Habralictus and Lasioglossum of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)

Jason Gibbs; Amber Bass; Katherine Morgan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645

Habralictus and Lasioglossum of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)

Zookeys. 2022 Mar 18:1089:125-167. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1089.72645. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jason Gibbs¹, Amber Bass^{1

2}, Katherine Morgan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada.
² Current address: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects Ottawa Canada.

Abstract

The new species and the first halictid bees documented from Saint Lucia Habralictusreinae, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) luciae, and L. (Habralictellus) delphiae are described. A fourth species, L. (D.) dominicense, is tentatively recorded from the island. The species are illustrated and compared to similar ones from the Lesser Antilles. Lasioglossum and Habralictus from neighbouring Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are reviewed and a key to Lasioglossum provided, including the description of another new species, L. (Dialictus) gemmeum. Trigonanigrocyanea Ashmead and Dufoureasubcyanea Ashmead are synonymised under Lasioglossumcyaneum (Ashmead). Notes on the obscure Lasioglossum (Dialictus) minutum (Fabricius) are provided. A new name, Lasioglossum (Homalictus) minuens, is provided for a secondary homonym Homalictusminutus Pauly. The potential for additional species richness in Saint Lucia and the Lesser Antilles is briefly discussed.

Keywords: Anthophila; Caribbean; Halictinae; new species; sweat bees; taxonomy.