Lipotriches

In biology, Lipotriches is a large genus of sweat bees in the family Halictidae, distributed widely throughout the Eastern Hemisphere though absent from Europe. There are nearly 200 species in 9 subgenera. They commonly have prominent bands of hair on the margins of the metasomal segments.

Description and biology
Members of this genus are important pollinators of plants, especially grasses, in fact 5 species of this genus from South Africa are recorded to gather grass pollen, with four doing so exclusively. They often have more slender bodies relative to other nomiine bees.

Species

 * Lipotriches ablusa (Cockerell, 1931)
 * Lipotriches acaciae (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches adelaidella (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches aenea (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches aenescens (Friese, 1912)
 * Lipotriches aerata (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches alberti (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches albitarsis (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches alboscopacea (Friese, 1917)
 * Lipotriches alternata (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches amatha (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches analis (Friese, 1924)
 * Lipotriches analis (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches andrei (Vachal, 1897)
 * Lipotriches antennata (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches apicata (Cockerell, 1936)
 * Lipotriches argentifrons (Smith, 1862)
 * Lipotriches armatipes (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches armatula (Dalla Torre, 1896)
 * Lipotriches arnoldi (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches aurata (Bingham, 1897)
 * Lipotriches aureohirta (Cameron, 1898)
 * Lipotriches aureotecta (Cockerell, 1931)
 * Lipotriches aurifrons (Smith, 1853)
 * Lipotriches austella (Hirashima, 1978)
 * Lipotriches australica (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches azarensis (Cockerell, 1932)
 * Lipotriches babindensis (Cockerell, 1930)
 * Lipotriches bantarica (Cockerell, 1919)
 * Lipotriches basipicta (Wickwar, 1908)
 * Lipotriches bechuanella (Cockerell, 1939)
 * Lipotriches bequaertiella (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches betsilei (Saussure, 1890)
 * Lipotriches bicarinata (Cameron, 1903)
 * Lipotriches bigibba (Saussure, 1890)
 * Lipotriches blandula (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches bombayensis (Cameron, 1908)
 * Lipotriches brachysoma (Schletterer, 1891)
 * Lipotriches brevipennis (Friese, 1915)
 * Lipotriches brisbanensis (Cockerell, 1913)
 * Lipotriches brooksi (Pauly, 1991)
 * Lipotriches burmica (Cockerell, 1920)
 * Lipotriches ceratina (Smith, 1857)
 * Lipotriches cheesmanae (Michener, 1965)
 * Lipotriches chilwensis (Cockerell, 1939)
 * Lipotriches cincticauda (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches cinerascens (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches circumnitens (Cockerell, 1946)
 * Lipotriches cirrita (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches clavata (Smith, 1853)
 * Lipotriches clavicornis (Warncke, 1980)
 * Lipotriches clavisetis (Vachal, 1910)
 * Lipotriches clypeata (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches collaris (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches crassula (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches cribrosa (Spinola, 1843)
 * Lipotriches crocodilensis (Pauly, 1990)
 * Lipotriches cubitalis (Vachal, 1897)
 * Lipotriches cyanella (Cockerell, 1913)
 * Lipotriches dentipes (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches dentiventris (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches derema (Strand, 1914)
 * Lipotriches desolata (Cockerell, 1941)
 * Lipotriches digitata (Friese, 1909)
 * Lipotriches dimissa (Cockerell, 1921)
 * Lipotriches doddii (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches dominarum (Cockerell, 1932)
 * Lipotriches echinata (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches edirisinghei Pauly, 2006
 * Lipotriches elongata (Friese, 1914)
 * Lipotriches elongatula (Cockerell, 1915)
 * Lipotriches erimae (Friese, 1909)
 * Lipotriches esakii (Hirashima, 1961)
 * Lipotriches ethioparca (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches exagens (Walker, 1860)
 * Lipotriches excellens (Cockerell, 1929)
 * Lipotriches femorata (Friese, 1936)
 * Lipotriches ferricauda (Cockerell, 1913)
 * Lipotriches fervida (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches fimbriata (Vachal, 1897)
 * Lipotriches flavitarsis (Friese, 1909)
