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

Another to ID - Lasioglossum zonulum - male

Small Bee - Lasioglossum zonulum - female

Aculeata ? - Lasioglossum zonulum - male

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)

Discover Life Map

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

GBIF

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

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: