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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 Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum Subgenus Lasioglossum) » Lasioglossum fuscipenne

Species Lasioglossum fuscipenne

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Halictidae? - Lasioglossum fuscipenne - male Sweat bee - Lasioglossum fuscipenne - male unknown bee - Lasioglossum fuscipenne Lasioglossum fuscipenne Bee - Lasioglossum fuscipenne Slender Halictid Nectaring on Vining Aster - Lasioglossum fuscipenne Bee - Lasioglossum fuscipenne Insect - Lasioglossum fuscipenne - female
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 Lasioglossum)
Species fuscipenne (Lasioglossum fuscipenne)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus fuscipennis Smith, 1853; Halictus capitulatus Vachal, 1904; Curtisapis fuscipennis (Smith, 1853)
Explanation of Names
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) fuscipenne (Smith, 1853)
Size
Female: Length 8.2-10.1 mm(1)
Male: Length 7.3-9.6 mm(1)
Range
Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to Texas and Florida.
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Season
March to December
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
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 Beatriz Moisset on 8 December, 2006 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:11pm

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