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Halictus tectus

Halictus tectus is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. Its native range extends from southern Europe to Mongolia. It was introduced from southern Europe to the east coast of the United States, being first recorded there in 2000, with records from Maryland/Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. In the U.S., Sam Droege of the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab noted that this species seemingly prefers "highly disturbed areas with European weeds".

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Halictus tectus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae
Tribe: Halictini
Genus: Halictus
Species:
H. tectus
Binomial name
Halictus tectus

Halictus tectus is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae.123 Its native range extends from southern Europe to Mongolia.4 It was introduced from southern Europe to the east coast of the United States, being first recorded there in 2000, with records from Maryland/Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.45 In the U.S., Sam Droege of the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab noted that this species seemingly prefers "highly disturbed areas with European weeds".4

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References

  1. "Halictus tectus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Halictus tectus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Droege, Sam (2015). The Very Handy Manual: How to Catch and Identify Bees and Manage a Collection. USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab. pp. 47, 52. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. Erika M. Tucker; Sandra M. Rehan (April 2016). "Wild bee pollination networks in northern New England". Journal of Insect Conservation. 20 (2): 333. doi:10.1007/S10841-016-9870-1. ISSN 1366-638X. Wikidata Q126260549.
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