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Augochlorella
Photo#235071
Copyright © 2008
Sam Houston
Bee -
Augochlorella
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Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
October 19, 2008
Size: 5mm (3/16")
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Contributed by
Sam Houston
on 20 October, 2008 - 2:29pm
Last updated 27 October, 2008 - 11:24am
Why is this not an Augochlora or Augochlorella male?
I do not see the modified tegulae of Augochloropsis or rows of vibrissae at the tergal apices or any other diagnostic characters of that genus.
The only Augochloropsis other than A. metallica found in (or possible in) Oklahoma is A. sumptuosa (Smith, 1853), a large, conspicuous species that is never red to my knowledge.
In my experience Augochlora pura is often reddish but OK Augochloropsis species are not.
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John S. Ascher
, 20 October, 2008 - 4:47pm
male Augochloropsis species (sweat bee - Halictidae)
That's a male Augochloropsis - and it's *not* A. metallica, which is the most common species in the genus. Don't know for certain which one it would be with a red tail, in Oklahoma.
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Doug Yanega
, 20 October, 2008 - 3:44pm