Wahlenbergia Bee
Posterior
Ellura
Halictid Bee
Anterior
 
                      
Wahlenbergia Bee (Homalictus (Homalictus) urbanus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Small Bee (Bee: Halictidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Wahlenbergia Bee (Homalictus (Homalictus) urbanus)
This Photo:     Ventral & Face
Synonym: Lasioglossum urbanum
Other name: Green Backed Bee

Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Feb-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.