Lasioglossum Curtis

Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, Zootaxa 4352 (1), pp. 1-160 : 78

Genus Lasioglossum Curtis

Taxonomy: Gibbs (2010; 2011); Gibbs et al. (2013); Knerer & Atwood (1964b); McGinley (McGinley 1986, 2003); Mitchell (1960).

Biology. Lasioglossum is extremely behaviorally diverse including solitary, communal, eusocial nesting in underground burrows or rotten logs, a range of floral host preferences, and multiple origins of cleptoparasitism ( Danforth et al. 2003; Gibbs et al. 2012 a, 2013; Michener 1974; Sakagami & Michener 1962; Yanega 1997).