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<treatment id="535FF96E45663741938A3D7419B205B7" ID-GBIF-Taxon="143842374" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:535FF96E45663741938A3D7419B205B7" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/535FF96E45663741938A3D7419B205B7" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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6.
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<taxonomicName id="98B6D31A3EF43CA60358DC3A6452364B" ID-CoL="6FNQB" authority="Mitchell, 1962" authorityName="Mitchell" authorityYear="1962" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus australis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">Epeolus australis Mitchell, 1962</taxonomicName>
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Figs 2A, 14, 15, 97I, 103A
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<subSubSection id="6234F677ABE1BA69C65C5EF076E28949" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="0F85D5B0FABD239D2E03839ED856A218" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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<taxonomicName id="1FC6A1251FC301FEAC5FE9C1ABF82E82" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus australis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">Epeolus australis</taxonomicName>
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Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agric. Exp. Stn. Tech. Bull. 152: 441 (♀).
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<paragraph id="776B276AC9C4AD859FFC737AB4262820" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5301FDE68A7584248728FC0262A73D14" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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The following morphological features in combination can be used to tell
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<taxonomicName id="8DB25384AAD2BCD5079FCE69D652BB22" lsidName="E. australis" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="australis">E. australis</taxonomicName>
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apart from all other North American
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<taxonomicName id="CAC19335B87B1B26D1706F66C62FD842" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epeolus</taxonomicName>
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: the frontal carina is strongly convex, such that the supraclypeal area is distinctly protuberant in lateral view; T1-T4 have complete fasciae; and the T2 fascia has a pair of anterolateral extensions of tomentum that are strongly convergent basally. In
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<taxonomicName id="7B6DA86D74D800C426A9F9FC7CD0F396" lsidName="E. chamaesarachae" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="chamaesarachae">E. chamaesarachae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="75AC901D3B849AFB95449C80731E6D03" lsidName="E. diadematus" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="diadematus">E. diadematus</taxonomicName>
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and commonly in
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<taxonomicName id="58693BDB16EE50935520E9E203C8F8B6" lsidName="E. bifasciatus" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="bifasciatus">E. bifasciatus</taxonomicName>
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the frontal carina is also strongly convex, but in the first two species the vertexal area has two pairs of shiny (usually impunctate) protrusions and in
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<taxonomicName id="3AF98DDA582729777D66AD8A24B9A8C9" lsidName="E. bifasciatus" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="bifasciatus">E. bifasciatus</taxonomicName>
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the frontal area bears a pair of granulose protrusions whereas in
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<taxonomicName id="6DCFC8DB07990536099CCD1F61C5667D" lsidName="E. australis" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="australis">E. australis</taxonomicName>
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the frontal and vertexal areas lack protrusions.
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<taxonomicName id="E1FF0D74DDA5D3FFF658E1A1EF5A66F4" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus australis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">Epeolus australis</taxonomicName>
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most closely resembles
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<taxonomicName id="74115CC27FD9B84ED7BF1084803D6B1A" lsidName="E. brumleyi" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="brumleyi">E. brumleyi</taxonomicName>
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, but in
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<taxonomicName id="512DAF97A9B4904B00DF93B5656429C5" lsidName="E. brumleyi" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="brumleyi">E. brumleyi</taxonomicName>
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the frontal carina is only weakly convex and the pygidial plate of the male is wider (the medial length ≈ the basal width) than in
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<taxonomicName id="ED96F1182806A5E492D99F96BEDE830A" lsidName="E. australis" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species" species="australis">E. australis</taxonomicName>
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(the medial length is ~1.5
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the basal width).
