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Subgenus Halictus sensu lato

Not sure what this is - Halictus ligatus

winged insect with black and ivory banded abdomen on daisy head - Halictus rubicundus

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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