halictid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Halictidae, from the type genus Halictus.

Noun

halictid (plural halictids)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the family Halictidae, many of which are known as sweat bees.
    • 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae‎[1]:
      A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.

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