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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) » pilosum species group (Lasioglossum pilosum species group) » Lasioglossum leucocomum
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Bee - Lasioglossum leucocomum - female
Copyright © 2006 Jackie

Bee - Lasioglossum leucocomum - Female
Essex, Ontario, Canada
June 2, 2006
Size: 5 mm
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Contributed by Jackie on 26 October, 2006 - 2:11pm
Last updated 24 March, 2014 - 8:25am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Dialictus.
… John S. Ascher, 24 March, 2014 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lasioglossum.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 November, 2007 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

Lasioglossum (Dialictus)
It's definitely a Dialictus female. The dense pubescence on the abdomen is characteristic of L. pilosum. The face looks somewhat elongate which is also typical of L. pilosum. This species is fairly common in southern Ontario. Of course, Dialictus IDs should be taken with a grain of salt. L. pruinosum also has a long face and dense abdominal pubescence...
… Jason Gibbs, 9 September, 2007 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Stigma looks too dark for pruinosum
I think it's dead on for leucocomum which usually has whiter abdominal hairs and a paler stigma than pilosum
… John S. Ascher, 24 March, 2014 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bees.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 November, 2006 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

Lasioglossum.
This is, I believe, a female bee in the genus Lasioglossum, family Halictidae. You might want to wait for confirmation from John Ascher, or Doug Yanega, though:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 October, 2006 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

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