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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journal article
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Megachile
(
Sayapis
)
pugnata pugnata
Say 1837
County records:
Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, Cheboygan, Clinton, Dickinson, Eaton, Emmet, Gladwin, Gogebic, Gratiot, Ingham, Iron, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska,
Kent
, Keweenaw, Lake, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Mecosta, Midland, Monroe, Montmorency, Oakland, Otsego, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne.
Notes.
Specialist on
Asteraceae
. This cavity-nester has been studied in
Wisconsin
(
Medler 1964a
;
Medler & Lussenhop 1968
). In
Utah
, it has been explored for its potential as a managed pollinator of commercial sunflower (
Tepedino & Frohlich 1982
).
Megachile pugnata
is commonly found in trap-nests placed in both MSU campus, East Lansing,
Michigan
and prairie restorations in the LP (JG, pers. obs.).