Halictus (Seladonia) orientana (Pauly & Devalez, 2015)

Description published
Zootaxa 4034 (2): 257–290 www.mapress.com/zootaxa/

Location of type
Holotype. CROATIA, Ugljan island, Preko, 100m, 22.VII.1989, Eryngium campestre, 1♂, leg. R. Wahis (RBINS).

Description
Description. Male and female as described for S. smaragdula except as follows: underplate of large projection of male gonocoxite boomerang-shaped, distal plate very narrow at apex (length/width from 2.88 to 4.72) (Figs 16, 23e,f). Small projection of gonocoxite thick and short, three quarts as long as large projection, apex with numerous long setae (Fig. 24f). Fourth antennal segment of the male relatively short (length/width = 1.12–1.14). Variations. In populations from Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kazakhstan) the underplate of the large projection is narrower at apex and the small projection is even shorter and thicker than those of the European specimens.

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