Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus vierecki Crawford, 1904; Dialictus vierecki (Crawford, 1904); Chloralictus vierecki (Crawford, 1904)
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) vierecki (Crawford, 1904)
named after Henry Lorenz Viereck, an American entomologist and hymenopterist
Size
Female: Length 4.21–5.06 mm
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Male: Length 2.87–4.85 mm
(1)Range
Minnesota to the New England states, south to Louisiana and Georgia
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its
Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.
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Gibbs, J. 2010. Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus)in Canada (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Halictini). Zootaxa; 2591, 346-351.
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Gibbs, J. 2011. Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini.) Zootaxa.
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Gardner, J., & Gibbs, J. (2020). The ‘red-tailed’ Lasioglossum (Dialictus) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) of the western Nearctic. European Journal of Taxonomy, 725(1), 1-242. (
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