Lasioglossum (Pyghalictus) glabriusculum ( Morawitz, 1872 )

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 : 542-543

Lasioglossum (Pyghalictus) glabriusculum ( Morawitz, 1872)

Halictus glabriusculus Morawitz, 1872: 372 , ♀, ♂. Lectotype: ♀, Germany: Bamberg; designated by Astafurova & Proshchalykin (2018: 18) ; ZISP.

Published data. Chenikalova 2005: 26 (Stavropol Territory); Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017b: 83 (Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories).

Material examined. RUSSIA. Krasnodar Territory: 3 ♀, Slavyanskiy , on Onobrychis sativa , 5.VII.1938, VR; 1 ♀, idem on Cynanchum acutum , 16.VIII.1938, VR; 7 ♀, idem, 22.IV.1973, VT, 7 ♀, 1 ♂, idem, VII.1974, VT; 2 ♀, 6 ♂, idem, 6.VII.1974, V. Tryapitzin; 5 ♀, idem, 18.IV.1975, VT; 5 ♀, idem, 27. IV.1976, VT; 3 ♀, idem, 12.VII.1979, Storozheva; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, idem, 5.IX.1981, V. Tryapitzin; 2 ♂, idem, 10.X.1990, VT; 57 ♀, 6 ♂, Lazarevskoye, 15 VII–5.IX.1952, VR; 1 ♀ , Krasnodar, 17.VI.1975, P. Voloshin; 2 ♂, Gelendzhik distr., between Krinitzy and Praskoveevks, 2.VII.2004, K. Tomkovich; 6 ♀, 1 ♂, Velikovechnoue, Belaya River , 12.VIII.2010, NV; 4 ♀, 2 ♂, Goryachiy Kluch distr, Suzdalskaya , 44°45′N 39°22′E, 6, 7.VIII.2011, YA; 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Tuapse distr. , Defanovka, meadow, 10.VIII.2011, YA; 2 ♀, Sochi, 12.VII.2017, AF ; Stavropol Territory: 1 ♀, 16 km NW of Stavropol, Pelagiada, 29.VII.1981, O. Kovalev; 68 ♀, 3 ♂, Shpakovskoye , 27. V, 3. VI, 27.VII, 1-5.VIII.1989, SB; 1 ♂, 15 km W of Stavropol, 600 m, steppe, 5.VIII.1990, YP ; Adygei Republic: 3 ♀, Dakhovskaya, 44.199°N, 40.170°E, 19-24.VIII.2009, K. Tomkovich; 19 ♀, Nikel, Belaya River , 44°183′N 40°150′E, 18.VI.2023, S. Basov; 5 ♀, Shuntuk, Maykop, on Allium sativa ; 21.V.1938; 15 ♀, idem, on Brassica campestris , 23, 24. V1938 ; 5 ♀, idem, 25.VII.1938, Andreeva; 8 ♀, 47 km S of Khadzokh, Guzeripl, 26.VI.1976, ES ; Kabardino-Balkarian Republic: 17 ♀, 1 ♂, 5 km N of Baksan , 500 m, steppe, 31.VII.1990, YP ; Dagestan Republic: 1 ♀, Botlikh, near Tlokh , 10.V.1988, Guseynzade; 1 ♀, near Kufa, 6 km NW of Rutul, 1500 m, 41°56′N 47°36′E, 1.VII.2018, MP, VL, MM; 8 ♀, 5 ♂, Khorel, 15 km SW of Magaramkent, 41°54′N 48°19′E, 2.VII.2018, YA, KF; 1 ♀, Khotoch, 42°24′N 46°57′E, 17.VI.2023, MP .

Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, south of the European part); Southern and Middle Europe, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran [nominate subspecies]; North Africa [ ssp. ultraparvum (Cockerell, 1938) ].

Remarks. A common species in steppe, agricultural and forest landscapes.