Halictus (Halictus) langobardicus (Blüthgen, 1944)

Vertommen, Win, Vanormelingen, Pieter, D’Haeseleer, Jens, Wood, Thomas J., Baugnée, Jean-Yves, Blanck, Tim De, Grave, David De, Rycke, Samuel De, Deschepper, Chantal, Devalez, Jelle, Feys, Simon, Foubert, Olivier, Jacobs, Maarten, Janssen, Kobe, Legrain, Benjamin, Molenberg, Jean-Marc, Pauly, Alain, Pasau, Bernard, Reynaerts, Annie, Verheyen, Stefan, Wallays, Henk, Wielandts, Maarten & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2024, New and confirmed wild bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) for the fauna of Belgium, with notes on the rediscovery of regionally extinct species, Belgian Journal of Entomology 149, pp. 1-64 : 24-26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16958242
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scientific name	Halictus (Halictus) langobardicus (Blüthgen, 1944)
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Halictus (Halictus) langobardicus (Blüthgen, 1944) View in CoL – Belg. sp. nov.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Medium sized Halictus (10-11 mm). Females cannot be distinguished from H. compressus (Walckenaer, 1802) and H. simplex (BlÜthgen, 1923) . Males with hollow temples on the underside and strongly widened mandibulae at the base. Full diagnosis and keys in PAULY (2021).

DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE: Warm localities in Central Europe ( Slovakia and Czech Republic), from western France ( PAULY & BELVAL, 2017) to Bulgaria and from the mainland to Sicily (Atlashymenoptera.net; SCHEUCHL & WILLNER, 2016). Also found in the Netherlands ( REEMER, 2018; approved observations on https://waarneming.nl/species/104566/), Germany ( SCHEUCHL & WILLNER, 2016) and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( FEITZ et al., 2003, HERRERA MESÍAS & WEIGAND, 2021). No records from the United Kingdom ( ELSE & EDWARDS, 2018).

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

ORIGIN OF RECORDS:

- LUXEMBOURG PROVINCE. Arlon ; 1♂; 21.vii.2015; leg./coll./det. K. Janssen. Herbeumont; 1♂; 21.vii.2017; leg. H. Vanhulle; coll. J. D’Haeseleer; det. K. Janssen. Rouvroy; 10♂; 22.viii.2020; leg./det. K. Janssen. Tellin; 1♂; 22.viii.2020; leg./coll. J. Hendrix; det. J. Hendrix, W. Tamsyn. Habay; 1♂; 23.vii.2021; leg. K. Schoonvaere; coll .

J. D’Haeseleer; det. K. Schoonvaere, J. D’Haeseleer, T . De Blanck. 1♂; 7.vii.2023; leg./ coll./det. M. Wielandts.

- NAMUR PROVINCE. Couvin ; 1♂; 22.viii.2015 ; leg. B. Van Der Krieken ; det. J. Devalez - Fig. 10 A View Fig . 1 View Fig ♂; 21.vii.2019 ; leg. B. Van Der Krieken ; det. I. Raemakers. 2♂; 26.vii.2019 ; leg. B. Van Der Krieken ; det. I. Raemakers. 4.viii.2020 ; leg. B. Van Der Krieken ; det. W. Vertommen. Viroinval; 1♂; 16.viii.2019 ; leg./det. K. Janssen. 1♂; 22.vii.2022; leg./coll./ det. J. D’Haeseleer. 1♂; 22.vii.2022; leg./coll./det. W. Vertommen. 2♂♂; 23.vi.2023; leg./coll./det. J. D’Haeseleer.

COMMENTS:

- The first observations from this species in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg date from 2001 ( FEITZ et al., 2003).

- The species has some populations in the Netherlands, close to the Belgian border. The first records date from 2008 ( REEMER, 2018; approved observations on https://waarneming.nl/ species/104566/)