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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 » Lasioglossum » Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu lato (Lasioglossum Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu lato) » Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu stricto (Lasioglossum Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu stricto) » Quebec Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum quebecense)

Species Lasioglossum quebecense - Quebec Sweat Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Small Wasp - Lasioglossum quebecense - male bee - Lasioglossum quebecense - female Bee - Lasioglossum quebecense Lasioglossum? - Lasioglossum quebecense - male Small Lasioglossum Sweat Bee on claytonia - Lasioglossum quebecense - female Andrena sp. on Rhododendron maximum - Lasioglossum quebecense - female Small bee - Lasioglossum quebecense Bee or Wasp? - Lasioglossum quebecense
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 Lasioglossum
No Taxon (Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu lato)
No Taxon (Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu stricto)
Species quebecense (Quebec Sweat Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus quebecensis Crawford, 1907
Evylaeus quebecensis (Crawford, 1907)
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) quebecense (Crawford, 1907)
Size
Female: Length 6.5-7.0 mm(1)
Male: Length 5.9-8.6 mm(1)
Identification
"this common Lasioglossum species has weak apical and basal hair bands" JSA (ref.)
"apical hair bands atypical of Lasioglossum but found in that species" JSA (ref.)
"elongate body and dull scutum" (in males) JSA (ref.)
"some males of this species have a red metasoma" JSA (ref.)
Range
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south to Georgia. Scattered records from Saskatchewan to the Yukon.
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Season
March to September
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.
Life Cycle
Solitary ground nesting bee.(1)
Print References
Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141. (2)
Internet References
Discover Life
iNaturalist
GBIF
ITIS
Works Cited
1.Revision and reclassification of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus), L. (Hemihalictus) and L. (Sphecodogastra) in eastern North America
2.Bees of the eastern United States
Mitchell T.B. 1962. Tech. Bull. (NC Agric. Exp. Sta.): No. 141 (538 pp.), 1960; and No. 152 (557 pp.).
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 1 November, 2008 - 8:48pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 22 March, 2022 - 1:19am

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