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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 » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Seladonia (Halictus Subgenus Seladonia) » Halictus confusus

Species Halictus confusus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
what species？ - Halictus confusus Hymenopteran on HIbiscus - Halictus confusus Halictus confusus - male Bee on Clematis - Halictus confusus male halictid - Halictus confusus - male long horned bee? - Halictus confusus - female Urban Furrow Bee - Halictus confusus Halictus confusus
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 Halictus (Furrow Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Seladonia)
Species confusus (Halictus confusus)
Other Common Names
Southern Bronze Furrow Bee is in use in the United Kingdom but is remarkably parochial. This bee is abundant north to Canada and Siberia!

Confusing Furrow Bee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus alpinus Alfken, 1907; Halictus constrictus_homonym Provancher, 1882; Halictus provancheri Dalla Torre, 1896, replacement name; Halictus nearcticus Vachal, 1904; Halictus flavipes_homonym Auct.; Halictus perkinsi Blüthgen, 1925, replacement name; Halictus (Pachyceble) confusus confusus Smith, 1853; Seladonia (Pachyceble) confusa (Smith, 1853); Halictus (Seladonia) confusus confusus Smith, 1853, valid subspecies; Halictus arapahonum Cockerell, 1906; Halictus (Chloralictus) olivarius Sandhouse, 1924; Halictus confusus arapahonum Cockerell, 1906; Halictus (Seladonia) confusus arapahonum Cockerell, 1906, valid subspecies; Halictus (Seladonia) confusus pelagius Ebmer, 1996, valid subspecies
Explanation of Names
Halictus (Seladonia) confusus Smith, 1853
Size
Female: Length 7mm(1)
Male: Length 7mm(1)
Identification
The integument (body, NOT HAIR) is greenish.
Range
North America: Nova Scotia to North Dakota, South to Florida and Texas.
Also all across Europe and Asia.
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Season
March-October
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
Richards, M. H., Vickruck, J. L., & Rehan, S. M. (2010). Colony social organisation of Halictus confusus in southern Ontario, with comments on sociality in the subgenus H.(Seladonia). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 19(1), 144-158. (Full Text)
Internet References
Discover Life
iNaturalist
Atlas Hymenoptera
ITIS
Works Cited
1.Bees of the eastern United States
Mitchell T.B. 1962. Tech. Bull. (NC Agric. Exp. Sta.): No. 141 (538 pp.), 1960; and No. 152 (557 pp.).
Contributed by tom murray on 27 September, 2006 - 5:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:18pm

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