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Scalloped Cuckoo Sweat Bee (Sphecodes dichrous)
Species
Sphecodes dichrous
- Scalloped Cuckoo Sweat Bee
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
Sphecodes
(Blood Bees)
Species
dichrous
(Scalloped Cuckoo Sweat Bee)
Explanation of Names
Sphecodes dichrous
Smith 1853
Size
♀ 9‒10 mm, ♂ 9 mm
(
1
)
Range
e.NA (NS‒FL to ND‒TX;
map
)
(
2
)
Season
Apr‒Sep
Internet References
species page
(
2
)
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.
Bees of the eastern United States
Mitchell T.B. 1962. Tech. Bull. (NC Agric. Exp. Sta.): No. 141 (538 pp.), 1960; and No. 152 (557 pp.).
2.
Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by
John S. Ascher
on 19 August, 2020 - 12:52am
Additional contributions by
v belov
,
Nathaniel Green
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 5:53pm