Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) nitidiusculum

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) nitidiusculum (Kirby, 1802) Melitta nitidiuscula Kirby, 1802: 64, ♂. Lectotype: ♂, England: Barham; designated by Ebmer (in Ebmer & Sakagami 1985: 302); BMNH. Published data. Morawitz 1873: 167 (Dagestan Republic). Material examined. RUSSIA. Stavropol Territory: 1 ♀, 7 ♂, Kislovodsk, 27.XI–11.X.1947, VP; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, idem, 9.X.1947, VP; 1 ♀, Shpakovskoye, 27. VII.1989, SB; 1 ♂, Novozavedennoye, near Kuma River, 3. VI.2010, NV; Adygei Republic: 1 ♀, Shuntuk, Maykop, 24. V.1938, Andreeva; North Ossetian Republic: 1 ♂, Gizel, 10 km W of Vladikavkaz, 550 m, steppe area, 25. VII.1990, YP; Dagestan Republic: 1 ♀, Botlikh, near Tlokh, 10. V.1988, Kh. Aliyev; 1 ♀, Tekipirkent, 41°20′N 47°52′E, 29. VI.2023, MP. Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, as far east to the Altai); Europe, North Africa, Lebanon, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran [nominate subspecies]; Sardinia [ssp. pseudocombinatum (Blüthgen, 1921)].