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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 » Mexalictus

Genus Mexalictus

Classification · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mexalictus arizonensis on Geranium - Mexalictus arizonensis - female
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 Mexalictus
Pronunciation
mex-al-LICK-tus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus and species: Eickwort 1978
Generic name refers to Mexico, where the genus is best known, and its relationship to Halictus
Numbers
a single species in our area, 5 spp. total(1)
Range
so. AZ to Panama (map)(1)
Habitat
Wooded canyons in sky island mountain ranges including the Santa Rita, Huachuca, and Chiricahua Mountains.
Season
often found August-September
Food
often visits Geranium
Print References
Eickwort, G. C. (1978). Mexalictus, a New Genus of Sweat Bees from North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Halictinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 51(4), 567–580. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25083853
Internet References
Discover Life
GBIF
Moure's Bee Catalogue (Does not cover the US species.)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 18 June, 2008 - 7:16pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 29 October, 2020 - 11:11am

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