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Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus)

Halictid bee at Murrumbateman, NSW

Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 19 Aug 2021
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 19 Aug 2021
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 19 Aug 2021
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 19 Aug 2021
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 19 Aug 2021
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Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (subgenus) 20 Aug 2021 michael.batley
Lipotriches sp. (genus) 19 Aug 2021 SimoneC

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2 comments

   20 Aug 2021
Lipotriches and Lasioglossum can look very alike, but the pale hair bands are always on the rear edge of the abdominal segments in Lipotriches and the front edge in Lasioglossum. It looks to me as though these images are of a Lasioglossum species.
SimoneC wrote:
   20 Aug 2021
Thanks Michael, I tossed up between the two for quite a while.

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  • Lonicera fragrantissima Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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