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Halictus
The genus Halictus is a large assemblage of bee species in the family Halictidae. The genus is divided into 15 subgenera, some of dubious monophyly, containing over 200 species, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere (a few species occur in South America, Asia and Africa). Most species are black or dark brown, sometimes metallic greenish-tinted, with apical whitish abdominal bands on the terga (the related genus Lasioglossum, which is otherwise often similar in appearance, has the abdominal...
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Odontalictus
subgenusOdontalictus
Seladonia
subgenusSeladonia
Hexataenites
subgenusHexataenites
Protohalictus
subgenusProtohalictus
Nealictus
subgenusNealictus
Halictus
subgenusHalictus
Monilapis
subgenusMonilapis
Tytthalictus
subgenusTytthalictus
Vestitohalictus
subgenusVestitohalictus
Mucoreohalictus
subgenusMucoreohalictus
Argalictus
subgenusArgalictus
Ramalictus
subgenusRamalictus
Platyhalictus
subgenusPlatyhalictus
Halictus albidus
speciesHalictus albidus
Halictus basizonus
speciesHalictus basizonus
Halictus designatus
speciesHalictus designatus
Halictus ferinus
speciesHalictus ferinus
Halictus harveyi
speciesHalictus harveyi
Halictus jonesi
speciesHalictus jonesi
Halictus kloofensis
speciesHalictus kloofensis
Halictus moffati
speciesHalictus moffati
Halictus philipi
speciesHalictus philipi
Halictus placatus
speciesHalictus placatus
Halictus rhodaspis
speciesHalictus rhodaspis
Halictus rhodesi
speciesHalictus rhodesi
Halictus sulciferus
speciesHalictus sulciferus
Halictus transiens
speciesHalictus transiens
Halictus trimeni
speciesHalictus trimeni
Halictus tuckeri
speciesHalictus tuckeri
Acalcaripes
subgenusAcalcaripes
Lampralictus
subgenusLampralictus
Paraseladonia
subgenusParaseladonia
Placidohalictus
subgenusPlacidohalictus
Halictus niveohirtus
speciesHalictus niveohirtus
Halictus levibasis
speciesHalictus levibasis
Halictus zonatus
speciesHalictus zonatus
Halictus fascialis
speciesHalictus fascialis
Halictus masselinus
speciesHalictus masselinus
Halictus rugicollis
speciesHalictus rugicollis
Halictus bidens
speciesHalictus bidens
Halictus pallidipennis
speciesHalictus pallidipennis
Halictus perfumidus
speciesHalictus perfumidus
Halictus inornatus
speciesHalictus inornatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57677.