 * Lipotriches flavoviridis (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches floralis (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches fortior (Cockerell, 1929)
 * Lipotriches frenchi (Cockerell, 1912)
 * Lipotriches friesei (Magretti, 1899)
 * Lipotriches fruhstorferi (Pérez, 1905)
 * Lipotriches fulvinerva (Cameron, 1907)
 * Lipotriches fulvohirta (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches fumipennis (Pauly, 2001)
 * Lipotriches generosa (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches geophila (Cockerell, 1930)
 * Lipotriches gilberti (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches goniognatha (Cockerell, 1919)
 * Lipotriches gracilipes (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches gratiosa (Friese, 1914)
 * Lipotriches grisella (Cockerell, 1913)
 * Lipotriches (Lipotriches) guihongi (Zhang et al, 2022)
 * Lipotriches guineensis (Strand, 1912)
 * Lipotriches guluensis (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches halictella (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches hippophila (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches hirsutissima (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches hirsutula (Cockerell, 1947)
 * Lipotriches hylaeoides (Gerstäcker, 1857)
 * Lipotriches hypodonta (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches inaequalis (Cockerell, 1931)
 * Lipotriches inamoena (Benoist, 1950)
 * Lipotriches jacobsoni (Friese, 1914)
 * Lipotriches johannis (Cockerell, 1946)
 * Lipotriches kabindana (Strand, 1920)
 * Lipotriches kamerunensis (Friese, 1916)
 * Lipotriches kampalana (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches kangrae (Nurse, 1904)
 * Lipotriches kankauana (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches kasoutina (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches katonana (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches kondeana (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches krombeini (Hirashima, 1978)
 * Lipotriches kurandina (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches lactinea (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches lamellicornis (Friese, 1911)
 * Lipotriches langi (Cockerell, 1932)
 * Lipotriches latetibialis (Friese, 1924)
 * Lipotriches latifacies (Strand, 1911)
 * Lipotriches lautula (Cockerell, 1919)
 * Lipotriches leucomelanura (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches ligata (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches lubumbashica (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches lucidula (Vachal, 1910)
 * Lipotriches luridipes (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches maai (Michener, 1965)
 * Lipotriches macropus (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches magniventris (Friese, 1914)
 * Lipotriches makomensis (Strand, 1912)
 * Lipotriches meadewaldoi (Brauns, 1912)
 * Lipotriches medani (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches media (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches mediorufa (Cockerell, 1912)
 * Lipotriches melanodonta (Cockerell, 1926)
 * Lipotriches melanoptera (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches melanosoma (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches melvilliana (Cockerell, 1929)
 * Lipotriches minuta (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches minutula (Friese, 1909)
 * Lipotriches miranda (Rayment, 1954)
 * Lipotriches modesta (Smith, 1862)
 * Lipotriches moerens (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches mollis (Smith, 1879)
 * Lipotriches montana (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches montana (Ebmer, 1978)
 * Lipotriches morata (Cockerell, 1920)
 * Lipotriches mozambensis (Pauly, 2003)
 * Lipotriches muscosa (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches musgravei (Cockerell, 1929)
 * Lipotriches nana (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches (Maynenomia) nanensis (Cockerell, 1929)
 * Lipotriches natalensis (Cockerell, 1916)
 * Lipotriches negligenda (Dalla Torre, 1896)
 * Lipotriches nigra (Wu, 1985)
 * Lipotriches nitidibasis (Cockerell, 1920)
 * Lipotriches notabilis (Schletterer, 1891)
 * Lipotriches notiomorpha (Hirashima, 1978)
 * Lipotriches nubecula (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches nubilosa (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches nuda (Rayment, 1939)
 * Lipotriches oberthuerella (Saussure, 1890)
 * Lipotriches obscura (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches odontostoma (Cockerell, 1941)
