Superfamily APOIDEA 1955 



Genus HALICTUS Latreille 



Revision: Sandhouse, 1941. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 21: 23-37. -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. 

 Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 332-338, figs. 82-83 (eastern U. S. spp.). 



Biology: Wille and Michener, 1971. Biol. Trop., Rev. 18: 17-31 (Neotropical spp.). 



Taxonomy: Roberts, 1973. Oreg. State Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 126: 1-23 (northwest. 

 Amer. spp.). 



Genus HALICTUS Subgenus HALICTUS Latreille 



Halictus Latreille, 1804. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., v. 24, p. 182. 



Type-species: Apis qitadricijicta Fabricius. Desig. by Richards, 1935. 

 Odontalidus Robertson, 1918. Ent. News 29: 91. 



Type-species: Halictus ligatus Say. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Monilapis Cockerell, 1931. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 7: 529. 



Type-species: Hylaeus tomentosus Eversmann. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 farinosus Smith. Mont., Nebr., and N. Mex., west to B. C. and Calif. Parasite: Sphecodes 

 arveiisifomtis Ckll. Predator: Philanthiis crabroniforynis Sm. 

 Halictus farinosus Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 69. 9. 

 Halictus montanus Crawford, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 234. 9, 6. 

 Paranomia venablesii Ashmead, 1903. Canad. Ent. 35: 243. 9. 

 Halictus denticulus Vachal, 1904. Soc. Sci. Hist. Arch. Correze, Bui. 26: 469. 9,6. 

 Halictus procerus Vachal, 1904. Soc. Sci. Hist. Arch. Correze, Bui. 26: 469. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 350. 9. 

 ligatus Say. North America south of about 50 degrees latitude, southward to the West Indies 

 and Colombia. Parasite: Nomada sp., Thecophora modesta (Will). Predator: Philanthus 

 albopilosus Cress., P. biiunatus Cress., P. gibbosus (Fabr.), P. lepidus Cress., P. 

 pacificus arizonae Dunn., P. solivagus Say, P. ventilabris Fabr. 



Halictus ligatus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 396. 9, cJ. 



Halictus poeyi Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 2, p. 271. 6. 



Halictus capitosus Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 67. 9. 



Halictus amiaticeps Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 250. 9. 



Halictus texanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 251. 9,6. 



Halictus omatipes Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 252. 6. 



Halictus townsendi Cockerell, 1896. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 293. 9. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 31. —Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ., Studies 15: 

 217. — Knerer and Atwood, 1962. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Proc 92: 160. 

 parallelus Say. Ont. and N. J. to Fla., west to Mont., N. Mex., and Tex. 

 Halictus parallelus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 397. 9. 

 Halictus occidentalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 250. 9,6. 



Biology: Packard, 1868. Amer. Nat. 1: 364. — Hungerford and Williams, 1912. Ent. News 23: 

 241. 

 rubicundus (Christ). Holarctic, in North America ranging from Alaska, B. C, N. W. T., and N. 



S., south to Calif., Ariz., Tex., and Fla. Parasite: Nontada imbricata Sm., Sphecodes 



dichrous Sm., Zodio7i cinerium (Fabr.). Predator: Philanthus albopilosus Cress., P. 



crabroniforynis Sm., P. solivagus Say. 

 Apis rubicunda Christ, 1791. Naturges. Klassif. Nomencl. Ins. Bienen, Wespen, 



Ameisengeschlect...Hym., p. 190. 9. 

 Halictus lerouxi Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. In^., Hym., v. 2, p. 272. 9. 

 Halictus lerouxi var. ruborum Cockerell, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 52. 9. 

 Halictus (Halictus) lerouxii Lovell, 1908. Psyche 15: 34. Emend. 

 Halictus lupinelli Cockerell, 1936. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 158. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1937. Canad. Ent. 69: 88. 



Biology: Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ., Studies 15: 217. —Hicks, 1934. Colo. Univ., Studies 21: 265. 

 —Knerer and Atwood, 1962. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Proc. 92: 162. 



