Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) crassepunctatum

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) crassepunctatum (Blüthgen, 1923) Halictus crassepunctatus Blüthgen, 1923: 280, ♀. Holotype: ♀, “ Ungarn: Nemet Bogsàn” [Romania: Bocsa Vasiove, SE of Timisoara; see Ebmer (2000: 433)]; ZMHB. Published data. Blüthgen 1931: 322 (Dagestan Republic); Ebmer 2000: 434 (Krasnodar Territory); Chenikalova 2005: 26 (Stavropol Territory). Material examined. RUSSIA. Krasnodar Territory: 2 ♀, Slavyanskiy, on Brassica campestris, 26. V.1937, Z. Koshur; 26 ♀, idem, on Onobrychis sativa, 29. V –7. VI.1938, VR; 8 ♀, idem, on Centaurea trichocephala, 3. VI.1938, Z. Koshur; 4 ♀, idem, on Anthemis austiaca, 4. VI.1938, VR; 1 ♀, idem on Lathyrus tuberosus, 6. VI.1938, VR; 6 ♀, idem, on Melilotus officinalis, 15. VI.1938, VR; 2 ♀, idem, on Medicago sativa, 16.VII.1938, Z. Koshur; 3 ♀, on Convolvulus arvensis, 17. VI.1938, VR; 5 ♀, idem, on Echium vulgare, 18-26.VII.1938, Z. Koshur; 2 ♀, idem, on Cichorium intybus, 2.VIII.1938, VR; 6 ♀, Slavyansk-na-Kubani, 15.VII.1976, Deordiyev; 3 ♀, Goryachiy Kluch distr., Suzdalskaya, 44°45′N 39°22′E, 6.VIII.2011, YA; 1 ♀, Anapa, Supsekh, 8. VI.2017, AF; Stavropol Territory: 1 ♂, Pyatigorsk, Mashuk Mts, 8.VII.1981, O. Kovalev; Adygei Republic: 1 ♀, Shuntuk, Maykop, on Medicago sativa, 30.VII.1938, Andreeva; Dagestan Republic: 2 ♀, 2 ♂, 7 km NW of Staroterechnoye, 43,90°N, 47,39°E, 20. VI.2018, YA; 1 ♀, 20 km W of Makhachkala, Barkhan Sarykum, 43°00′N 47°14′E, 26. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM; 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Derbent, 42°098′N 48°288′E, 28, 29. VI.2018, MP, VL, MM, YA; 1 ♂, Kamyshchay River valley, 41°54′N 48°13′E, on Suaeda microphylla, 25. VI.2021, AF; 1 ♀, near Gubden, 42°34′N 47°33′E, 14.VII.2023, MP. Distribution. Russia (North Caucasus, Crimea, central and south of the European part); southern and central Europe, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran. Remarks. In the North Caucasus this species is recorded from lower-mountain and plane territories, mostly in steppe and agricultural areas.