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<subSubSection id="437AEBCCCDDE84930AE095F1C4D15BC3" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="redescription">
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<paragraph id="863A7A8A28968CE45677AE4676B12055" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Redescription.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="38E7578A67148AB2466B34823BF5C853" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">FEMALE: Length 7.5 mm; head length 2.0 mm; head width 2.8 mm; fore wing length 5.7 mm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="51197827CA0D33DB260AB4D96F904049" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Integument coloration. Mostly black; notable exceptions as follows: partially to entirely ferruginous on mandible, antenna, pronotal lobe, tegula, axilla, mesoscutellum, legs, pygidial plate, and metasomal sterna. Mandible with apex darker than rest of mandible; preapical tooth slightly lighter than mandibular apex. Both antennae missing in holotype, but brown and orange in part in paratype. Pronotal lobe and tegula pale ferruginous to amber. Wing membrane subhyaline, apically dusky. Legs more extensively reddish orange than brown or black.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C434E8A3EF5530100C8584498D13BC24" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Pubescence. Face with tomentum densest around antennal socket, slightly sparser on clypeus, upper paraocular and frontal areas, and vertexal area. Dorsum of mesosoma and metasoma with bands of off-white to pale yellow short appressed setae. Mesoscutum with paramedian band. Mesopleuron with upper half densely hairy, except beneath base of fore wing (hypoepimeral area); ventrolateral half sparsely hairy. Metanotum with tomentum uninterrupted, uniformly off white. T1 with discal patch elliptical and very wide, the basal and apical fasciae only narrowly joined laterally. T1 with basal and apical fasciae and T2-T4 with apical fasciae complete, T2 with fascia with basomedially convergent anterolateral extensions of tomentum. T5 with two large patches of pale tomentum lateral to and separate from pseudopygidial area, enclosing pseudopygidial area in triangle, except for medial separation at base. T5 with pseudopygidial area lunate, its apex more than twice as wide as medial length, indicated by silvery setae on disc of apicomedial region elevated from rest of tergum. S5 with apical fimbria of coppery to silvery hairs extending beyond apex of sternum by ~1/3 MOD.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0A9773AED6A95F05B8BCC3463DBCA12F" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Surface sculpture. Punctures dense. Labrum with larger punctures than clypeus, but punctures of both equally dense (i≤1d). Impunctate spot lateral to lateral ocellus absent in holotype, but shiny spot present in some non-type specimens. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and axilla coarsely and densely rugose-punctate. Tegula densely punctate mesally (i≤1d), less so laterally (i=1-2d). Mesopleuron with ventrolateral half densely punctate (i<1d); mesopleuron with punctures more or less equally dense throughout. Metasomal terga with punctures very fine, dense (i≈1d), evenly distributed on disc.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0D3D7B830443557E31FBB08805B82D68" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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Structure. Preapical tooth inconspicuous, blunt and obtuse. Labrum with pair of small subapical denticles (approximately at 1/4 length of labrum from apical margin) not preceded by carinae. Frontal keel strongly raised. Scape (missing in holotype) with greatest length 1.6
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<normalizedToken id="1A9A94EA87505AE914A5B486BD9E5E24" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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greatest width in paratype. F2 (missing in holotype) not noticeably longer than wide (L/W ratio = 1.1) in paratype. Preoccipital ridge not joining hypostomal carina, from which it is separated by no less than 1 MOD at its terminal.
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<pageBreakToken id="02DA9194960C6E2852AA78DD0697D927" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" start="start">Mesoscutellum</pageBreakToken>
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moderately bigibbous. Axilla intermediate in size, its lateral margin (L) nearly half as long as mesoscutellar width (W) (L/W ratio = 0.4-0.5) and tip not extending beyond midlength of mesoscutellum; axilla with tip visible, but unattached to mesoscutellum for less than 2/5 the medial length of axilla; axilla with lateral margin relatively straight and without carina. Fore wing with three submarginal cells. Pygidial plate apically truncate.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="016299D560950B4EA1F3F11B8BFBB014" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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MALE: Description as for female except for usual secondary sexual characters and as follows: F2 shorter, as long as wide (L/W ratio = 1.0); S4 and S5 with much longer coppery to silvery subapical hairs, which individually are often darker apically; pygidial plate unusually narrow (
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<taxonomicName id="4907868B68B3E65B215CE72357731E7F" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Triepeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Triepeolus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Triepeolus</taxonomicName>
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-like) and apically rounded, with large deep punctures closely clustered.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="C3E0593F813A555EFFB110CDFE217C4E" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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<paragraph id="360E22254958A10FFB2D1D83ADC23FD6" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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Figure 14.
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<taxonomicName id="E778890D0AACE9F476C76DB8EE765C0C" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus australis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">Epeolus australis</taxonomicName>
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A female, lateral habitus (scale bar 3 mm) B female, dorsal habitus (scale bar 3 mm) C male, lateral habitus (scale bar 3 mm), and D female axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view (scale bar 0.5 mm; blue lines indicate the posterior extent of the axilla relative to the length of the mesoscutellum; red lines indicate the extent of the free portion of the axilla relative to its entire medial length).
