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<taxonomicName id="DA6D5B7D5ADC5B918C59030380517EA6" ID-CoL="6FNSH" authority="Cresson, 1878" authorityName="Cresson" authorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus lectus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="104" pageNumber="105" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lectus">Epeolus lectus Cresson, 1878</taxonomicName>
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Figs 65, 66, 91B, 92A, 93A
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<taxonomicName id="030EC3D48A5DBF118A687A48EEBFEE32" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus lectus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lectus">
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lectus
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Cresson, 1878. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 88 (♀).
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<paragraph id="3233C37D7758FF774BD741F623D7A891" pageId="105" pageNumber="106">
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<taxonomicName id="5E59AA0D30F13528732D6EC465E69ABF" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus agnatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agnatus">Epeolus agnatus</taxonomicName>
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Cresson, 1878. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 89 (♂).
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<subSubSection id="6408C6A653F498127B3BEA9007D601E1" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="017F69E237DF4E9666E97E1A979A6A2A" pageId="105" pageNumber="106">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The following morphological features in combination can be used to tell
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<taxonomicName id="765E9B6D4BDC619D7000DA0B04E81AB1" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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apart from all other North American
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<taxonomicName id="D6A3FA92EF5BEEBD0AF2D6E824DCA7E2" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epeolus</taxonomicName>
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: the mesopleuron has sparser punctures ventrolaterally (most i>1d) than in upper half, with the interspaces shining; the metasomal terga have coarse, deep punctures; and T2-T4 have complete and evenly broad fasciae.
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<taxonomicName id="60DF9FA07200AC3EBA4973AD645B47C9" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus lectus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lectus">Epeolus lectus</taxonomicName>
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is most similar to
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, and in both species the free portion of the axilla is distinctly hooked and the pseudopygidial area of the female is distinctly campanulate with the apex <2
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the medial length, but in
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<taxonomicName id="C42DE68134B69615ED148BA666C95F4D" lsidName="E. lectoides" pageId="105" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="lectoides">E. lectoides</taxonomicName>
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the metasomal terga have minute, shallow punctures and the T2-T4 fasciae are conspicuously narrowed or interrupted medially.
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<paragraph id="6ACDD950116794D11F37877C5FEB2F9B" pageId="105" pageNumber="106">Redescription.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="32767A4394517CC563AEF6417FB96C3F" pageId="105" pageNumber="106">FEMALE: Length 9.2 mm; head length 2.3 mm; head width 3.1 mm; fore wing length 7.2 mm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7F736437BB8CE47C90FD8E3538D2E195" lastPageId="106" lastPageNumber="107" pageId="105" pageNumber="106">
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Integument coloration. Mostly black; notable exceptions as follows: partially to entirely ferruginous on mandible, antenna, tegula, axilla, mesoscutellum, legs, and meta
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<pageBreakToken id="B0058228C09C1C7ACDED356108C31780" pageId="106" pageNumber="107" start="start">somal</pageBreakToken>
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sterna. Mandible with apex darker than all but extreme base; preapical tooth lighter than mandibular apex (difficult to see in the
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<taxonomicName id="D01C022D5F91FEE558C47DA0F8174529" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="106" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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holotype; described from non-type specimens). Flagellum brown and (except F1) slightly lighter than partially dark brown (otherwise orange) scape and F1 and entirely dark brown pedicel, primarily due to extensive pilosity on flagellum. F2 with orange spot basally. Wing membrane dusky subhyaline, slightly darker at apex. Legs from trochanter to tarsus extensively reddish orange, coxae brown.
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<paragraph id="BD1C2D90931B633A7DDED4E560DA5FE3" pageId="106" pageNumber="107">
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Pubescence. Face with tomentum densest around antennal socket. Tomentum slightly sparser on clypeus; upper paraocular and frontal areas, and vertexal area mostly exposed. Dorsum of mesosoma and metasoma with bands of off-white to pale yellow short appressed setae. Mesoscutum with paramedian band. Mesopleuron with upper half sparsely hairy, ventrolateral half nearly bare. Metanotum with tomentum sparser medially, 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-T3 with apical fasciae complete (T4 entirely retracted in the
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holotype, but with complete fascia in non-type specimens), T2 with fascia with faint anterolateral extensions of sparser tomentum. T5 with two large patches of pale tomentum lateral to and contacting pseudopygidial area at apex. T5 with pseudopygidial area campanulate, its apex less than twice as wide as medial length, indicated by silvery setae on impressed 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.
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<paragraph id="1A044593584CB20C8E5BE659AA1028B4" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">
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<pageBreakToken id="E4F1514EFC46F030BEFB7FFB93CAF534" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" start="start">Surface</pageBreakToken>
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sculpture. Punctures dense, but those of head and mesosoma sparser in some areas, larger, deep, and distinct. Labrum with larger punctures than clypeus, but punctures of both equally dense (i<1d). Small impunctate shiny spot lateral to lateral ocellus. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and axilla very coarsely and densely punctate; the interspaces shining. Tegula very densely punctate mesally (i≤1d), less so laterally (i=1-2d). Upper half of mesopleuron and anterior margin with denser (i≤1d) punctures than rest of mesopleuron (i>1d), the interspaces shining. Metasomal terga with punctures coarse, dense (i≈1d), evenly distributed on disc; the interspaces shining somewhat.
