Subgenus Dialictus

Classification · Numbers · Remarks

Which bee is this, please? - Lasioglossum

Bees near asters in November - Lasioglossum - female

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.

However: "The limiting factor is resolution of the images. If we could clearly see antennal proportions and scutual sculpturing many species identifications would become possible." (Comment by John Ascher).

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 November, 2007 - 8:44pm
Last updated 1 November, 2008 - 11:15am

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