Red-tailed
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Lasioglossum mesillense
Lasioglossum mesillense is a 'red-tailed' sweat bee in the subgenus Lasioglossum (Dialictus), originally described from New Mexico in 1898. The species was recently revised in a comprehensive treatment of western Nearctic Dialictus, during which two junior synonyms were newly recognized and a lectotype was designated. As with other members of this large subgenus, it is a small, ground-nesting bee. The specific epithet references Mesilla, New Mexico, the type locality.