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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) » socially parasitic Paralictus (Lasioglossum socially parasitic Paralictus) » Lasioglossum lionotum
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Lasioglossum?? - Lasioglossum lionotum
Copyright © 2012 hg

Lasioglossum?? - Lasioglossum lionotum
Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
October 20, 2012
very tiny bee on Lobularia maritima. dont remember seeing a bee in my yard this small with such large head, mandibles and jowls/genal area. i have the voucher specimen, not yet IDed.

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Contributed by hg on 27 November, 2012 - 10:03pm
Last updated 3 September, 2014 - 8:11am

Moved
Moved from socially parasitic Paralictus.
… hg, 3 September, 2014 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 28 November, 2012 - 2:24am login or register to post comments

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) female
I think it is a social parasite i.e. a Paralictus sensu Mitchell, 1960

Nite the broad gena, sicke-shaped mandibles and large labrum
… John S. Ascher, 28 November, 2012 - 2:22am login or register to post comments

 
L. lionotum?
Based on additional photos, it looks like Lasioglossum lionotum to me. Description seems to fit: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Lasioglossum+asteris. Lots of L. imitatum where this was found. J Gibbs' lionotum for comparison http://bugguide.net/node/view/724164
… hg, 1 December, 2012 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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