Lasioglossum coreopsis is a of sweat bee in the Halictidae, first described by Robertson in 1902. As a member of the Lasioglossum, it belongs to the largest genus with over 1,700 species worldwide. The species is documented from the Caribbean and North America. Like other halictid bees, it likely exhibits solitary or semi-social nesting in soil.
Distribution
Caribbean; North America
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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