Type data Lectotype BMNH f, Champion Bay (Geraldton), WA. Subsequent designation references: Pauly, A. 1986. Les abeilles de la sous-famille des Halictinae en Nouvelle-Guinée et dans l'Archipel Bismarck (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 227: 1–58 [17].
Halictus urbanus baudinensis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 301–308 [307].
Type data: Holotype BMNH Hym.17.a.906 f, Baudin Is., WA.
Halictus cretinicola Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienenfauna von Neu-Guinea. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 7: 179–288 [190].
Type data: Lectotype NHMW f, Stephansort, Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Subsequent designation references: Pauly, A. 1986. Les abeilles de la sous-famille des Halictinae en Nouvelle-Guinée et dans l'Archipel Bismarck (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 227: 1–58 [17].
Halictus kesteveni Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. XLIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 377–387 [386].
Type data: Holotype BMNH f, Kuranda (as Cairns Kuranda), QLD.
Halictus hackeriellus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1914. Descriptions and records of bees. LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 504–522 [507]
Type data: Holotype QM Hy4118 f, Brisbane, QLD.
Halictus pavonellus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1915. Descriptions and records of bees. LXVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 16: 1–9 [5]
Type data: Holotype USNM f, Bribie Is., QLD.