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Species Lasioglossum bruneri

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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 Lasioglossum
No Taxon (Subgenus Dialictus, Metallic-Sweat Bees)
Species bruneri (Lasioglossum bruneri)
Other Common Names
Bruner's Metallic-Sweat bee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictoxenos bruneri Crawford, 1902; Halictus brimleyi Crawford, 1932; Dialictus bruneri (Crawford, 1902)
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) bruneri (Crawford, 1902)
Size
Female: Length 6-7mm(1)
Male: Length 5.5-6.5mm(1)
Range
Ontario south to Florida, west to Nebraska.
Season
February to October
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
Gibbs, J. 2010. Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus)in Canada (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Halictini). Zootaxa; 2591, 76-80.(1)
Gibbs, J. 2011. Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini.) Zootaxa.(2)
Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.(3)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) in Canada.
2.Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America
3.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.).