| Augochloropsis viridula | |
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| A dry specimen with its wings splayed out | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Halictidae |
| Genus: | Augochloropsis |
| Species: | A. viridula |
| Binomial name | |
| Augochloropsis viridula (Smith, 1853) | |
Augochloropsis viridula, the northeastern sweat bee, is a brilliant green species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. [2]
The fringe hairs of the northeastern sweat bee is about the same length as the metasomal hairs. Two to four puncture widths separate the terga. [3]
It can be primarily found in the Midwestern United States as well as Canada where it coincides with the similar-looking Metallic epauletted-sweat bee. Though, it is not found as far out as in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. [3] [4] [1]
The species was first described by British entomologist, Frederick Smith in 1853.
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. A. viridula had been historically referred to as Augochloropsis metallica fulgida, however the researchers concluded it was a separate species and resurrected its original description, A. viridula. [3]
