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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) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Striped Sweat Bees (Agapostemon) » Subgenus Agapostemon (Agapostemon Subgenus Agapostemon) » Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens)

Species Agapostemon virescens - Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Halictidae (Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees)
Subfamily Halictinae (Sweat and Furrow Bees)
Tribe Halictini
Genus Agapostemon (Striped Sweat Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Agapostemon)
Species virescens (Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andrena virescens; Andrena nigricornis; Halictus dimidiatus; Halictus tricolor; Agapostemon bicolor
Explanation of Names
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) virescens (Fabricius, 1775)
Identification
Males: Hind femora slender, fully three times as long as the greatest width.
Females: Abdomen black, with pale basal fasciae.
Range
Washington and British Columbia to Quebec and Maine, south to Texas and Florida.
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Season
April to October.
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
See Also
A. sericeus
Print References
Roberts, R.B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 49(9):437-590. (Full Text)
Eickwort, G. C. (1981). Aspects of the nesting biology of five Nearctic species of Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 337-351. (Full Text)
Internet References
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 June, 2005 - 8:09pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, JohnMaxwell22, Robert Lord Zimlich, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 7:00am

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