''Dufourea'' is a genus of
sweat bees in the family
Halictidae
Halictidae is the second-largest family of bees (clade Anthophila) with nearly 4,500 species. Halictid species are an extremely diverse group that can vary greatly in appearance. These bees occur all over the world and are found on every contine ...
. There are at least 160 described species in ''Dufourea''.
[Sharkey M.J. (2007). ''Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera''.]["Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. ''Cladistics'' 28(1): 80-112.]
See also
*
List of Dufourea species
References
* Michener, Charles D. (2000). ''The Bees of the World'', xiv + 913.
* Michener, Charles D. (2007). ''The Bees of the World, Second Edition'', xvi + 953.
Further reading
*
Halictidae
Bee genera
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