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Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862

Halictus vagabundus Vachal - Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.:5 ( listed as synonym of Halictus errans Ritsema, 1880).
Halictus Hesperus Smith, 1862:40, ♀. ♀, Panama; Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.:353, Type ♀ (British Museum). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Brothers, 1982Brothers, D.J. 1982. Two new species of Mutillidae associated with Halictus hesperus (Halictidae) in Panama (Hymenoptera). Sociobiology 7 (2):205-212. (distribution); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Maes, 1993Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30. (distribution); Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Ngo et al., 2013Ngo, H.T., J. Gibbs, T. Griswold & L. Packer 2013. Evaluating bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity using Malaise traps in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica. The Canadian Entomologist 145:435-453. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Halictus vagans Smith, 1879:37, ♀. ♀, Mexico, Orizaba (British Museum); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.:353, Type ♀ (British Museum); Sandhouse, 1941Sandhouse, G.A. 1941. The american bees of the subgenus Halictus. Entomologica Americana 21:23-38 + 1 pl.:33, Type (British Museum of Natural History). Synonymized with Halictus agilis Smith, 1879 by Sandhouse, 1941Sandhouse, G.A. 1941. The american bees of the subgenus Halictus. Entomologica Americana 21:23-38 + 1 pl.:32. - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.:61 ( listed as synonym of Halictus errans Ritsema, 1880); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.:5 ( listed as synonym of Halictus errans Ritsema, 1880); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:39 ( listed as synonym of Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862).
Halictus errans Ritsema, 1880:xcvii Synonymized with Halictus agilis Smith, 1879 by Sandhouse, 1941Sandhouse, G.A. 1941. The american bees of the subgenus Halictus. Entomologica Americana 21:23-38 + 1 pl.:32. - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:39 ( listed as synonym of Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862).
Halictus schmidti Friese, 1921:78, 84, ♂♀. ♂♂, ♀♀, San José de Costa Rica (leg. Schmidt). Synonymized with Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862 by Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:39.
Halictus hondurasicus Cockerell, 1949:443, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Zamorano, January 27 (U.S.N.M., No. 58482, leg. Adan Rivera). Synonymized with Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862 by Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:39.
Halictus pseudovagans Cockerell, 1949:444, ♀. Holotype ♀, Honduras: Zamorano, October 16 (U.S.N.M., No. 58483, leg. Cisneros). Synonymized with Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862 by Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:39.

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Area distribution map

map of Halictus hesperus Smith, 1862

Distribution

COLColombia
 (Smith-Pardo, 2003)
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1921 [as Halictus schmidti Friese, 1921]; Maes, 1993; Ngo et al., 2013)
GTMGuatemala
 (Maes, 1993)
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949 [as Halictus hondurasicus Cockerell, 1949]; Cockerell, 1949 [as Halictus pseudovagans Cockerell, 1949]; Maes, 1993)
MEXMexico
 (Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Halictus errans Ritsema, 1880]; Cockerell, 1899 [as Halictus errans Ritsema, 1880]; Maes, 1993; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Ayala, 1988; Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Sandhouse, 1941 [as Halictus vagans Smith, 1879])
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Smith, 1879 [as Halictus vagans Smith, 1879])
NICNicaragua
 (Maes, 1993)
PANPanama
 (Smith, 1862; Dalla Torre, 1896; Michener, 1954; Brothers, 1982; Maes, 1993)
SLVEl Salvador
 (Maes, 1993)

Literature

  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Brothers, D.J. 1982. Two new species of Mutillidae associated with Halictus hesperus (Halictidae) in Panama (Hymenoptera). Sociobiology 7 (2):205-212.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Notes on some bees in the British Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31:309-364.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24.
  • Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98.
  • Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Ngo, H.T., J. Gibbs, T. Griswold & L. Packer 2013. Evaluating bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity using Malaise traps in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica. The Canadian Entomologist 145:435-453.
  • Sandhouse, G.A. 1941. The american bees of the subgenus Halictus. Entomologica Americana 21:23-38 + 1 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new speciews of aculeate Hymenoptera, collected at Panama by R. W. Stretch, Esq, with a list of described species, and the various localities where they have previously occured. Transaction of the Entomological Society of London ser. 3 (1):29-44.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.
  • Vachal, J. 1904. Halictus nouveaux ou présumés nouveaux d’Amérique (Hymenoptera). Bulletin de la Société Scientifique, Historique et Archéologique de la Corrèze 26:469-486.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.