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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Short-faced Bees and Allies (Rophitinae) » Xeralictus » Xeralictus biscuspidariae
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Xeralictus sp.? - Xeralictus biscuspidariae
Copyright © 2017 Alice Abela

Xeralictus sp.? - Xeralictus biscuspidariae
Black Mountain area, Imperial County, California, USA
March 31, 2017
Size: ~13mm
Found in rocky desert scrub habitat adjacent to a dry wash on Mentzelia involucrata. This is the best shot I have of this one. It was visiting the same flower as . Any chance this is his mate?
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 28 April, 2017 - 1:31am
Last updated 9 February, 2023 - 12:13am

Moved
Moved from Xeralictus.
… John S. Ascher, 9 February, 2023 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 28 April, 2017 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

 
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Thinking Xeralictus biscuspidariae based on the spot visible on the abdomen of the female and the location.
… Alice Abela, 28 April, 2017 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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