Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833
(base-banded furrow bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Lasioglossum calceatum
Slender Mining Bee, Common Furrow Bee
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 69 images
Lasioglossum fulvicorne
Chalk Furrow Bee
(Click to open)
 		Species 4 images
Lasioglossum laticeps
Broad-faced Furrow Bee
Species 1 ident. refs
Lasioglossum lativentre
Furry-claspered Furrow Bee
(Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Lasioglossum malachurum
Sharp-collared Furrow Bee
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Lasioglossum morio
Brassy Mining Bee, Green Furrow Bee
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Lasioglossum pauxillum
Lobe-spurred Furrow Bee
(Click to open)
 		Species 16 images
Lasioglossum (unidentified)
Unidentified Base-banded Furrow Bees
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 		Unidentified 28 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLasioglossum (base-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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Else, G.R. *** (Draft Lasioglossum key) ***(Superseded)
Perkins, R.C.L. 1922 The British Species of Halictus and Sphecodes Ent. Mon. Mag. 58: 46-52,94-101,167-174.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lasioglossum (base-banded furrow bees)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lasioglossum (base-banded furrow bees)
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