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Subgenus Agapostemon

Metallic Green Bee (Agapostemon virescens) - Agapostemon virescens Unidentified Insect 5_25_a - Agapostemon virescens Cuckoo wasp? - Agapostemon sericeus Sweat bee in rose - Agapostemon splendens - female Agapostemon texanus Female? - Agapostemon texanus - female Agapostemon splendens - female Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) - Agapostemon virescens Agapostemon spp - Agapostemon - 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 Agapostemon (Striped Sweat Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Agapostemon
Numbers
10 spp. in our area, 28 spp. total(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by v belov on 11 November, 2011 - 6:23pm
Last updated 23 November, 2011 - 2:48pm

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