Category: Sphecodes
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Sphecodes
Sphecodes are a group of diverse and enigmatic cleptoparasites. Members of this genus are thought to predominately parasitize nests of other ground or wood-nesting halictids, mainly Lasioglossum, but also Halictus, Agapostemon, Augochlorella, and possibly Andrena and Calliopsis. Although genus-level identification of this genus is straightforward–a fairly wasp-like bee with a dark head and thorax, and…