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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Sweat Bees (Halictidae) » Halictinae » Augochlorini » Augochlora » Augochlora pura

Species Augochlora pura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
halictid - Augochlora pura - male Augochlora pura - male Augochlorini larvae - Augochlora pura - female Halictid Bee - Augochlora pura - female Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura - female Bee - Augochlora pura Sweat bee - Augochlora pura Sweat Bee-Odd Behavior - Augochlora pura Gold-green Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and 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
Size
Female: 8mm. Male: 8 mm.
Identification
Diagnostic shape of upper clypeal margin (laterally), with paraocular areas intruding into clypeus (John Ascher's comment).
Truncate marginal cell apex

dark, oval tegulae, epistomal lobes.
Range
Quebec and Maine to Minnesota, south to Texas and Florida.
Habitat
It burrows in wood. Mated females overwinter in wood.
Season
February to November (very early records in the South).
Life Cycle
1. Cells with larvae and pollen mass. 2. Larva and pollen loaves. 3. Larva. 4. Pupa. 5. Adult female. 6. Adult male
Remarks
Highly variable in color, some are coppery, others dark green.
Nests under bark. There is great variability on the kinds of cells they build. See: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. Nesting habits and life cycle of a sweat bee,Augochlora pura
Internet References
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Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. Nesting habits and life cycle of a sweat bee,Augochlora pura
Contributed by tom murray on 24 September, 2006 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 20 October, 2011 - 9:30am

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