Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) | Zendy

Alain Pauly | Zendy; Jason Gibbs | Zendy; Michael Kuhlmann | Zendy

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Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)

Author(s) -

Alain Pauly,

Jason Gibbs,

Michael Kuhlmann

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of taxonomy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2118-9773

DOI - 10.5852/ejt.2012.28

Subject(s) - halictidae , subgenus , apoidea , hymenoptera , biology , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , botany

Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halic-tidae), endemic to the South African Cape Province, is described. The type species is Halictus mosselinus Cockerell, 1945. Evylaeus (Sellalictus) fynbosensis (Pauly et al., 2008) is a new junior synonym of L. (C.) mosselinum. Three new species are described: Lasioglossum (Capalictus) hantamense sp. nov., L. (C.) tigrinum sp. nov. and L. (C.) timmermanni sp. nov. DNA sequence data from three nuclear genes support morphologically-determined species limits. Capalictus is a basal clade of the Hemihalictus series of Lasioglossum.