn” [ Romania: Bocsa Vasiove, SE of Timisoara; see Ebmer (2000: 433)]; ZMHB.

Published data. Blüthgen 1931: 322 (Dagestan Republic); Ebmer 2000: 434 (Krasnodar Territory); Chenikalova 2005: 26 (Stavropol Territory).

Material examined. RUSSIA. Krasnodar Territory : 2 ♀, Slavyanskiy , on Brassica campestris , 26. V.1937 , Z. Koshur; 26 ♀, idem, on Onobrychis sativa , 29. V –7. VI.1938 , VR; 8 ♀, idem, on Centaurea trichocephala , 3. VI.1938 , Z. Koshur; 4 ♀, idem, on Anthemis austiaca , 4. VI.1938 , VR; 1 ♀, idem on Lathyrus tuberosus , 6. VI.1938 , VR; 6 ♀, idem, on Melilotus officinalis , 15. VI.1938 , VR; 2 ♀, idem, on Medicago sativa , 16.VII.1938 , Z. Koshur; 3 ♀, on Convolvulus arvensis , 17. VI.1938, VR; 5 ♀, idem, on Echium vulgare , 18-26.VII.1938 , Z. Koshur; 2 ♀, idem, on Cichorium intybus , 2.VIII.1938 , VR; 6 ♀, Slavyansk-na-Kubani , 15.VII.1976 , Deordiyev; 3 ♀, Goryachiy Kluch distr., Suzdalskaya , 44°45′N 39°22′E, 6.VIII.2011, YA ; 1 ♀, Anapa, Supsekh , 8. VI.2017 , AF; Stavropol Territory: 1 ♂, Pyatigorsk, Mashuk Mts , 8.VII.1981 , O. Kovalev; Adygei Republic: 1 ♀, Shuntuk, Maykop , on Medicago sativa , 30.VII.1938 , Andreeva; Dagestan Republic: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, 7 km NW of Staroterechnoye , 43,90°N, 47,39°E, 20. VI.2018, YA ; 1 ♀, 20 km W of Makhachkala, Barkhan Sarykum , 43°00′N 47°14′E, 26. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM ; 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Derbent , 42°098′N 48°288′E, 28, 29. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM, YA ; 1 ♂, Kamyshchay River valley , 41°54′N 48°13′E, on Suaeda microphylla , 25. VI.2021 , AF; 1 ♀, near Gubden , 42°34′N 47°33′E, 14.VII.2023, MP .

Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, Crimea, central and south of the European part); southern and central Europe, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran.

Remarks. In the North Caucasus this species is recorded from lower-mountain and plane territories, mostly in steppe and agricultural areas.