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<paragraph id="A9FB6496004BAE66F3788DFE2FDCA530" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">
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Structure. Preapical tooth blunt and obtuse. Labrum with pair of small subapical denticles, each preceded by small discrete longitudinal ridge. Frontal keel not strongly raised. Scape with greatest length 1.7
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greatest width. F2 noticeably longer than wide (L/W ratio = 1.5). Preoccipital ridge not joining hypostomal carina, from which it is separated by no less than 1 MOD at its terminal (difficult to see in the
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holotype; described from non-type specimens). Mesoscutellum moderately bigibbous. Axilla large, its lateral margin (L) half as long as mesoscutellar width (W) (L/W ratio = 0.5) and tip not extending much beyond midlength of mesoscutellum (extending to <2/3 its length in the
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<taxonomicName id="0D8967371764925C97FB40156F6A1E28" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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holotype and all examined non-type specimens; extending to ~2/3 its length in the
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<taxonomicName id="1B63D2F5F4A10D8BD166F7AD0CD96641" lsidName="E. agnathus" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="agnathus">E. agnathus</taxonomicName>
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holotype); axilla with tip conspicuously diverging from side of mesoscutellum, distinctly hooked, and axilla with free portion approximately half its medial length; axilla with lateral margin relatively straight and carinate. Fore wing with three submarginal cells. Pygidial plate apically truncate.
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<paragraph id="2C78B9C3909768F68C4EA54E5C646B9E" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">MALE: Description as for female except for usual secondary sexual characters and as follows: F2 shorter, but still longer than wide (L/W ratio = 1.2); S4 and S5 with much longer coppery to silvery subapical hairs; pygidial plate apically rounded, with large deep punctures closely clustered medially and sparser laterally, with the interspaces shining.</paragraph>
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Figure 65.
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A female, lateral habitus (scale bar 3 mm) B female holotype, 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="C9AFD596745A720739265217E8117368" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="B0CCEEBD6CCAB45FDD60605071DFF7D2" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B4E2C1568F0039F762A08577D82AC0D4" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">Great Plains and Mountain states east of the Continental Divide (Fig. 66).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D1FB50903F6EBE2501853B92922D3497" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">
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Figure 66. Approximate geographic range of
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<taxonomicName id="4E775F53ED31DB5E6A803B271D66A26D" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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(orange) based on occurrence records known to the author (yellow circles).
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<subSubSection id="980729B1FC4BE147A193E025999FBE53" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" type="ecology">
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<paragraph id="9FE9F45D788C61E9CC468A5E8B9B5FA1" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A90FD0CF6BCA8B8E7BFD06D2D083AF82" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">
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HOST RECORDS: In late July 2015, I collected several specimens of this species near the Poudre River in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, USA, where large numbers of
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<taxonomicName id="BC59E735E2460497E06A11361BCE12E6" class="Insecta" family="Colletidae" genus="Colletes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Colletes" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Colletes</taxonomicName>
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females were collected and observed foraging on purple
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<taxonomicName id="C1D6035948E0371BDF9E9F09FA400D4A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Dalea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Dalea" order="Fabales" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Dalea</taxonomicName>
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flowers. Using
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<bibRefCitation id="FC8D3F7CE76046879535A3E59531C1E4" author="Stephen, WP" journalOrPublisher="The University of Kansas Science Bulletin" pageId="168" pageNumber="169" pagination="149 - 527" title="A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)." volume="36" year="1954">
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<normalizedToken id="3DEB8EF0B99E76829F04B6C41464033E" originalValue="Stephen’s">Stephen's</normalizedToken>
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(1954)
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key, collected specimens were identified as being either
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<taxonomicName id="4C2ED51F76E5C53CDF698697F2014E19" lsidName="C. robertsonii" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="robertsonii">C. robertsonii</taxonomicName>
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Dalla Torre or
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<taxonomicName id="0788D5B7FA3C8AF08A590D0B0946861B" lsidName="C. timberlakei" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="timberlakei">C. timberlakei</taxonomicName>
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Stephen, the females of which cannot be reliably distinguished morphologically, although the short triangular mesosomal spines and fine punctation on the tegulae of examined specimens coupled with their collection locality suggest they are
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<taxonomicName id="F47FC73902406E7C583C84CA7601336F" lsidName="C. timberlakei" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="timberlakei">C. timberlakei</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph id="51CFC66C5E548A5719D6F51AFFB76ACF" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">
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FLORAL RECORDS: The label of one examined voucher specimen indicates a floral association with
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<taxonomicName id="15BE1A31B705FB7DF10125B8AA622373" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Cryptantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" infraspecific-rank="var." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii" order="Boraginales" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="cinerea" variety="jamesii">Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii</taxonomicName>
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(Torr.) Cronquist (
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<taxonomicName id="D6E618DF61D4133EF07D0C107737C0FC" family="Boraginaceae" lsidName="Thalestriina" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="family">Boraginaceae</taxonomicName>
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).
