Homalictus

Homalictus is a subgenus of bees in the genus Lasioglossum subfamily Halictinae of the family Halictidae.^[1][2][3] They are found in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, east across the Pacific to the Mariana Islands, Samoa, Fiji and are most prevalent in Australia.^[4]

Homalictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Halictidae
Subfamily:	Halictinae
Genus:	Lasioglossum
Subgenus:	Homalictus Cockerell, 1919
Species
Over 150, see text.

Homalictus is sometimes regarded to be a full genus, but studies have shown that Homalictus is embedded within Lasioglossum, forming a clade with other Australian members of the genus.^[5][2]

Species

The subgenus Lasioglossum (Homalictus) contains over 150 species including the following (list incomplete):^[6]

• Homalictus achrostus Michener, 1979
• Lasioglossum adiazetus (Walker, 1997)
• Lasioglossum andrewsi (W.F. Kirby, 1900)
• Homalictus atritergus Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019^[5]
• Lasioglossum atrus (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum behri (Cockerell, 1910)
• Lasioglossum blackburni (Cockerell, 1910)
• Lasioglossum bremerense (Rayment, 1931)
• Lasioglossum brevicornutum (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum brisbanense (Cockerell, 1918)
• Lasioglossum callaspis (Cockerell, 1915)
• Lasioglossum caloundrense (Cockerell, 1914)
• Lasioglossum cassiaefloris (Cockerell, 1914)
• Homalictus concavus Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum ctenander Michener, 1965
• Lasioglossum dampieri (Cockerell, 1905)
• Lasioglossum dotatum (Cockerell, 1912)
• Lasioglossum eurhodopus (Cockerell, 1914)
• Lasioglossum exlautum (Cockerell, 1905)
• Lasioglossum exleyae (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum exophthalmus (Walker, 1986)
• Homalictus fijiensis (Perkins & Cheesman, 1928)
• Lasioglossum flindersi (Cockerell, 1905)
• Lasioglossum forrestae (Walker, 1986)
• Homalictus groomi Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum grossopedalum (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum holochlorum (Cockerell, 1914)
• Lasioglossum houstoni (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum imitatum (Walker, 1986)
• Homalictus kaicolo Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum latitarse (Friese, 1909)
• Lasioglossum luteoaeneum (Friese, 1924)
• Lasioglossum maitlandi (Cockerell, 1910)
• Lasioglossum mataroa (Donovan, 2007)
• Lasioglossum megagnathum (Walker, 1997)
• Lasioglossum megastigmum (Cockerell, 1926)
• Lasioglossum multicavum (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum murrayi (Cockerell, 1905)
• Homalictus nadarivatu Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum nivefrons (Cockerell, 1914)
• Homalictus ostridorsum Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum pectinalum (Walker, 1986)
• Lasioglossum pilosigyna (Walker, 1997)
• Lasioglossum rowlandi (Cockerell, 1910)
• Lasioglossum scrupulosum (Cockerell, 1930)
• Lasioglossum sicarius (Walker, 1997)
• Lasioglossum sphecodoides (Smith, 1853)
• Lasioglossum sphecodopsis (Cockerell, 1905)
• Lasioglossum stradbrokense (Cockerell, 1916)
• Lasioglossum tasmaniae (Cockerell, 1905)
• Lasioglossum tatei (Cockerell, 1910)
• Homalictus taveuni Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Homalictus terminalis Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum thor (Cockerell, 1929)
• Homalictus tuiwawae Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019
• Lasioglossum urbanum (Smith, 1879)
• Homalictus versifrons (Perkins & Cheesman, 1928)
• Lasioglossum verticulum (Walker, 1997)
• Lasioglossum woodsi (Cockerell, 1910)