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<subSubSection id="F2C8D7AE33D1877E12E01B56E0BD8AFB" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="48AD0445D757E9176B66256DF5D7ABBF" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="67A452211AA42697FF6A818FE8AD9C7D" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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Mid-Atlantic states to Texas and presumably Mexico, given the close proximity of some collection localities (e.g., Eagle Pass, Texas) to the
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<normalizedToken id="A6FEE71A2DA811885761961212470F1D" originalValue="Mexico–United">Mexico-United</normalizedToken>
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States border (Fig. 15).
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<caption id="29EA8C6F995D1767C0A4A3887A8C42F9" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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<paragraph id="72E2BB1E75E80B6D6BA5EC6966A49BA6" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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Figure 15. Approximate geographic range of
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(orange) based on occurrence records known to the author (yellow circles).
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<subSubSection id="31B12EF9DA7D1B9C0D40E1CD65CB79CD" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="ecology">
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<paragraph id="AE08F4539D2D93B58756A21C139FA35F" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="61128BE2756F8840773800BE15C558BF" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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HOST RECORDS: The host species of
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<taxonomicName id="D99F4328947EC1B92DD13C77EE94D85B" lsidName="E. australis" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species" species="australis">E. australis</taxonomicName>
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is/are presently unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="22C36C51D8C52DCD3F6E169A7A7E4CE4" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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FLORAL RECORDS:
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<bibRefCitation id="520A05036D8ADB98754724B1FCF9E75A" author="Mitchell, TB" journalOrPublisher="North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin" pageId="167" pageNumber="168" pagination="1 - 557" title="Bees of the eastern United States. Volume II." volume="152" year="1962">Mitchell (1962)</bibRefCitation>
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indicated floral associations with
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<taxonomicName id="D85246AF36F508B89362058007D0E6F7" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Ceanothus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ceanothus" order="Rosales" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Ceanothus</taxonomicName>
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L. (
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<taxonomicName id="3E7F299023B7D02223F70EB27D3AA6B0" family="Rhamnaceae" lsidName="Thalestriina" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="family">Rhamnaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName id="B62089FC80ADB1EE888A3B6409B3A83B" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Rubus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rubus" order="Rosales" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Rubus</taxonomicName>
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L. (
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<taxonomicName id="7301ABA4FB5F1D4575054987E855EA0C" family="Rosaceae" lsidName="Thalestriina" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="family">Rosaceae</taxonomicName>
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),
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L. (
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<taxonomicName id="96A4ED0B2B6D7FC433979B76B0686754" family="Compositae" lsidName="Thalestriina" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="family">Compositae</taxonomicName>
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), and
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(now
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? Raf. ex Greene) (
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). Labels of examined voucher specimens further indicate associations with
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<taxonomicName id="7A6BBF87FBF2E142E0BBD4E5E49B42C4" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Chaetopappa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Chaetopappa asteroides" order="Asterales" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asteroides">Chaetopappa asteroides</taxonomicName>
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(Nutt.) Nutt. ex DC. (
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),
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<taxonomicName id="50E6A157944B907285EE84B61AC57E92" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Hymenopappus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Hymenopappus artemisiifolius" order="Asterales" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="artemisiifolius">Hymenopappus artemisiifolius</taxonomicName>
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DC. (
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<taxonomicName id="1CF6998C961D6F4C1ABB0EB31B16102D" family="Compositae" lsidName="Thalestriina" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="family">Compositae</taxonomicName>
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), and
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<taxonomicName id="45BF51F70121B4F7F62FF6FD6C5ED714" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Sphaeralcea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sphaeralcea" order="Malvales" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Sphaeralcea</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C67026563DB2D53CB71A6854C730DB55" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="4B620BE32ED3439029396BA7AB33F3B0" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="537BF7750F023A725E3962AD0B07D53E" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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This southeastern species displays minor sexual dimorphism in the coloration of the mesoscutellum, which is bright ferruginous in females and dark ferruginous to black in males. Otherwise, there is very little morphological variation among examined specimens. Although BIN-compliant sequences are presently not available for
