Check List 16(4): 963-967, doi: 10.15560/16.4.963

Discovery of Lasioglossum albescens (Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Kinmen Islands, Taiwan

Ryuki Murao^‡, Wen-Chi Yeh^§, Sheng-Shan Lu^§, I-Hsing Sung^|

‡ Regional Environmental Planning Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan§ Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan| National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Corresponding author: Ryuki Murao ( r.murao@mbr.nifty.com )

Academic editor: Jason Gibbs

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Citation: Murao R, Yeh WC, Lu SS, Sung IH (2020) Discovery of Lasioglossum albescens (Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Kinmen Islands, Taiwan. Check List 16(4): 963-967. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.963

Abstract

Lasioglossum albescens (Smith, 1853) is recorded from Taiwan for the first time. The specimens were collected in the Kinmen Islands, several kilometers east of Xiamen, in Fujian, China. This species is distinguished from the other Taiwanese Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) species by a combination of male clypeus black, mesoscutum with relatively sparse punctures between parapsidal and median lines in both sexes, and first metasomal tergum without distinct punctures and with distinct tessellation over entire surface in both sexes.

Keywords

Distribution, eastern Asia, new record, Oriental Region