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Lipotriches

In biology, Lipotriches is a large genus of sweat bees in the family Halictidae, distributed widely throughout the Eastern Hemisphere though absent from Europe. There are nearly 200 species in 9 subgenera. They commonly have prominent bands of hair on the margins of the metasomal segments.

Lipotriches
Lipotriches sp. male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae
Subfamily: Nomiinae
Genus: Lipotriches
Gerstaecker, 1858
Subgenera

Description and biology

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Members of this genus are important pollinators of plants, especially grasses,[1] in fact 5 species of this genus from South Africa are recorded to gather grass pollen, with four doing so exclusively.[2] They often have more slender bodies relative to other nomiine bees.[citation needed]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Zhang, Dan; Niu, Ze-Qing; Pauly, Alain; Da, Wa; Zhu, Chao-Dong (2022-03-24). "A new species and a newly recorded subgenus of Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae, Nomiinae) from China". ZooKeys (1090): 103–111. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1090..103Z. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1090.75872. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8971123. PMID 35586843.
  2. ^ Immelman, Kathleen; Eardley, Connal (2008-04-22). "Gathering of grass pollen by solitary bees (Halictidae, Lipotriches) in South Africa". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 76 (2): 263–268. doi:10.1002/mmnz.20000760208.
  3. ^ Abdul Hannan, Md.; Maeta, Yasuo; Miyanaga, Ryôichi (2013-06-01). "Nesting biology and life cycle of Nomia (Acunomia) chalybeata Smith on Iriomote Island, southernmost Archipelago of Japan, with notes on the simultaneous occurrence of diapausing and non-diapausing prepupae within the same nests (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)". Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences. 12 (2): 91–99. doi:10.1016/j.jssas.2012.08.002. ISSN 1658-077X.
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