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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 » Striped Sweat Bees (Agapostemon) » Subgenus Agapostemon (Agapostemon Subgenus Agapostemon) » Honey-tailed Striped Sweat bee (Agapostemon melliventris)

Species Agapostemon melliventris - Honey-tailed Striped Sweat bee

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References
Green bee on Kidney wood - Agapostemon melliventris - male Belly of the Beast - Agapostemon melliventris - male Unknown Agapostemon - Agapostemon melliventris - male Unknown Agapostemon - Agapostemon melliventris 2374 Sweat Bee ? - Agapostemon melliventris - male Bee - Agapostemon melliventris? - Agapostemon melliventris - female Bee - Agapostemon melliventris (male) ? - Agapostemon melliventris - male Agapostemon sp.? - Agapostemon melliventris - 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 Agapostemon (Striped Sweat Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Agapostemon)
Species melliventris (Honey-tailed Striped Sweat bee)
Other Common Names
Honey-tailed Agapostemon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agapostemon fasciatus Crawford, 1901; Halictus fasciatus_homonym (Crawford, 1901); Halictus (Agapostemon) plurifasciatus Vachal, 1903, replacement name; Agapostemon digueti Cockerell, 1924
Explanation of Names
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson, 1874
Range
Canada: Southern Saskatchewan
USA: Western North Dakota to western Texas and all states west.

Map (Discover Life)
Season
March to December
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.
Print References
Roberts, Radclyffe B. (1972). Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49(9):437-590. (Full Text)
Roberts, Radclyffe B. (1973). Bees of northwestern America: Agapostemon (Hymenoptera : Halictidae). Agricultural Experimental Station. Oregon State University. (Full Text)
Internet References
Discover Life
iNaturalist
Moure's Bee Catalouge
ITIS
Wild Bees of the NBC

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