Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) puncticolle (Morawitz, 1872)

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) puncticolle (Morawitz, 1872) View in CoL

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: A medium-sized (6-7 mm) Lasioglossum species of about the same size as L. villosulum (Kirby, 1802) . The scutum is coarsely punctated and the head is deeply ridged on the underside, hence its vernacular name “Ridge-cheeked furrow bee”. Can be found in various habitats, like soft rock cliffs, sea walls, heathlands and old quarries ( FALK, 2015). Diagnosis and keys in PAULY (2021).

DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE: Eastern and Central Europe, from the United Kingdom to Bulgaria. Also widespread in Southwestern Europe. In North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia ( SCHEUCHL & WILLNER, 2016). No records from the Netherlands ( REEMER, 2018; www.waarneming.nl), but it is present in Germany ( SCHEUCHL & WILLNER, 2016), France ( PAULY & BELVAL, 2017), the United Kingdom ( ELSE & EDWARDS, 2018) and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( HERRERA MESÍAS & WEIGAND, 2021).

EU RED LIST STATUS: Least concern (LC) ( NIETO et al., 2014)

ORIGIN OF RECORDS:

- LUXEMBOURG PROVINCE. Rouvroy ; 3♀♀; 1.viii.2015; leg./coll. C. Deschepper; det. J. Devalez, A. Pauly ( PAULY, 2021) .

- NAMUR PROVINCE. Doische; 1♀; 18.vii.2021; leg./coll. D. De Grave; det. D. De Grave, W. Vertommen.

- HAINAUT PROVINCE. Mouscron; 1♀; 3.vii.2022; leg./coll./det. T. De Blanck .

COMMENTS:

- This species had already been reported in PAULY (2021).