New Records of Nomiine and Halictine Bees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

New Records of Nomiine and Halictine Bees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

New country records are provided for three species of halictid bees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Lipotriches (Rhopalomelissa) parca (Kohl) (Nomiinae) is newly documented from central Saudi Arabia, representing the first formal record for the genus in the country. The rare halictine bees Lasioglos...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 2014-07, Vol.87 (3), p.312-317
Hauptverfasser: Alqarni, Abdulaziz S., Hannan, Mohammed A., Engel, Michael S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arab monarchies
Arabian Peninsula
Arthropods
Bees
biogeography
Biological taxonomies
Entomology
Fauna
Genera
Halictidae
Halictinae
Halictus
Hymenoptera
Lasioglossum
Male animals
New species
Nomiinae
Research s
Taxa
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Zusammenfassung:New country records are provided for three species of halictid bees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Lipotriches (Rhopalomelissa) parca (Kohl) (Nomiinae) is newly documented from central Saudi Arabia, representing the first formal record for the genus in the country. The rare halictine bees Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) leptorhynchum (Blüthgen) and Halictus (Argalictus) humkalensis Blüthgen are both recorded from northern Saudi Arabia.
ISSN:0022-8567
1937-2353
DOI:10.2317/JKES140405.1