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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 Leuchalictus (Lasioglossum Subgenus Leuchalictus) » Lasioglossum zonulum

Species Lasioglossum zonulum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Lasioglossum
No Taxon (Subgenus Leuchalictus)
Species zonulum (Lasioglossum zonulum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus zonulus Smith, 1848; Halictus trifasciatus Schenck, 1853; Halictus rhenanus Verhoeff, 1890; Halictus recepticius Vachal, 1902; Halictus (Evylaeus) craterus Lovell, 1908; Halictus zonulus dexter Blüthgen, 1934; Halictus zonulus sinister Blüthgen, 1934; Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) zonulum (Smith, 1848); Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) zonulum euronotum Ebmer, 1998; Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) zonulum euronotum Ebmer, 1998, valid subspecies
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) zonulum (Smith, 1848)
Size
Female: Length 8.5-10.5 mm(1)
Male: Length 7.4-9.2 mm(1)
Range
Holarctic. It is probably an introduced species.

North America: California to Washington and Idaho. East to Montana and the Dakotas, continuing east to Michigan and the New England states.(1)
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Season
April to 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
Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141. (2)
Internet References
Discover Life
iNaturalist
GBIF
Encyclopedia of Life
ITIS
Works Cited
1.Studies of Halictinae (Apoidea: Halictidae) I: Revision of New World Lasioglossum Curtis
Ronald J. McGinley. 1986. Smithsonian Institution.
2.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 John S. Ascher on 14 February, 2014 - 5:30am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 15 January, 2024 - 12:04pm

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