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ligatus or poeyi, subgenus Odontalictus

Unidentified bee 2010-01 - Halictus - female Apidae, Q 1 ? - Halictus - female Unidentified bee #2 - Halictus Halictus? - Halictus Halictus rubicundus? - Halictus Bee - Halictus Andrena? - Halictus solitary bee - Halictus
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 Halictus (Furrow Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Halictus sensu lato)
No Taxon ligatus or poeyi, subgenus Odontalictus
Identification
Packer, L. (1998) determined these to be two separate species (Previously only H. ligatus was considered valid). They are best separated based on range OR DNA sequence data in areas of sympatry.
Remarks
Known to be a species complex, likely to be split further in the future. The most distinctive "cryptic" forms are Mexican.
See Also
Halictus ligatus Say 1837
Halictus poeyi Lepeletier, 1841
Print References
Danforth, B. N., Mitchell, P. L., & Packer, L. (1998). Mitochondrial DNA differentiation between two cryptic Halictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 91(4), 387-391. (Full Text)
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 20 December, 2009 - 10:07pm
Additional contributions by Nathaniel Green
Last updated 7 June, 2021 - 9:09pm

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