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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) » Augochlorine Green Sweat Bees and Allies (Augochlorini)

Tribe Augochlorini - Augochlorine Green Sweat Bees and Allies

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Green Bee For ID - Augochlorella pomoniella Bee - Augochlora pura Green Metallic Halictid Bee -- Augochlora pura - Augochlora pura - male Augochorella - Augochloropsis Augochlorini - Augochloropsis metallica Metallic Green Bee - Augochlora Halictid bee - Augochloropsis viridula - female Halictidae
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)
Numbers
16 spp. in 5 genera in our area, >580 spp. in 30 genera total(1)
Identification
It differs from Agapostemon by: Posterior face of propodeum without the salient rim, at least above; hind tibiae shorter than their combined tarsal segments.

The inner margin of the eye has an angle or notch – makes the eye appear to curve around the head as in this photo. The 5th tergel segment has a notch. Hard to see because of the hair but a reliable ID character.


The propodeum is smooth as in this photo (2)
Range
neotropical group(1)
Remarks
Augochlora, Augochlorella, and Augochloropsis are very difficult to tell apart from photos alone. Useful characters for Augochlora vs. Augochlorella are the clypeus, the apex of the marginal cell, and the tegula (to rule out Augochloropsis). (J.S. Ascher's comments)
Print References
Engel M.S. (2000) Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). Bulletin of the AMNH 250: 1-89. (Full Text)
Goncalves, R. B. (2016). A molecular and morphological phylogeny of the extant Augochlorini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) with comments on implications for biogeography. Systematic Entomology, 41(2), 430-440. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 March, 2005 - 11:32am
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 21 July, 2022 - 5:19pm

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