An Aberrant Bee of the Species Lasioglossum (Dialictus) disparile (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) with Brief Taxonomic Notes on the Species

Numerous developmental anomalies have been reported in bees (Knerer and Atwood, 1964; Wcislo et ai, 2004; Michez et ai, 2009, and references therein) many of which are sex anomalies. Eye aberrations are less commonly reported. Bees with a single compound eye have been found in both Apis mellifera L. (Alfonsus, 1931) and Lasioglossum bruneri (Crawford) (Hopwood, 2007). In these cyclops specimens the compound eye traverses the vertex and the ocelli are reduced in size (Hopwood, 2007) or absent (Alfonsus, 1931). The specimen described here is similar in having greatly reduced ocelli but differs in that the compound eyes remain distinct.