Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 537: Sharp-collared Furrow Bee

Sharp-collared Furrow Bee
Arthropods Daily · No. 537 Sharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurum
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Sharp-collared Furrow Bee
Sharp-collared Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum malachurum) – species of genus “Lasioglossum“

Lasioglossum malachurum, the sharp-collared furrow bee, is a small European halictid bee. This species is obligately eusocial, with queens and workers, though the differences between the castes are not nearly as extreme as in honey bees. Early taxonomists mistakenly assigned the worker females to a different species from the queens. They are small (about 1 cm), shiny, mostly black bees with off-white hair bands at the bases of the abdominal segments. L. malachurum is one of the...

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