Lasioglossum malachurum
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Lasioglossum malachurum, the sharp-collared furrow bee, is a small European halictid bee.[1] This species is obligately eusocial, with queens and workers, though the differences between the castes are not nearly as extreme as in honey bees.[2] 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.[1] L. malachurum is one of the more extensively studied species in the genus Lasioglossum, also known as sweat bees. Researchers have discovered that the eusocial behavior in colonies of L. malachurum varies significantly dependent upon the region of Europe in which each colony is located.[3]
Lasioglossum malachurum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Halictidae |
Tribe: | Halictini |
Genus: | Lasioglossum |
Species: | L. malachurum |
Binomial name | |
Lasioglossum malachurum (Kirby, 1802) | |
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