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Species Augochlora pura

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Halictidae (Sweat Bees)
Subfamily Halictinae
Tribe Augochlorini
Genus Augochlora
Species pura (Augochlora pura)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus purus; Augochlora festiva; Augochlora robertsoni; Augochlora banksiella; Halictus astios; Halictus asaphes; Augochlora palmarum
Numbers
Nearctica lists 5 species.
Identification
Truncate marginal cell, dark, oval tegulae, epistomal lobes.
Range
Quebec and Maine to Minnesota, south to Texas and Florida.
Habitat
It burrows in wood.
Season
February to November (very early and late records in the South).
Remarks
Highly variable in color, some are coppery, others dark green.