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.

Highlights

  • The cosmopolitan bee genus Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) includes approximately 1,800 species worldwide (Ascher and Pickering 2020)

  • 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

  • In the course of our taxonomic study of Taiwanese bees, we found L. albescens from the Kinmen Islands, Taiwan, for the first time

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Introduction

The cosmopolitan bee genus Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) includes approximately 1,800 species worldwide (Ascher and Pickering 2020). Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) albescens (Smith, 1853), has been recorded or listed from various countries in Southern and Southeastern Asia (Fig. 1): Pakistan (Ebmer 1998), India (e.g., Smith 1853, 1879; Matsumura and Sakagami 1971), Nepal (Matsumura and Sakagami 1971), Sri Lanka (Strand 1913a; Wijesekara 2001), Bangladesh (Tadauchi and Alam 1993), Myanmar (Bingham 1897), Thailand (Cockerell 1937; Sakagami 1968; Matsumura and Sakagami 1971), Cambodia (Sakagami 1968; Matsumura and Sakagami 1971); Malaysia (Matsumura and Sakagami 1971), Singapore (Ascher et al 2019), Indonesia (Strand 1910), Philippines (Ashmead 1904; Strand 1910), and China (Zhang 2017) The biology of this species has been reported by Batra (1966), Sakagami (1968), and Matsumura and Sakagami (1971). According to Sakagami (1968), L. albescens sepulchrale is usually

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