Lasioglossum tigrinum

Lasioglossum tigrinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Halictidae
Subfamilia: Halictinae
Tribus: Halictini
Genus: Lasioglossum
Subgenus: Capalictus
Species: Lasioglossum tigrinum

Name

Lasioglossum tigrinum Pauly, Gibbs & Kuhlmann, 2012

ZooBank: 6924FBAB-4F53-4C34-95BA-306F59D2328F

Holotype: ♂, 30 Aug. 2011, leg. M. Kuhlmann (SANC).

Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA, Plateau Hantam Mts., near antenna, 9 km N Calvinia, 31°22’29´´S 19°47’03´´E, 1570m.

Etymology: refers to the distinctive yellow-orange banding "striped like a tiger".

Primary references

• Pauly, A., Gibbs, J. & Kuhlmann, M. 2012. Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 28: 1–28. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.28 . Reference page. 

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