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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Sweat Bees (Halictidae) » Halictinae » Halictini » Halictus » Subgenus Halictus sensu lato (Halictus Subgenus Halictus sensu lato) » Halictus ligatus

Species Halictus ligatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Halictidae (Sweat Bees)
Subfamily Halictinae
Tribe Halictini
Genus Halictus
No Taxon (Subgenus Halictus sensu lato)
Species ligatus (Halictus ligatus)
Other Common Names
Sweat Bee
Size
Female 8-10mm. Male 7-9mm.
Identification
Well-defined basal hair bands, relatively broad apical hair bands; apparently robust head of female with a genal tooth; male antennae pale below tegula.

Best separated from H. poeyi based on range, or DNA sequence data in areas of sympatry.
Range
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Records from Florida and elsewhere on the southeastern coastal plane pertain to H. poeyi, now recognized as a cryptic sister species of H. ligatus.
Season
Most of the year. Most published records from mid-winter are of H. poeyi from Florida, now regarded as a distinct species.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 8 April, 2005 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher
Last updated 30 June, 2009 - 4:40pm

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