Halictidae is the second-largest family of bees[1] (clade Anthophila) with nearly 4,500 species.[2] They are commonly called sweat bees (especially the smaller species), as they are often attracted to perspiration.[3][4] Halictid species are an extremely diverse group that can vary greatly in appearance. These bees occur all over the world and are found on every continent[4] except Antarctica.[citation needed] Usually dark-colored (frequently brown or black) and often metallic, halictids are found in various sizes, colors and patterns. Several species are all or partly green and a few are red, purple, or blue.[4] A number of them have yellow markings, especially the males, which commonly have yellow faces, a pattern widespread among the various families of bees. The family is one of many with short tongues[5] and is best distinguished by the arcuate (strongly curved) basal vein found on the wing.[6] Females in this family tend to be larger than the males.[5] They are the group for which the term 'eusocial' was first coined by entomologist, Suzanne Batra.
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Halictidae is the second-largest family of bees (clade Anthophila) with nearly 4,500 species. They are commonly called sweat bees (especially the smaller...
flowering plants. The most common bees in the Northern Hemisphere are the Halictidae, or sweat bees, but they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies...
Hemisphere sweat bees. They are members of the family of bees known as Halictidae. Unlike other sweat bees, they are not attracted to human sweat. They...
to the salt in human sweat. It can refer to: Small bees in the family Halictidae, common across the world, particularly Agapostemon, Augochlora, Augochlorella...
origin of eusociality for Halictus and Lasioglossum (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(3), 926-39. Ascher, J. S. and...
Halictus gemmeus is a species of bee in the family Halictidae, the sweat bees. Halictus gemmeus is a Mediterranean species present in Portugal, Spain,...
other species of the family Halictidae are thought to have similar variability in sociality. Many members of the family Halictidae are metallic in appearance...
While only a moderate percentage of species in bees (families Apidae and Halictidae) and wasps (Crabronidae and Vespidae) are eusocial, nearly all species...
A list of the species of Hymenoptera from New Zealand; which includes ants, bees, parasitoids, sawflies, and social wasps. Pleistodontes froggatti Mayr...
musical scientific designation that means 'pure golden green.'" Within Halictidae, 4 subfamilies, 81 genera, and over 4,000 species have been defined. About...
leucozonium is part of the subfamily Halictinae, of the Hymenoptera family Halictidae. The largest, most diverse and recently diverged of the four halictid...
Augochlorella is a genus in the bee family Halictidae, commonly called sweat bees. They display metallic coloration, ranging from reddish to gold to bluish...
Halictus tripartitus is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is partially eusocial, with nests connected underground and some workers capable...
1806 דבורת הדבש האיטלקית Bytinski-Salz, H. and Ebmer, A. W. (1974). The Halictidae of Israel (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). II. Genus Lasioglossum, Israel Journal...
predator and prey defense. Including all eusocial and cleptoparasitic Halictidae taxa, these small bees are pollen feeders who mass provision their young...
Chlerogas is a genus of bees belonging to the family Halictidae. The species of this genus are found in South America. Species: Chlerogas araguaensis Brooks...
Halictus ligatus is a species of sweat bee from the family Halictidae, among the species that mine or burrow into the ground to create their nests. H....
"Pollination of Cypripedium plectrochilum (Orchidaceae) by Lasioglossum spp. (Halictidae): the roles of generalist attractants versus restrictive floral architecture"...
lineages that parasitize solitary hosts (mostly in Apidae, Megachilidae, and Halictidae), collectively representing several thousand species, and therefore a...
genus of brilliant metallic, often blue-green, sweat bees in the family Halictidae. There are at least 140 described species in Augochloropsis. Species of...
Conopidae) a parasite of the alkali bee, Nomia melanderi Ckll. (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)". Bulletin of the Washington Agriculture Experimental Station. 51: 1–33...
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