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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) » Augochlorine Green Sweat Bees and Allies (Augochlorini) » Augochloropsis » Augochloropsis sumptuosa

Species Augochloropsis sumptuosa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Halictidae, dorsal - Augochloropsis sumptuosa - female

Halictidae, face - Augochloropsis sumptuosa - female

Halictidae, ventral - Augochloropsis sumptuosa - female

Halictidae - Augochloropsis sumptuosa - male

Augochloropsis? Help with Augochorini tribe identification. - Augochloropsis sumptuosa - 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 Augochlorini (Augochlorine Green Sweat Bees and Allies)

Genus Augochloropsis

Species sumptuosa (Augochloropsis sumptuosa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Augochloropsis sumptuosa (Smith, 1853). Synonyms:

Augochlora sumptuosa Smith, 1853

Augochlora humeralis Patton, 1879

Agapostemon caeruleus Ashmead, 1890

Halictus pattoni Vachal, 1903

Augochlora sumptuosa bolliana Cockerell, 1909

Augochlora lacustris Cockerell, 1922

Augochlora floridica Cockerell, 1922

Explanation of Names

Augochloropsis (Paraugochloropsis) sumptuosa (Smith, 1853)

Size

11 mm(1)

Range

Maine to Florida, west to New Mexico, to South Dakota.

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Season

April to October, throughout the year in Florida.

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.(1)

Internet References

Discover Life

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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.).

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 1 November, 2008 - 7:21pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 29 September, 2021 - 8:43pm

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