Sphecodes longulus von Hagens, 1882
(Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)

Interactions where Sphecodes longulus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva kleptoparasitises pollen store UK/Ireland Lasioglossum minutissimum Least Mining Bee, Least Furrow Bee Hymenoptera: Halictidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Halictidae/Sphecodes longulus/Sphecodes longuluslittle sickle-jawed blood beelarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Halictidae/Lasioglossum minutissimum/Lasioglossum minutissimumleast mining bee, least furrow beepollen store

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Sphecodes longulus (Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sphecodes longulus (Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphecodes longulus (Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)
GenusSphecodes (blood bees)
SubfamilyHALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyHALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphecodes longulus (Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)

Sphecodes longulus (Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pavett, P.M. 2005 The aculeate hymenoptera of Horton National Nature Reserve, Gower, West Wales Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 213-217.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sphecodes longulus (Little Sickle-jawed Blood Bee):

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