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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 » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Halictus sensu lato (Halictus Subgenus Halictus sensu lato) » Halictus parallelus

Species Halictus parallelus

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

Bee amongst Scolia nobilitata - Halictus parallelus

striped bee - Halictus parallelus - female

Halictus parallelus male? - Halictus parallelus - male

unknown pollinator wasp_4 - Halictus parallelus

bee July 8 - Halictus parallelus - female

Halictus? - Halictus parallelus - 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 Halictini

Genus Halictus (Furrow Bees)

No Taxon (Subgenus Halictus sensu lato)

Species parallelus (Halictus parallelus)

Other Common Names

Parallel-striped Sweat Bee

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Halictus occidentalis Cresson, 1872

Explanation of Names

Halictus (Nealictus) parallelus Say, 1837

Size

Female: Length 12-13mm(1)

Male: Length 10-11mm(1)

Identification

Large and has darker wings than most other Halictus, but H. poeyi in Florida and elsewhere can have wings nearly as dark, and wings of H. farinosus of western North America are also darkened to a lesser extent. Legs more reddened than in other similar species. Vertex long.

Range

New Jersey to Florida, west to Montana, New Mexico and Texas.

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.

Internet References

Discover Life

iNaturalist

ITIS

Works Cited

1.	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 Sean McCann on 27 September, 2006 - 9:54am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, KenW, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:19pm

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