Sphecodes atlantis Mitchell, 1956

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 117

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1458879A-FFB6-FFCD-FF50-5F1EFD82FD8B

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scientific name

Sphecodes atlantis Mitchell, 1956
status

 

Sphecodes atlantis Mitchell, 1956 View in CoL ( mandibularis group)

Atlantis Blood Bee

Notes: This species is difficult to identify based on structural characters, but many examples are so tiny as to rule out most other regional species. In Connecticut it has been detected in sandplain remnants, powerline ROW, agricultural fields, and coastal dunes.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Sphecodes