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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Colletes inaequalis
Say 1837
(
inaequalis
group)
County records:
Alger
, Allegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Houghton, Ingham, Iosco, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska,
Kent
, Lake, Leelanau, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Marquette, Midland, Missaukee, Montcalm, Montmorency, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Osceola, Otsego, Ottawa, Roscommon, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne, Wexford.
Notes.
Nests described from
New
Jersey
,
Kansas
and
Maryland
by
Smith (1901; as
compacta
)
,
Stephen (1954)
, and
Batra (1980)
, respectively. Population structure and nest suitability studies in
New
York
by López- Uribe
et al.
(2015). An abundant spring bee and important wild pollinator of spring crops including apple, blueberry and cherry (
Gibbs
et al.
2016
,
2017
).