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Halictus (Halictus) Latreille, 1804
Halictus Latreille P. A. (1804). Tableau méthodique des Insectes pp. 129-200 in Deterville, J.-F (ed.) Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle Vol. 24. Paris: Crapelet [182] .
Subsequent designation: Richards, O. W. (1935). Notes on the nomenclature of the aculeate Hymenoptera, with special reference to British genera and species. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 83 (1): 143-176 [170] .
Type species: Apis quadricincta Fabricius, 1776 by subsequent designation, see Richards, O. W. (1935). Notes on the nomenclature of the aculeate Hymenoptera, with special reference to British genera and species. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 83 (1): 143-176 [170] .

Odontalictus Robertson, C. (1918). Some genera of bees. Entomol. News 29: 91-92 [91] .
Type species: Halictus ligatus Say, 1837 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora), United States of America; Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Léon, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa), Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

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Halictus (Halictus) ligatus Say, 1837