{{Short description|Subgenus of bees}} {{Italic title}} {{Taxobox | image = Homalictus_blackburni_8461.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Hymenoptera | familia = Halictidae | subfamilia = Halictinae | genus = ''Lasioglossum'' | subgenus = '''''Homalictus''''' | subgenus_authority = Cockerell, 1919 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Over 150, see text. }}
'''''Homalictus''''' is a subgenus of bees in the genus ''Lasioglossum'' subfamily Halictinae of the family Halictidae.<ref name="atlas">{{cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:eec58289-a47b-4279-97a9-9e6c4dc32188|title=Homalictus (Cockerell, 1919)|website=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=CSIRO|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Ji|first1=Shuqing|last2=Danforth|first2=Bryan N.|date=2001-03-01|title=Australian Lasioglossum + Homalictus Form a Monophyletic Group: Resolving the "Australian Enigma"|journal=Systematic Biology|language=en|volume=50|issue=2|pages=268–283|doi=10.1093/sysbio/50.2.268|pmid=12116931|issn=1063-5157|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2012-12-01|title=Phylogeny of halictine bees supports a shared origin of eusociality for Halictus and Lasioglossum (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=65|issue=3|pages=926–939|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.013|issn=1055-7903|last1=Gibbs|first1=Jason|last2=Brady|first2=Seán G.|last3=Kanda|first3=Kojun|last4=Danforth|first4=Bryan N.|pmid=22982437 |bibcode=2012MolPE..65..926G }}</ref> They are found in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, east across the Pacific to the Mariana Islands, Samoa, Fiji and are most prevalent in Australia.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521514#page/118/mode/1up|title=Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria|publisher=Walker|date=1986|website=Biodiversity Heritage Library|volume=47|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref>
''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.<ref name="biotaxa.org">{{Cite journal|last1=Dorey|first1=James B.|last2=Schwarz|first2=Michael P.|last3=Stevens|first3=Mark I.|date=2019-09-23|title=Review of the bee genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Fiji with description of nine new species|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4674.1.1|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4674|issue=1|pages=1–46|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.1|pmid=31716018|s2cid=204151050|issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Species == The subgenus ''Lasioglossum'' (''Homalictus'') contains over 150 species including the following (list incomplete):<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ascher & Pickering|date=2018-12-08|title=Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila).|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species}}</ref>
{{Div col|content=*''Homalictus achrostus'' <small>Michener, 1979</small> *''Lasioglossum adiazetus''<small> (Walker, 1997)</small> *''Lasioglossum andrewsi''<small> (W.F. Kirby, 1900)</small> *''Homalictus atritergus'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}}<ref name="biotaxa.org" /> *''Lasioglossum atrus''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum behri''<small> (Cockerell, 1910)</small> *''Lasioglossum blackburni''<small> (Cockerell, 1910)</small> *''Lasioglossum bremerense''<small> (Rayment, 1931)</small> *''Lasioglossum brevicornutum''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum brisbanense''<small> (Cockerell, 1918)</small> *''Lasioglossum callaspis''<small> (Cockerell, 1915)</small> *''Lasioglossum caloundrense''<small> (Cockerell, 1914)</small> *''Lasioglossum cassiaefloris''<small> (Cockerell, 1914)</small> *''Homalictus concavus'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum ctenander''<small> Michener, 1965</small> *''Lasioglossum dampieri''<small> (Cockerell, 1905)</small> * ''Lasioglossum dotatum''<small> (Cockerell, 1912)</small> *''Lasioglossum eurhodopus''<small> (Cockerell, 1914)</small> *''Lasioglossum exlautum'' <small>(Cockerell, 1905)</small> *''Lasioglossum exleyae''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum exophthalmus''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Homalictus fijiensis'' {{Small|(Perkins & Cheesman, 1928)}} *''Lasioglossum flindersi''<small> (Cockerell, 1905)</small> *''Lasioglossum forrestae''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Homalictus groomi'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum grossopedalum''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum holochlorum''<small> (Cockerell, 1914)</small> *''Lasioglossum houstoni''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum imitatum''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Homalictus kaicolo'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum latitarse'' <small>(Friese, 1909)</small> *''Lasioglossum luteoaeneum''<small> (Friese, 1924)</small> *''Lasioglossum maitlandi''<small> (Cockerell, 1910)</small> *''Lasioglossum mataroa'' {{Small|(Donovan, 2007)}} *''Lasioglossum megagnathum''<small> (Walker, 1997)</small> *''Lasioglossum megastigmum''<small> (Cockerell, 1926)</small> *''Lasioglossum multicavum''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum murrayi''<small> (Cockerell, 1905)</small> *''Homalictus nadarivatu'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum nivefrons''<small> (Cockerell, 1914)</small> *''Homalictus ostridorsum'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum pectinalum''<small> (Walker, 1986)</small> *''Lasioglossum pilosigyna''<small> (Walker, 1997)</small> *''Lasioglossum rowlandi'' <small> (Cockerell, 1910)</small> *''Lasioglossum scrupulosum''<small> (Cockerell, 1930)</small> *''Lasioglossum sicarius''<small> (Walker, 1997)</small> *''Lasioglossum sphecodoides''<small> (Smith, 1853)</small> *''Lasioglossum sphecodopsis''<small> (Cockerell, 1905)</small> *''Lasioglossum stradbrokense''<small> (Cockerell, 1916)</small> *''Lasioglossum tasmaniae''<small> (Cockerell, 1905)</small> *''Lasioglossum tatei''<small> (Cockerell, 1910)</small> *''Homalictus taveuni'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Homalictus terminalis'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum thor''<small> (Cockerell, 1929)</small> *''Homalictus tuiwawae'' {{Small|Dorey, Schwarz & Stevens, 2019}} *''Lasioglossum urbanum''<small> (Smith, 1879)</small> *''Homalictus versifrons'' {{Small|(Perkins & Cheesman, 1928)}} *''Lasioglossum verticulum''<small> (Walker, 1997)</small> *''Lasioglossum woodsi''<small> (Cockerell, 1910)</small>}}
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