 * Lipotriches opacibasis (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches orientalis (Friese, 1909)
 * Lipotriches pachypoda (Cockerell, 1920)
 * Lipotriches palavanica (Cockerell, 1915)
 * Lipotriches pallidibasis (Cockerell, 1936)
 * Lipotriches pallidicincta (Cockerell, 1932)
 * Lipotriches pallidiventer (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches panganina (Strand, 1911)
 * Lipotriches parca (Kohl, 1906)
 * Lipotriches patellifera (Westwood, 1875)
 * Lipotriches pennata (Friese, 1924)
 * Lipotriches perlucida (Cockerell, 1911)
 * Lipotriches petterssoni (Pauly, 1991)
 * Lipotriches phanerura (Cockerell, 1913)
 * Lipotriches phenacura (Cockerell, 1911)
 * Lipotriches philippinensis (Cockerell, 1915)
 * Lipotriches picardi (Gribodo, 1894)
 * Lipotriches pilipes (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches platycephala (Cockerell, 1917)
 * Lipotriches pristis (Vachal, 1903)
 * Lipotriches pseudohalictella (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches pulchricornis (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches pulchriventris (Cameron, 1897)
 * Lipotriches purnongensis (Cockerell, 1913)
 * Lipotriches quartinae (Gribodo, 1884)
 * Lipotriches raialii (Pauly, 2001)
 * Lipotriches rainandriamampandryi (Pauly, 2001)
 * Lipotriches ranomafanae (Pauly, 2001)
 * Lipotriches reginae (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches regis (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches reichardia (Strand, 1911)
 * Lipotriches rubella (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches rufipes (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches rufocognita (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches rugicollis (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches rustica (Westwood, 1875)
 * Lipotriches ruwenzorica (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches sanguinolenta (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches sansibarica (Strand, 1912)
 * Lipotriches satelles (Cockerell, 1912)
 * Lipotriches saussurei (Friese, 1902)
 * Lipotriches schroederi (Strand, 1914)
 * Lipotriches scutellata (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches semiaurea (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches semihirta (Cockerell, 1932)
 * Lipotriches semipallida (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches senegalicola (Strand, 1912)
 * Lipotriches setulosa (Benoist, 1962)
 * Lipotriches shanganiensis (Cockerell, 1935)
 * Lipotriches sicheli (Vachal, 1897)
 * Lipotriches sikorai (Pauly, 1991)
 * Lipotriches sjoestedti (Friese, 1909)
 * Lipotriches smaragdula (Pauly, 1984)
 * Lipotriches speciosana (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches speculina (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches sphecodoides (Pauly, 1991)
 * Lipotriches spinulifera (Cockerell, 1933)
 * Lipotriches stalkeri (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches stordyi (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches subarmata (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches subaustralica (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches sublucens (Cockerell, 1939)
 * Lipotriches submoerens (Cockerell, 1914)
 * Lipotriches subnitida (Benoist, 1964)
 * Lipotriches swalei (Cockerell, 1939)
 * Lipotriches tampoloensis (Pauly, 1991)
 * Lipotriches tanganyicensis (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches tenuihirta (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Lipotriches testacea (Strand, 1913)
 * Lipotriches testaceipes (Friese, 1924)
 * Lipotriches tetraloniformis (Strand, 1912)
 * Lipotriches thor (Cockerell, 1930)
 * Lipotriches torrida (Smith, 1879)
 * Lipotriches tridentata (Smith, 1875)
 * Lipotriches triodonta (Kohl, 1906)
 * Lipotriches tristemmae (Pauly, 2001)
 * Lipotriches trochanterica (Friese, 1908)
 * Lipotriches tuckeri (Friese, 1930)
 * Lipotriches tulearensis (Benoist, 1962)
 * Lipotriches turneri (Friese, 1924)
 * Lipotriches ulongensis (Cockerell, 1929)
 * Lipotriches umbiloensis (Cockerell, 1916)
 * Lipotriches ustula (Cockerell, 1911)
 * Lipotriches vicina (Stadelmann, 1897)
 * Lipotriches viciniformis (Cockerell, 1939)
 * Lipotriches victoriae (Cockerell, 1910)
 * Lipotriches voeltzkowi (Friese, 1907)
 * Lipotriches vulpina (Gerstäcker, 1857)
 * Lipotriches welwitschi (Cockerell, 1908)
 * Lipotriches whitfieldi (Cockerell, 1942)
 * Lipotriches willeyi (Cameron, 1905)
 * Lipotriches williamsi (Cockerell, 1930)
 * Lipotriches yapiensis (Cockerell, 1943)
 * Lipotriches yasumatsui (Hirashima, 1961)
 * Lipotriches yunnanensis (He & Wu, 1985)
 * Lipotriches zuala (Strand, 1911)