Swollen-thighed Blood Bee

Sphecodes crassus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae

Sphecodes crassus, common name swollen-thighed blood bee, is a species of bee. It was described by Carl Gustaf Thomson in 1870. It is a kleptoparasite of bees of the genus Lasioglossum, and is found throughout Europe.

Distribution

Swollen-thighed Blood Bee — (c) Rafael Carbonell Font, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Switzerland · 145United Kingdom · 27Germany · 5Luxembourg · 2Belgium · 1Netherlands · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Rafael Carbonell Font, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionSphecodes crassus, Wikipedia contributors

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