HALICTINAE
(a subfamily of hymenopterans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Halictus
end-banded furrow bees
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 29 images 3 ident. refs
Lasioglossum
base-banded furrow bees
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 8 subtaxa 149 images 3 ident. refs
Sphecodes
blood bees
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 24 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyHALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyHALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

HALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 56 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
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