Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) aegyptiellum ( Strand, 1909 )

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 : 540

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) aegyptiellum ( Strand, 1909)

Halictus aegyptiellus Strand, 1909: 12 , ♀. Lectotype: ♀, “ Egypt ”; designated by Ebmer (1970: 33); ZMHB.

Published data. This species was recorded without locality for the Caucasus by Pesenko (1986: 140).

Material examined. RUSSIA. Krasnodar Territory : 1 ♀, Gelendzhik , 1.VIII.1908 , N. Vorobyev; Dagestan Republic: 1 ♀, Manaskent , 30 km SE of Makhachkala, steppe slope, 21.VII.1990 , YP; 8 ♀, 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 ♀, near Barkhan Sarykum , 43°01′N 43°23′E, 24. VI.2018, KF ; 1 ♀, idem, 26. VI.2018 , YA; 1 ♀, Izberbash , 42°587′N 47°820′E, 27. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM ; 3 ♂, Derbent , 28, 29. VI.2018 , YA; 2 ♀, 10 km W of Agloba, Kamyshchay River valley , 41°908′N 48°233′E, 29. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM ; 4 ♂, near Khorel , 15 km SW of Magaramkent, 41°54′N 48°19′E, 2.VII.2018 , YA; 1 ♀, Primorskiy, Samur Forest , 41°54′N 48°28′E, 2-4.VII.2018 , YA; 1 ♀, 20 km SE of Kochubey , 44°15′N 46°40′E, 6.VII.2018 , YA; 1 ♀, 1.5 km SE of Pionernyi , 43°03′N 46°51′E, 28. V.2019, MP, VL ; 2 ♀, 2 km NW of Talgi , 42°19′N 47°09′E, 25 VI.2018, KF ; 4 ♀, idem, 29. V.2019, MP, VL ; 2 ♀, Gelinbatan , 41°56′N 48°10′E, 5. V.2022 , AF; 1 ♀, idem, Rubas River , 2. VI.2019, MP, VL ; 1 ♀, 6 km NW of Chirkey , 43°00′N 46°53′E, 26. V.2022 , AF.

Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, Crimea, Kalmyk Republic ); Lebanon, Turkey, Caucasus, Near East, Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan.

Remarks. In steppe and semi-desert biotopes.