Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) sp. “Weak-veined Sweat Bee” Halictidaeon Solidago
Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) sp. “Weak-veined Sweat Bee” Halictidaeon Solidago missouriensis. “Prairie Goldenrod” AsteraceaeApgar Lookout Trail, Glacier National Park, MTOctober 9, 2015Robert NieseLasioglossum is the world’s largest genus of bees and contains more than 1700 species worldwide. Like many other speciose invertebrate genera, we know relatively little about these organisms and only a handful of entomologists worldwide are capable of identifying them to species. In the last five years, researchers throughout North America have revised the taxonomy of this group using phylogenetic data, new morphological characters, and over 10,000 museum specimens. According to their keys, this particular individual is possibly a male L. (Hemihalictus) inconditum. -- source link
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