Halictus Latreille, 1804
(end-banded furrow bees)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Halictus rubicundus Yellow-legged Furrow Bee					Species		8 images
Halictus tumulorum Bronze Furrow-bee					Species		21 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Halictus (end-banded furrow bees)
Subfamily	HALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	HALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Halictus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Edwards, M.		Wild bees of Scotland: Identification guide	http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/wildlife/wild%20bees%20identification%20guide.pdf
Else, G.R.		* (Draft Halictus key) *(Superseded)
Perkins, R.C.L.	1922	The British Species of Halictus and Sphecodes	Ent. Mon. Mag. 58: 46-52,94-101,167-174.

Halictus (end-banded furrow bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Halictus (end-banded furrow bees)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Halictus (end-banded furrow bees)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Halictus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)