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
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Epeoloides pilosulus
(Cresson 1878)
County records:
Berrien, Midland, Van Buren, Wayne.
Notes.
This is a cleptoparasite of multiple
Macropis
species likely including
M
.
nuda
(Cockerell)
(
Sheffield
et al.
2004
) and
M
.
ciliata
Patton (
Wagner & Ascher 2008
)
, which in turn are specialists on
Lysimachia
(
Myrsinaceae
, formerly
Primulaceae
) (
Cane
et al.
1983
). Observations were lacking from its entire range for many decades (
Michener 2000
), but it has been rediscovered very locally in
Canada
(
Sheffield
et al.
2004
) and in the
United States
in New
England
(
Wagner & Ascher 2008
) and
New
York
(http://bugguide.net/node/view/954741). Of the four specimens examined from
Michigan
, none was collected in the last 70 years.
Material
examined.
Berrien Co
.
:
Paw Paw Lake
,
9 Jul. 1906
,
E. Liljeblad
(
1 ♂
UMMZ
)
;
Midland Co
.
:
(no locality),
23 Jul. 1928
,
R.R. Dreisbach
(
1 ♀
MSUC
)
; (no locality),
24 Jun. 1944
, R.R. Dreisbach (1 ♂ MSUC);
Wayne Co
.
:
Detroit
,
18 Jul. 1937
,
G. Steyskal
(
1 ♀
MSUC
)
.