Species Augochlorella aurata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Internet References

Bee on Asteraceae - Augochlorella aurata - male

Sweat Bee (Augochlorella aurata) - Augochlorella aurata - male

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 Augochlorella

Species aurata (Augochlorella aurata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Augochlora aurata, Augochlora austrina, Augochlorella striata, Augochlora striata, Augochlora matilida, Augochlora confusa, Augochlora coloradensis, Augochlora pseudopurella

Numbers

Nearctica lists seven species including A. striata, which is now considered as a synonym and not as a separate species.

Range

Northern Mexico to Colorado, Minnesota and the New England states, south to Florida.

Season

May to October.

Internet References

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 14 October, 2006 - 8:42am
Last updated 27 December, 2007 - 4:23pm

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