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<taxonomicName id="0051601F7CE3B90CCB0BDD2533DBB1D2" lsidName="E. australis" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species" species="australis">E. australis</taxonomicName>
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, 422 bp sequences were obtained from two male specimens (one from New Jersey, USA and one from South Carolina, USA), and there is virtually no divergence (<1%) between the two. Moreover, these sequences do not cluster with any sequences from other
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<taxonomicName id="6AED9B8874405DEFE72E85B93F2C29DC" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epeolus</taxonomicName>
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species in a NJ tree (Suppl. material 2). Based on known records, adults of
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<taxonomicName id="8B3D6E20D687745487E1BF4B2008BA15" lsidName="E. australis" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species" species="australis">E. australis</taxonomicName>
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are active in spring.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="B51D3D7A0D062E403B8D9AD06866C933" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="05D802F7F2055EA46A2FFF517FAF3904" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Material studied.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F4E1D837B430EEF8D83E3837D0B1A2D6" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Type material. Primary: USA: North Carolina: Raleigh, 19.v.1950, T.B. Mitchell (holotype ♀, NCSU).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1F24879071E89FCA3A6E0D21E9FBBB93" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Secondary: USA: North Carolina: Raleigh, 09.v.1948, T.B. Mitchell (paratype ♀, NHMUK), 19.v.1950, T.B. Mitchell (paratype ♀, USNM).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="9CA38F4A770424D85A914478CD9F6F82" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="32C160574DF6C1B6F0F16FDAC118FD35" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">DNA barcoded material with BIN-compliant sequences.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DDF203A7ABAFA252CFA4DD8E1A58F2D0" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Unavailable.</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="77EBF30B4B268C3DC4D21C16BF1B4AA8" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="7F3F32AA0DA3C5D3D8EABCCF4B5D242D" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Non-barcoded material examined.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="4574F810F4B35037CDD542A81415D62F" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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||
USA: Florida: Alachua (Alachua County), 29.iv.1974, E.E. Grissell (2♀, UCBME); Georgia: Augusta (Richmond County), 18.v.1959, R.R. Snelling (1♀, LACM), 17.v.1959, R.R. Snelling (1♀, LACM), 03.v.1959, R.R. Snelling (1♂, LACM), 26.iv.1959, R.R. Snelling (1♂, LACM); Fort Gordon (Richmond County), 08.v.1958, R.R. Snelling (1♀, LACM); Maryland: Bowie (Prince
|
||
<normalizedToken id="298D1009413A344D40E204917D94A185" originalValue="George’s">George's</normalizedToken>
|
||
County), 08.vi.1968, R.R. Snelling (1♂, LACM); New Jersey: Forsythe (
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<geoCoordinate id="7314524C61D30EF6BA7C7E9766F2EF0C" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="39.5296">39.5296°N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="8A6B9E14DF0AB15A252810141A33E480" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-74.3421">74.3421°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
) (Atlantic and Ocean counties), 01-30.vi.2008, M. Springer (1♀, BIML); South Carolina: Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="9B911F828AA03606ED7DFC48CBC4975E" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="34.6043">34.6043°N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C1FDE75209C00C30423114D51474E73E" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-80.2469">80.2469°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
) (Chesterfield County), 18-19.v.2006, S.W. Droege (1♂,
|
||
<pageBreakToken id="8CFBAB66FE21F5885FF472DD0353BA90" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" start="start">BIML</pageBreakToken>
|
||
); Texas: 10.7 mi S Dryden (Terrell County), 21.iv.1973, R.R. Snelling (1♂, LACM); 12 mi S Seguin (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="8C8FC5DDC8ACCC8349D17F558141486D" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="29.406">29.4060°N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="27EA120DF1332D3962B55C6D1F0630DB" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-97.855">97.8550°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
) (TX-123, Guadalupe County), 03.v.2014, J.L. Neff (1♀, CTMI); 8-25 km N Castroville (Medina County), 12.v.1988, B.N. Danforth (1♀, KUNHM); Camp Swift (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="0D3F4BDC38E8770C81E2A901A070CC4C" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="30.291">30.2910°N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="3A8CA771DC0157FE55E80670131374EF" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-97.306">97.3060°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
) (Bastrop County), 24.iv.2003, J.L. Neff (1♀, CTMI); Eagle Pass (Maverick County), 28.iii.1946, C.D. Michener (2♂, AMNH); Hwy 83 (14 mi S Jct. Texas State Hwy 44, Webb County), 21.iv.1973, R.R. Snelling (1♀, LACM); Nacogdoches (Nacogdoches County), 14.iv.1960 (1♀, KUNHM); Stengl Lost Pines Research Station (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="394FCDC859F230ED12AA56EF58C1AD3A" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="30.08">30.0800°N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="78AF5FF3C8BA3B030B245AEFDA109827" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-97.183">97.1830°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
) (Bastrop County), 02.iv.2006, J.L. Neff (1♀, CTMI).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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