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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) » Halictini » Lasioglossum » Subgenus Dialictus, Metallic-Sweat Bees (Lasioglossum Subgenus Dialictus, Metallic-Sweat Bees) » Lasioglossum actinosum

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Copyright © 2010 Hartmut Wisch

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) ? - Lasioglossum actinosum -

Surfers Point Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA
April 30, 2010
Size: est. 7-8mm

Visiting Encelia californica.
Reminds me of Dialictus; am I on the right path?

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Lasioglossum (Dialictus) ? - Lasioglossum actinosum - female

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) ? - Lasioglossum actinosum - female

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) ? - Lasioglossum actinosum - female

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 1 May, 2010 - 3:09pm
Last updated 16 August, 2012 - 8:16pm

Moved

Moved from Subgenus Dialictus.

… Hartmut Wisch, 16 August, 2012 - 8:16pm

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Moved

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… Hartmut Wisch, 2 May, 2010 - 1:18am

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yes, a L. (Dialictus) female

reminds me of L. actinosum

… John S. Ascher, 1 May, 2010 - 4:41pm

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Thanks, John!

It certainly is similar to actinosum, as far as I can see by comparing the few photos on BG. What do you make of the more or less hairless, metallic looking first tergite on this bee? Is there another, very similar species, or might this actually be actinosum?

… Hartmut Wisch, 1 May, 2010 - 8:04pm

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Not sure

Better to check reference specimens or to ask Jason Gibbs. There are undescribed and very obscure species in California so Identification can be very tricky to say the least

… John S. Ascher, 24 March, 2014 - 7:41pm

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Will do -

Just back from Figueroa Mountain, Santa Barbara County, CA. Though VERY dry, I found numerous species of bees all 'shopping' in a few patches of Pholistoma auritum (Fiesta flowers) at a lower altitude in Happy Canyon. Will post some photos soon. There was an Anthidium, some big Eucerini, various Megachilidae, Andrena, Anthophorinae…More than I was able to either net or photograph.

… Hartmut Wisch, 25 March, 2014 - 7:17pm

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