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Subgenus Dialictus

Classification · Numbers · Remarks
Small bee - Lasioglossum Bees of Springtime, The Second - Lasioglossum - female Tiny Bee - Lasioglossum - male Bee - Lasioglossum - male Halictidae 03b - Lasioglossum - female Lasioglossum (Dialictus)? - Lasioglossum - female Bee or wasp? - Lasioglossum Bee or wasp? - Lasioglossum
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 Lasioglossum
No Taxon Subgenus Dialictus
Numbers
About 250 species in NA
Remarks
Extremely difficult to ID to species, even under the microscope. They are so morphologically monotonous that breaking them into species groups isn't really an option. Many species can only be IDed by the relative density of punctures on the surface of the bee.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 November, 2007 - 8:44pm
Last updated 22 March, 2008 - 6:46am

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