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Genus Augochlora

Metallic orange bee - Augochlora pura - male

Bee Identification Project - Augochlora pura

Nectaring Jewel - Augochlora pura - female

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 Augochlorini (Augochlorine Green Sweat Bees and Allies)

Genus Augochlora

Pronunciation

awe-go-KLOR-uh

Explanation of Names

Augochlora (Say, 1837)

Numbers

2 subgenera, with 4 spp. in in our area and 116 spp. total(1):

Augochlora: 3 spp. in our area, 84 spp. total (neotropical group with 1 sp. reaching so. Canada and 1 sp., TX)(1)

Oxystoglossella: a single species in our area (TX-AZ), 27 spp. total, all neotropical(1)

Size

5-11mm(2)

Range

New World(1)

Discover Life Map

Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) aurifera - Arizona and Texas

Augochlora azteca - Texas

Augochlora nigrocyanea - Southern Texas - Not yet in the guide

Augochlora pura - Eastern US - Quebec and Maine to Minnesota, south to Texas and Florida.

Internet References

Discover Life

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

2.	The Bees of the World, 2nd edition Charles D. Michener. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Contributed by tom murray on 24 September, 2006 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 29 October, 2020 - 11:40am

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