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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 Hemihalictus sensu lato (Lasioglossum Subgenus Hemihalictus sensu lato) » Lasioglossum pectoraloides

Species Lasioglossum pectoraloides

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Bee - Lasioglossum pectoraloides - female
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 Hemihalictus sensu lato)
Species pectoraloides (Lasioglossum pectoraloides)
Other Common Names
Shiny-breasted Sweat Bee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus pectoraloides Cockerell, 1895; Halictus pectoraloides var. beatulus Cockerell, 1918; Halictus (Evylaeus) grindeliae Cockerell, 1934; Evylaeus pectoraloides (Cockerell, 1895); Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) pectoraloides (Cockerell, 1895); Lasioglossum (Dialictus) pectoraloides (Cockerell, 1895)
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum pectoraloides (Cockerell, 1895)
Range
California to North Dakota to Texas.
Discover Life Map
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.
Internet References
Discover Life
GBIF
ITIS
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 6 May, 2012 - 10:05am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:15pm

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