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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

Tribe Halictini

Representative Images

Sweat Bee - Sphecodes - male Halictus? - Halictus ligatus - female Agapostemon virescens? - Agapostemon Sweat bee - Lasioglossum Illiniwek Forest Preserve Research Project - Agapostemon - male Sphecodes? - Sphecodes Halictus? - Halictus ligatus Tiny Madera Halicted - Sphecodes

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

Numbers

>380 spp. in 5 genera in our area, >2,800 spp. in 22 genera of 4 subtribes worldwide(1)

Range

worldwide, ~¾ in the Old World but rather poorly represented in the Oriental Region(1)

Works Cited

1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 28 March, 2008 - 11:20pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2011 - 1:56pm

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