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Genus Halictus Latreille
Halictus Latreille, 1804: p.182; Type species: Apis quadricincta Fabricius, 1776, by designation of Richards, 1935: p.170.
A list of many species of Halictus (except under subgenera Seladonia and Vestitohalictus) with synonymies, was presented by Pesenko (1984).
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR Collection Site
1.
abuensis Cameron, 1908
Mount Abu
2.
agrestis Smith, 1853
Northern India
3.
amblypygus Strand, 1913
Ceylon
4.
amitinus Vachal, 1894
Burma
5.
asperatus Bingham, 1898
Simla
6.
aulacophorus Strand, 1913 (see Lasioglossum)
Ceylon
7.
bengalensis Cameron, 1903
Barrackpore
8.
buddha Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
9.
cameronellus [Nomen. nov. for Halictus himalayensis Cameron, 1904; preocc. (in Cockerell, 1911)]
India
10.
cameronii Cameron [Nomen. nov. Halictus decorus Cameron, 1897]
Mussooree
11.
carianus Cameron,1903
Khasia hills (Meghalaya)
12.
carinifrons Cameron, 1904
Northern India
13.
centrophorus Strand, 1913
Ceylon
14.
ciris Cameron, 1897
Barrackpore, Bengal
15.
constrictus Smith, 1853
Northern India
16.
cuniculus Vachal, 1894
Tenasserim
17.
darjilingensis Strand, 1909
Darjeeling
18.
dasygaster Vachal, 1894
Burma
19.
debilinervis Cockerell, 1911
Karachi
20.
deiphobus Bingham, 1908
India
21.
dissimulandus Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
22.
ducalis Bingham (= amoenus Bingham, 1896)
Sikkim, Ceylon, Tenasserim
23.
emergendus Cameron, 1908
Matheran
24.
feai Vachal, 1894
Burma
25.
fimbriatellus Vachal, 1894
Burma
26.
fimbriatus Smith, 1853
Northern India
27.
fraternus Smith, 1853 (= buccinus Vachal, 1894, Male)]
Burma
28.
fulgens Nurse, 1901
Simla
29.
funebris Cameron, 1897
Mussooree, Northern India
30.
garrulus Cameron, 1897
Burma
31.
grandiceps Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
32.
guttulosus Vachal, 1894
Upper Burma
33.
himalayensis Bingham, 1898
Simla
34.
hornianus Strand, 1913
Ceylon
35.
incidiusculus Vachal, 1894
Burma
36.
indicus Cameron, 1909
Simla
37.
invidus Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
38.
itinerans Cameron, 1903
Barrackpore
39.
kandiensis Cockerell, 1913 (see Lasioglossum)
Kandy, Ceylon
40.
kandycola Strand, 1913
Ceylon
41.
krishna Nurse, 1901
Simla
42.
latisignatus Cameron, 1908 [under Ramalictus Pesenko, 1984]; Sakagami & Wain, 1966 - Nestings; Sakagami, Ebmer & Tadauchi, 1998 - Communal & Semisocial life;
Matheran
43.
lucidipennis Smith, 1853 [under Seladonia] Sakagami & Ebmer, 1987 - Nestings;
Northern India
44.
magnificus Nurse, 1903
Kashmir
45.
nalandicus Strand, 1913
Ceylon ? or Nalanda?(Bihar)
46.
nizeus Bingham, 1898
Simla
47.
orpheus Nurse, 1904 [Nomen. nov. for Halictus testaceous Nurse, 1901]
Simla
48.
pardanus Strand, 1913
Ceylon
49.
paris Bingham, 1908 [under Halictus s.str.]; Sakagami, Ebmer & Tadauchi, 1998 - Communal & Semisocial life;
India, Burma up to Malaya
50.
picipes Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
51.
pinguis Vachal, 1902
Mussooree
52.
polyctor Bingham, 1908
India
53.
propinquus Smith, 1853 (=Halictus alexis Cameron, 1897)
Mussooree
54.
propinquus Vachal [Smith in Cockerell, 1911] [under Seladonia] Sakagami & Ebmer, 1987 - Nesting
Karachi, Gujrat & Maharashtra
55.
proteus Vachal, 1894
Tenasserim
56.
pulchriventris Cameron, 1897
N. India, Mussooree
57.
resurgens Nurse, 1903
Kashmir
58.
rufozonatus Vachal, 1894
Upper Burma
59.
rugolavus Smith, 1853
Northern India
60.
salutator Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
61.
semiaerinum Vachal, 1894
Burma
62.
sepulchralis Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
63.
serenus Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
64.
simlaensis Cameron, 1909
Simla
65.
spodiozonius Vachal, 1894
Burma
66.
strandiellus [Nomen. nov. for Halictus ceylonicus Strand, 1910; preocc. (in Cockerell, 1911)]
Ceylon
67.
subauratoides Blüthgen, 1926 [under seladonia ]; Sakagami & Ebmer, 1987 - Nestings
Oriental region
68.
taprobanae Cameron, 1897
Ceylon
69.
tardus Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
70
timidus Smith, 1879
Ceylon
71.
torridus Smith, 1879 [H. torridus Cameron, 1898, Homo?]
Poona
72.
trincomalicus Cameron, 1903
Ceylon
73.
tristis Vachal, 1894
Burma
74.
vachalii Bingham, 1897 (=Nomioides feai Vachal, 1894)
Burma
75.
vernalis Smith, 1879
Ceylon, Tenasserim
76.
vicinus Vachal, 1894 [under Seladonia]; Sakagami & Ebmer, 1987 - Nestings; Sakagami, Ebmer & Tadauchi, 1998 - Communal & Semisocial life;
Upper Burma
77.
vishnu Cameron, 1897
Mussooree
78.
wroughtoni Cameron, 1897
Bengal, Burma
79.
xanthognathus Smith, 1853
Northern India
80.
xystonotus Vachal, 1894
Burma
81.
zonatulus Cameron, 1902
Bengal
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Revised webpage uploaded on 27 Nov. 2005.
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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