Subgenus Sphecodogastra sensu lato

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Lasioglossum oenotherae? - Lasioglossum oenotherae - male

Small bee on claytonia - Lasioglossum quebecense - female

halictid - Lasioglossum quebecense - male

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 Sphecodogastra sensu lato

Numbers

30 spp. in our range, 142 total(1)

Identification

Only a few species have the namesake Sphecodes-like red metasoma along with enlarged ocelli adapted to nocturnal lifestyle

Range

Holarctic.

Remarks

Only a few species are nocturnal

See Also

Sphecodes

Print References

McGinley, J. R. (2003). Studies of Halictinae (Apoidea: Halictidae), II: Revision of Sphecogastra Ashmead, Floral Specialists of Onagraceae.Full Text Here [Note: This only treats the subgenus sensu stricto]

Gibbs, J., Packer, L., Dumesh, S., & Danforth, B. N. (2013). Revision and reclassification of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus), L. (Hemihalictus) and L. (Sphecodogastra) in eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Zootaxa, 3672(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3672.1.1(2)

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

2.	Revision and reclassification of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus), L. (Hemihalictus) and L. (Sphecodogastra) in eastern North America

Contributed by John S. Ascher on 18 April, 2009 - 3:40pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 27 February, 2023 - 6:42pm

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