Semi-social-bee

Guides

• Lasioglossum planatum

  Flattened Sweat Bee

  Lasioglossum planatum is a small sweat bee in the subgenus Dialictus, resurrected from synonymy in a 2010 taxonomic revision of Canadian metallic Lasioglossum. It is one of over 1,700 species in the genus Lasioglossum, the largest genus of bees. Like other Dialictus species, it is a ground-nesting bee with variable social behavior. The species occurs in northeastern North America, with confirmed records from Vermont.

  HymenopteraHalictidaeLasioglossumDialictussweat-beeground-nesting-beeresurrected-speciesNorth-AmericaVermontpollinatorsolitary-beesemi-social-bee

• Lasioglossum versans

  Friendless Sweat Bee

  Lasioglossum versans is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae, subgenus Dialictus. It was described by Lovell in 1905 and is one of 84 metallic Dialictus species treated in the Canadian taxonomic revision. The species is known from North America with records from Vermont. Like other members of the large genus Lasioglossum, it is a ground-nesting bee with likely solitary or semi-social nesting biology.

  HalictidaeDialictussweat-beeground-nesting-beeNorth-AmericaVermontmetallic-beesolitary-beesemi-social-beepollinatorLovell-1905taxonomic-revision-2011synonymy-Halictus-brevibasis