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
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-21
4352
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1
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journal article
31367
10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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Stelis
(
Stelis
)
coarctatus
Crawford 1916
(
coarctatus
group)
=
Stelis
(
Microstelis
)
vernalis
Mitchell, 1962: 43
. New synonymy (by F. Parker and T. Griswold).
County records:
Cheboygan, Kalamazoo, Livingston, Mason, Missaukee.
Notes.
Mitchell (1962)
did not include
S
.
coarctatus
in his treatment of the eastern species. The
holotype
female, deposited at NMNH, is from
Kansas
. The
holotype
female of
S
.
vernalis
, also deposited at NMNH, is from
North Carolina
. This species has been recorded as a cleptoparasite of
Heriades carinata
Cresson
(see
Sheffield
et al.
2008
). It was reared from
Heriades carinata
nests in
Michigan
by
Matthews (1965 as
vernalis
)
, but also from
Hoplitis
(
Proteriades
)
shoshone
(Parker)
in
Nevada
(
Parker 1976
)
, suggesting a broad host range.