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Species Halictus confusus

slender bee with long antennae - Halictus confusus - male

male halictid - Halictus confusus - male

copper-colored bee - Halictus confusus - male

Metallic green bee with brown and white stripes - 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.

Discover Life Map

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

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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