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Species Agapostemon coloradinus - Agapostemon coloradinus 0

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 Agapostemon (Striped Sweat Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Agapostemon)
Species coloradinus (Agapostemon coloradinus 0)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agapostemon coloradensis Crawford, 1901; Halictus coloradensis_homonym (Crawford, 1901); Halictus coloradinus Vachal, 1903, replacement name
Explanation of Names
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) coloradinus (Vachal, 1903)
Identification
Along with A. tyleri, males lack yellow on the metasomal sterna.
Range
Southern Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains of Colorado and Utah, southern Idaho and southwestern Oregon.
Season
May 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.
Remarks
According to Roberts (1972) this is the rarest species of Agapostemon in the United States.
Print References
Roberts, R.B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 49(9):437-590. (Full Text)
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