The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history
Author
Gibbs, Jason
Author
Ascher, John S.
Author
Rightmyer, Molly G.
Author
Isaacs, Rufus
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-21
4352
1
1
160
journal article
31367
10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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Genus
Lasioglossum
Curtis
Taxonomy:
Gibbs (2010
;
2011
);
Gibbs
et al.
(2013)
;
Knerer & Atwood (1964b)
;
McGinley (McGinley 1986
,
2003
);
Mitchell (1960)
.
Biology.
Lasioglossum
is extremely behaviorally diverse including solitary, communal, eusocial nesting in underground burrows or rotten logs, a range of floral host preferences, and multiple origins of cleptoparasitism (
Danforth
et al.
2003
;
Gibbs
et al.
2012
a
, 2013;
Michener 1974
;
Sakagami & Michener 1962
;
Yanega 1997
).