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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 Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum Subgenus Lasioglossum) » Lasioglossum coriaceum

Species Lasioglossum coriaceum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Another pretty bee I'd love a real name for... - Lasioglossum coriaceum

Halictid Bee? - Lasioglossum coriaceum - male

Late fall bee - Lasioglossum coriaceum - male

Lasioglossum coriaceum? - Lasioglossum coriaceum - male

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 Lasioglossum)

Species coriaceum (Lasioglossum coriaceum)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Halictus coriaceus Smith, 1853; Halictus subquadratus Smith, 1853; Curtisapis coriacea (Smith, 1853); Halictus sexcinctus_homonym Provancher, 1882, misdetermination; Halictus distinctus_homonym Provancher, 1882; Halictus distinguendus Dalla Torre, 1896, replacement name

Explanation of Names

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) coriaceum (Smith, 1853)

Size

Female: Length 8.3-11.2 mm(1)

Male: Length 6.9-9.8 mm(1)

Identification

"broad gena and black distitarsi" (John Ascher's comment here)

Range

Alberta to Nova Scotia, south to Illinois and Georgia.

Discover Life Map

Season

March to November.

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.

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.	Studies of Halictinae (Apoidea: Halictidae) I: Revision of New World Lasioglossum Curtis Ronald J. McGinley. 1986. Smithsonian Institution.

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 tom murray on 10 August, 2005 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, Vox Sciurorum, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:11pm

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