Metallic Green Nomia Bee S1, Female, Face | Tosticauda Resin Bee S1, Female, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Small Bee (Bee: Halictidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Metallic Green Nomia Bee (Lipotriches flavoviridis) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S2, Male, Antenna🔎 | ||||
Other name: | Yellow-green Austral-Nomia | ||||
Thank you Dr Ken Walker & Asaph (Asaph01) for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~7mm long. Ken Walker said "Two characters in your image show this is not a Homalictus. 1. The large amount of hair on the hind legs (especially the hind femur and tibia). Homalictus carries its pollen load on the underneath of its abdomen. 2. The wing photo shows an elongate (much longer than the 2nd submarginal cell) and strong 3rd submarginal cell. In Homalictus, the 3rd submarginal cell is about the same length as the 2nd submarginal cell but the veins are weaker than those veins of the 2nd submarginal cell" | |||||
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