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Copyright © 2003 Hartmut Wisch

Lasioglossum -

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 20, 2003
Size: ~ 8 mm

Clearly a pollen gatherer, in Keckiella antirrhinoides. Could this be a colletid bee?

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Lasioglossum - female

Colletid? - Lasioglossum - female

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 27 July, 2005 - 2:43pm
Last updated 25 November, 2007 - 9:54pm

Moved

Moved from Lasioglossum.

… Beatriz Moisset, 25 November, 2007 - 9:54pm

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looks like Lasioglossum (L.) timberlakei McGinley

dark form female, well known from this area; dark tegulae and lack of basal band on T1 rule out sisymbrii

… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2006 - 11:53am

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Thanks, John,

for all of your help and expertise!

Now, can I understand 'looks like' as a reasonable species ID?

… Hartmut Wisch, 29 September, 2006 - 1:00pm

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it is a reasonable species ID given the locality

but not a certain one. You could compare to specimens of this and other SoCal Lasioglossum s.str. at the LACM yourself and decide.

… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2006 - 6:49pm

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Good suggestion,

thanks.

… Hartmut Wisch, 29 September, 2006 - 6:51pm

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Moved

Moved from Bees.

… Hartmut Wisch, 27 September, 2006 - 5:55pm

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Lasgioglossum female

note basal hair bands

… John S. Ascher, 27 September, 2006 - 2:28pm

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Lasioglossum

Thanks, John - I'll put it on the genus page.

… Hartmut Wisch, 27 September, 2006 - 5:54pm

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Can't tell.

It is simply impossible to tell what this is because you need to look at wing veins and other very subtle characters. This is probably a halictid bee of some kind, but that is at best an educated guess.

… Eric R. Eaton, 27 July, 2005 - 3:42pm

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if you know the species or species group

you can then figure out the genus

… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2006 - 11:54am

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Thanks for trying, Eric.

Thanks for trying, Eric. I understand that photos reveal only a limited
number of characters, and this one doesn't even show wing veination.

… Hartmut Wisch, 29 July, 2005 - 7:39pm

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