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
1
1
160
journal article
31367
10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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Bombus
(
Psithyrus
)
fernaldae
(Franklin 1911)
(
sylvestris
group)
County records:
Alger
, Alpena, Baraga, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Gogebic, Huron, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Keweenaw, Livingston, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft.
Notes.
Social parasite of
B
.
rufocinctus
. No recent specimens examined, although it still occurs in the eastern United States.
Williams
et al.
(2014)
treat
B
.
fernaldae
as a junior synonym of
B
.
flavidus
Eversmann.