Talk:Augochlorella

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 January 2019 and 6 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Milanarya1, Salehaminhas, Valxoxo48. Peer reviewers: Dhara612, Cj.hanlon96, Roselyng31, Mary.p2019, Emely.cruz24, Ameenlotfi.

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Sources for Wikipedia Course Project
The bees of the genera Augochlora, Augochloropsis, and Augochlorella (Hymenoptera; Apoidea) occurring in the United States at the library of Science and Medicine https://rutgers.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/openurl?institution=01RUT_INST&vid=01RUT_INST:01RUT&volume=27&sid=jstor:jstor&pages=65-79&atitle=The%20bees%20of%20the%20genera%20Augochlora,%20Augochloropsis,%20and%20Augochlorella%20(Hymenoptera;%20Apoidea)%20occurring%20in%20the%20United%20States&spage=65&date=1937-02-15&title=Journal%20of%20the%20Washington%20Academy%20of%20Sciences&issue=2&issn=00430439&epage=79&genre=article

Coelho, B. W. T. “A Review of the Bee Genus Augochlorella (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini).” Systematic Entomology 29, no. 3 (2004): 282–323. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00243.x

Mueller, Ulrich G. “Life History and Social Evolution of the Primitively Eusocial Bee Augochlorella Striata (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).” Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 1996, 116–138. http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/Muelleru/pubs/Mueller_JKansasEntSoc_1996.pdf

Packer, Laurence. “Solitary and Eusocial Nests in a Population of Augochlorella Striata (Provancher)(Hymenoptera; Halictidae) at the Northern Edge of Its Range.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27, no. 5 (1990): 339–344. http://www.yorku.ca/bugsrus/resources/publications/1990%20Packer.pdf

This book is requested by Val at the Douglass Library Mating Behavior in Halictine Bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): I, Patrolling and Age-Specific Behavior in Males ISSN: 0022-8567, 1937-2353, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society , 1976, Vol.49(1), p.105-119 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Milanarya1 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Emely's Peer Review
I really enjoyed the pictures and the scientific classification underneath the first image. The species catagory was also helpful as the reader can visually interpret and understand how vast the species category is. It would be great if you can add pictures to each species category (if they are available) as you did with Augochlorella aurata and Augochlorella pomoniella. The links listed in your reference section work which is great. I would consider expanding your research and article in areas such as foraging patterns of Augochlorella and possibly flight patterns, and mating behavior. An interesting article I found about flight patterns of sweat bees: Flight Patterns of Three Species of Sweat Bees (Halictidae) Foraging at Convolvulus arvensis. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1979;52(4):751-758. Overall, it is aesthetically pleasing which is always a plus. --Emely.cruz24 (talk) 00:44, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Organizational and content suggestions
About how many described species are there in this genus? Is the species list here comprehensive?

Muniche (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Wording is quite technical
In revising this article, it might be good to edit the phrasings in several sections. They read as if lifted from technical publications, and could be rewritten in simpler language without loss of meaning.Muniche (talk) 12:43, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

What is recognizable about clypeus?
The article reads: "The most recognizable features of Augochlorella are the clypeus (shield-shaped plate of exoskeleton below the frons and above the labrum)..." Since all bees have a clypeus, what is recognizable about the clypeus of this genus?Muniche (talk) 17:36, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Ecological and economic importance
Perhaps this section could say something general about this genus as a pollinator, and then jump into A aurata as an example.Muniche (talk) 17:38, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Diet info could have its own section
Currently a list of plants with which this genus interacts is listed under nesting, which seems inappropriate. Perhaps adding a diet section (even if it has little information at present) would be clearer and allow future wikipedians to add more info. Muniche (talk) 17:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)