Halictus rubicundus (Christ, 1791)
(Yellow-legged Furrow Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHalictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee)
GenusHalictus (end-banded furrow bees)
SubfamilyHALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyHALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Halictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee) :
1: Halictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee)
26 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at Scabious flower
Image 1: Specimen - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Specimen - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Specimen - lateral viewImage 4: Specimen - ventral viewImage 5: Hairs - highly magnifiedImage 6: Scopula - highly magnifiedImage 7: Tibial spurs - highly magnifiedImage 8: Tibial spurs - highly magnified (2)

Halictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Halictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Halictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee)
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