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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)

Subgenus Halictus sensu lato

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Internet References
Sweat Bee - Halictus rubicundus - female Digger Bee - Halictus ligatus bee - Halictus rubicundus Andrenidae? - Halictus poeyi - male Ligatus? - Halictus ligatus Bee? - Halictus parallelus Furrow bee? - Halictus ligatus Bee Cluster in Frost Asters - Halictus ligatus
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
Other Common Names
Halictus sensu stricto (i.e. excluding Seladonia)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pesenko (1984) subdivided the black (i.e. non-metallic) Halictus into many smaller subgenera, accepted as valid by Michener (2000, 2004). For visual identification it is practical to recognize a more inclusive subgenus Halictus sensu lato including the non-metallic species.
Size
usually larger than Seladonia (the metallic Halictus)
Identification
Halictus lacking metallic greenish reflections
Range
Widespread across the Holarctic
Season
early spring-autumn
Life Cycle
Many species are eusocial, but some species are socially polymorphic depending on environment (species such as H. rubicundus tending to be more social at warmer sites and solitary at cold sites such as high in mountains)
Internet References
iNaturalist
Moure's Bee Catalogue
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 21 March, 2008 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 19 August, 2020 - 2:34pm

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