Researcher identifies 11 new sweat bee species
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a scientist discovers a new species, one of hardest tasks is naming it. A Cornell researcher faced this challenge many times over when he discovered 11 new U.S. sweat bee species (subgenus Lasioglossum [Dialictus]) that live east of the Mississippi and mostly in the Northeast.
