The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history
Author
Gibbs, Jason
Author
Ascher, John S.
Author
Rightmyer, Molly G.
Author
Isaacs, Rufus
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-21
4352
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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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Osmia
(
Melanosmia
)
simillima
Smith 1853
County records:
Alger
, Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cheboygan, Clinton, Dickinson, Emmet, Gladwin, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Keweenaw, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Livingston, Manistee, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Montcalm, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, Shiawassee, St. Clair, Van Buren.
Notes.
Recorded nesting in oak galls, possibly from Massachusetts (
Packard 1867
).
Scott (1993)
describes this species nesting communally in buried wood at a sandy site at Pictured Lakes National Lakeshore, Michigan. A nest in driftwood on the west shore of Lake Michigan was reported by
Graenicher (1905)
.