Augochloropsis (Paraugochloropsis) fulgida (Smith, 1853)

Stephenson, Phillip L, Griswold, Terry L, Arduser, Michael S, Dowling, Ashley P G & Krementz, David G, 2018, Checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from managed emergent wetlands in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas, Biodiversity Data Journal 6, pp. 24071-24071 : 24071

Augochloropsis (Paraugochloropsis) fulgida (Smith, 1853)

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Augochloropsis fulgida and A. metallica (below) are here recognised as separate species, rather than subspecies as this has been the traditional interpretation ( Moure and Hurd 1987). Studies by one of us (MSA) indicate that the two are largely sympatric and their distinguishing morphological features stable; molecular data appear to support this (S. Droege, in litt.). A short key separating the two is available at DiscoverLife.org, under Augochloropsis metallica . Opportunistic (Table 1: Sites 1, 11, 15, 18).