Augochloropsis cuprea

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Augochloropsis cuprea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae
Genus: Augochloropsis
Species:
A. cuprea
Binomial name
Augochloropsis cuprea
(Smith, 1853)

Augochloropsis cuprea is a brilliant green species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. [1]

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Range

Its range is only known as North America. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

In 2022, researchers from the University of Minnesota conducted a taxonomy study, which concluded in Augochloropsis metallica being split into five distinct taxa, A. metallica , Augochloropsis cuprea, Augochloropsis fulgida , Augochloropsis fulvofimbriata , and A. viridula . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Augochloropsis cuprea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
  2. 1 2 Portman, Zachary M.; Arduser, Mike; Lane, Ian G.; Cariveau, Daniel P. (2022-11-18). "A review of the Augochloropsis (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) and keys to the shiny green Halictinae of the midwestern United States". ZooKeys (1130): 103–152. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1130..103P. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1130.86413 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   9836709 . PMID   36761018.
  3. ↑ Sandhouse, Grace A. (1937). "The bees of the genera Augochlora, Augochloropsis, and Augochlorella (Hymenoptera; Apoidea) occurring in the United States". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 27 (2): 65–79. ISSN   0043-0439. JSTOR   24529459.
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