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Species Conanthalictus macrops

Conanthalictus macrops - female Conanthalictus macrops - female Conanthalictus macrops - female Conanthalictus macrops - 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 Rophitinae (Short-faced Bees and Allies)
Genus Conanthalictus
Species macrops (Conanthalictus macrops)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conanthalictus (Phaceliapis) macrops Cockerell, 1916
Explanation of Names
Conanthalictus macrops Cockerell, 1916
from the New Latin macrops ('having large eyes'), derived from the Ancient Greek μακρός macros ('long, large') + ὤψ ops ('eye')
Size
About 4mm (Cockerell 1916)
Range
California

Print References
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1916). New and little known bees from California. Pomona Journal of Entomology and Zoology, 8(2), 43. Full Text Here Original Description
Timberlake, P. H. (1961). A Review of the Genus Conanthalictus (Apoidea: Halictidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 37(3), 145. Full Text Here
Internet References