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Species Lasioglossum pruinosum

Lasioglossum pruinosum - female Lasioglossum pruinosum - female Lasioglossum pruinosum - female Lasioglossum Bee? - Lasioglossum pruinosum Lasioglossum Bee? - Lasioglossum pruinosum Lasioglossum Bee? - Lasioglossum pruinosum Lasioglossum Bee? - Lasioglossum pruinosum
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 Dialictus, Metallic-Sweat Bees)
Species pruinosum (Lasioglossum pruinosum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus pruinosus Robertson, 1892; Chloralictus pruinosus (Robertson, 1892); Dialictus pruinosus (Robertson, 1892)
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) pruinosum (Robertson, 1892)
Size
Female: Length 5.62–6.85 mm(1)
Male: Length 4.94–5.61 mm(1)
Range
Canada: Southern Manitoba to Southern British Columbia.
USA: New Hampshire to Tennessee west to Arizona, North to Washington.
Season
March 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.
Remarks
Common in the west; uncommon in the east.
Print References
Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.(2)
Gibbs, J. 2010. Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus)in Canada (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Halictini). Zootaxa; 2591, 249-253.(1)
Gibbs, J. 2011. Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini.) Zootaxa.(3)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) in Canada.
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.).
3.Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America