Lasioglossum (Habralictellus) rufopanticis Habralictellus 2001
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum rufopanticis

description: Lasioglossum (Habralictellus) rufopanticis (Engel, 2001)
Figs 27–29
Habralictellus rufopanticis Engel, 2001b: 33, fig. 1 (holotype, ♀, deposited in LACM, examined).
Habralictellus rufopanticis – Moure 2007: 858 (catalogue).
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) rufopantex – Genaro & Franz 2008: 6 (incorrect subsequent spelling, distribution). — Gibbs 2016: 19 (taxonomy, incorrect subsequent spelling).
Lasioglossum rufopanticis – Genaro & Franz 2008: 3 (figure legend).
Etymology
Engel (2001b) named this species for its reddish abdomen using the Latin words rufus and pantex. The specific epithet ‘ rufopanticis ’ is a compound noun and therefore not required to match the gender of the genus group name (see ICZN (1999) article 31.2.1).
Diagnosis
Both sexes of L. rufopanticis have the head and mesosoma iridescent green, head round, mesoscutum shiny and sparsely punctate, and submarginal cells two. They are easily distinguished from L. eickwortellum by the shape of the head (see above). They are similar to L. eleutherense, but that species has the mesosoma very dull due to distinct microsculpture and the female has distinct integumental banding on the metasoma.
Material examined
PUERTO RICO: Fajardo: 2 ♀♀, Bahia Las Cabezas, 1–9 Feb. 1967, H.E. Evans leg. (NMNH). – Guánica: 3 ♀♀, paratypes, 27 Apr. 1991, J.A. Torres leg. (LACM); 2 ♀♀, Jul. 1999, J.A. Genaro leg. (JAGC); 1 ♀, paratype, Guánica Forest, 27 Oct. 1991, R.R. Snelling and J.A. Torres leg. (LACM). – Maricao: 1 ♀, A77, 18°08.626 ʹ N, 66°58.798 ʹ W, Malaise trap, 18 Jul.–15 Aug. 2014, S.G. Prado leg. (NCSU). – Mayagüez: 1 ♂, paratype, Mona Island, road above Uvero, 11 Nov. 1992, R.R. Snelling and J.A. Torres leg. (LACM); 1 ♂, near Playa Pajaros, 18 May 2008, N. Franz leg. (JAGC); 1 ♂, near Playa Pajaros, 30 m a.s.l., 16°03ʹ52ʹʹ N, 67°52ʹ06ʹʹ W, 18 May 2008, N. Franz leg. (JAGC). – Luquillo: 2 ♀♀, Balneiro de Luquillo, 13 May 1985, G.C. Eickwort leg. (CUIC); 1 ♀, same collection data as preceding, 14 May 1985 (CUIC); 1 ♀, [El Yunque] National Forest, 18 Nov. 1925, s. coll. (AMNH). – Quebradillas: 2 ♀♀, El Túnel de Guajataca, 30 May 2006, J.A. Genaro leg. (PCYU).
BRITISHVIRGIN ISLANDS: Guana Island: 4♀♀, paratypes, hotel area, ex Capparis cynophallophora, 7 Oct. 1992, R.R. Snelling leg. (LACM); 14 ♀♀, paratypes, same collection data as preceding, 13–14 Oct. 1992 (LACM); ♀, holotype, 14 ♀♀, paratypes, hotel area, ex Schaefferia frutescens, 26–27 Oct. 1992, R.R. Snelling leg. (LACM); 5 ♀♀, paratypes, White Beach, 18°28.7ʹ N, 64°34ʹ W, ex Casine xylocarpus [sic], 2 Jul. 1993, R.R. Snelling leg. (LACM).
Distribution
British Virgin Islands (Guana Island), Puerto Rico (including Mona Island) (Fig. 29), U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John).
DNA barcodes
Two sequences are available (BOLD Process IDs: DIAL659-06 and DIAL658-06).
Biology
Observed nesting in vertical banks at Guánica and El Túnel de Guajataca, Quebradillas (Genaro & Franz 2008). Specimens from Guana Island were collected from Capparis cynophallophora L. (Capparaceae), Schaefferia frutescens Jacq. (Celastraceae) and Cassine xylocarpa Vent. (Celastraceae) (Engel 2001b; Snelling 2005).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, 2018, Bees of the genus Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Greater Puerto Rico, West Indies, pp. 1-57 in European Journal of Taxonomy 400 on pages 43-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.400, http://zenodo.org/record/1165021