Halictidae
Augochlora pura (Say, 1837)
Augochlora pura (Say, 1837)
Augochlora pura is a small green sweat bee found across eastern North America with an annually variable life cycle.
Augochlorella aurata (Smith, 1853)
Augochlorella aurata (Smith, 1853)
Augochlorella aurata is a small North American halictid bee species that is a generalist pollen forager and can act as a crop pollinator.
Augochloropsis viridula (Smith, 1853)
Augochloropsis viridula (Smith, 1853)
Augochloropsis viridula, the northeastern sweat bee, is a species found mainly in the US Midwest and Canada with distinct physical traits.
Agapostemon melliventris Cresson, 1874
Agapostemon melliventris Cresson, 1874
Agapostemon melliventris, the honey-tailed striped sweat bee, is a sweat bee species in the family Halictidae.
Agapostemon virescens (Fabricius, 1775)
Agapostemon virescens (Fabricius, 1775)
Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped sweat bee, is a North American halictid sweat bee and Toronto’s official bee.
Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)
Agapostemon splendens (Lepeletier, 1841)
Agapostemon splendens, the brown-winged striped sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the Halictidae family.
Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell, 1924
Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell, 1924
Agapostemon angelicus, the Angeles striped sweat bee, is a small dimorphic bee native to North America.
Agapostemon texanus Cresson, 1872
Agapostemon texanus Cresson, 1872
Agapostemon texanus is a North-to-Central American bee species with distinct metallic body coloration and a broad elevation range.
Paragapostemon coelestinus (Westwood, 1875)
Paragapostemon coelestinus (Westwood, 1875)
Paragapostemon coelestinus is the only species of the monotypic halictid bee genus Paragapostemon, found in Central America.
Halictus tumulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Halictus tumulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Halictus tumulorum is a Palearctic sweat bee whose females often pollinate Cypripedium calceolus, native to the British Isles.
Halictus confusus Smith, 1853
Halictus confusus Smith, 1853
Halictus confusus is a widely distributed primitively eusocial polylectic sweat bee found across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Halictus tripartitus Cockerell, 1895
Halictus tripartitus Cockerell, 1895
Halictus tripartitus is a partially eusocial sweat bee species that pollinates Silene spaldingii.
Halictus gemmeus Dours, 1872
Halictus gemmeus Dours, 1872
Halictus gemmeus is a Mediterranean sweat bee species found across multiple countries and regions of southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.
Halictus scabiosae (Rossi, 1790)
Halictus scabiosae (Rossi, 1790)
Halictus scabiosae is a bee species found across most of Europe and North Africa, easily confused with the closely related Halictus sexcinctus.
Halictus sexcinctus (Fabricius, 1775)
Halictus sexcinctus (Fabricius, 1775)
Halictus sexcinctus is a variable social ground-nesting sweat bee found across Europe to Turkey and Iraq, important for studying eusociality evolution.
Halictus farinosus Smith, 1853
Halictus farinosus Smith, 1853
Halictus farinosus is a primitively eusocial ground-nesting sweat bee species in the family Halictidae.
Halictus ligatus Say, 1837
Halictus ligatus Say, 1837
Halictus ligatus is a common generalist North American sweat bee with distinct identifying features and a broad geographic range.
Halictus poeyi Lepeletier, 1841
Halictus poeyi Lepeletier, 1841
Poey's furrow bee (Halictus poeyi) is a morphologically indistinguishable southeastern US sweat bee in Halictidae.
Halictus maculatus Smith, 1848
Halictus maculatus Smith, 1848
Halictus maculatus is a Halictidae insect species native to Europe and Eurasia.
Halictus rubicundus (Christ, 1791)
Halictus rubicundus (Christ, 1791)
Halictus rubicundus is a widely distributed Holarctic bee with climate-dependent variation in solitary and social behavior.
Lasioglossum vierecki (Crawford, 1904)
Lasioglossum vierecki (Crawford, 1904)
Lasioglossum vierecki is a solitary sand-specialist sweat bee found in eastern North America, active April to September.
Lasioglossum imitatum (Smith, 1853)
Lasioglossum imitatum (Smith, 1853)
Lasioglossum imitatum, the bristle sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the Halictidae family.
Lasioglossum coeruleum (Robertson, 1893)
Lasioglossum coeruleum (Robertson, 1893)
Lasioglossum coeruleum is a species of sweat bee in the bee family Halictidae.
Lasioglossum zephyrum (Smith, 1853)
Lasioglossum zephyrum (Smith, 1853)
Lasioglossum zephyrum is a metallic dark green sweat bee found across the United States, living in aggregated ground burrows.
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