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<paragraph id="67C7534827DB8042207D7DA54F033AFF" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7EF3CDF237235A742D9D4D2A88D8A534" lastPageId="108" lastPageNumber="109" pageId="107" pageNumber="108">
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The names
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and
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were published simultaneously, although
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<bibRefCitation id="28A262A4CBDB227C8AB0BB86466DE095" author="Cresson, ET" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Entomological Society" pageId="165" pageNumber="166" pagination="61 - 136" title="Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/25076368" volume="7" year="1878">Cresson (1878)</bibRefCitation>
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remarked that
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may be the male of
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<taxonomicName id="481FA9DD49A0B9C52D6784176F8A3DC2" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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as the two specimens are structurally similar.
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<bibRefCitation id="D6C25A3228D2FA6CEDDB71F5FE1244FD" author="Robertson, C" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="168" pageNumber="169" pagination="79 - 81" title="Some new or little known bees." volume="13" year="1902">Robertson (1902)</bibRefCitation>
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synonymized
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under
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, and separated both specimens from
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<taxonomicName id="A1122AEA3565D032ECF2C446604938B4" lsidName="E. lectoides" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="lectoides">E. lectoides</taxonomicName>
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based on differences in metasomal pubescence and punctation (see diagnosis). I have examined the holotype specimens of
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<taxonomicName id="912FB9A5AE9A29E937B9803BB0BCC10A" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="107" pageNumber="108" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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and
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, and agree with
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<normalizedToken id="74419B4B9B0A615DE6A1C737DA2437F3" originalValue="Robertson’s">Robertson's</normalizedToken>
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treatment. Although
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<bibRefCitation id="7AB0D13B32DAA613E79B432FC6047A46" author="Robertson, C" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="168" pageNumber="169" pagination="79 - 81" title="Some new or little known bees." volume="13" year="1902">Robertson (1902)</bibRefCitation>
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<pageBreakToken id="EFD5181B4C61C56263D5E5A25D801F55" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" start="start">did</pageBreakToken>
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not provide any justification for selecting the name
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over
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<taxonomicName id="D24FF9559E27135D079253423E76EEF7" lsidName="E. agnathus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="agnathus">E. agnathus</taxonomicName>
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, the holotype of the former is in better condition (that of
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is missing an antenna) and is female, the sex upon which most
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<taxonomicName id="009C96F87D4819F14B0955981B15C6B7" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Epeolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeolus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epeolus</taxonomicName>
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species descriptions have been based. While
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types include remarkably little collection data, the type locality of
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<taxonomicName id="648168856B6627838D2DC45001982785" lsidName="E. agnathus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="agnathus">E. agnathus</taxonomicName>
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(Dakota Territory) is even more vague than that of
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<taxonomicName id="D6DE859765C0676E3A63D10C19DFAA18" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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(Kansas).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C5CCFFE477CAEF32D0C688BB3322DF54" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">
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In contrast to the similar and presumably closely related
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<taxonomicName id="E48F8A15BFFC14EA4899F3C35C6A974D" lsidName="E. lectoides" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectoides">E. lectoides</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="C45E6489F0645DDA25E1CC68C881BD46" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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has a much more restricted range and is rare in collections. Both species are known from the Great Plains, although the range of
|
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<taxonomicName id="D82BE7EC1B33980BD316E2DC16CB88AD" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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extends further west. In
|
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<taxonomicName id="9B306196B0EA00CA4FF4AC86A283C0F6" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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, the metasoma has much coarser punctures than that of any other North American species in the genus, including
|
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<taxonomicName id="B332A0C2B614FFA997DBE4C8A2FB5E67" lsidName="E. lectoides" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectoides">E. lectoides</taxonomicName>
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, in which the metasoma has much finer and sparser punctures. In addition to this and other clear morphological differences (see diagnosis), the distinction between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4DD9E30AB379067213DBC0D80D5D094B" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2E665B5E87F8BED3F38B189176916959" lsidName="E. lectoides" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectoides">E. lectoides</taxonomicName>
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||
is supported by separate BINs for the two species.
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="62B6A26582E2C4BD43C7B3383C29644C" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="852AF6A65748584FE45E38B0CBA6AB63" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Material studied.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="05D18D28C80ED622A0076205E83D41CA" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">
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||
Type material. Primary: USA: Dakota: H. Ulke (
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||
<taxonomicName id="D6989F5B6DF76C71DA2C27317B68AABB" lsidName="E. agnathus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="agnathus">E. agnathus</taxonomicName>
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||
holotype ♂ [ANSP, catalog number: 2226]); Kansas: Wilson (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3C7EB85F6DF053496C7BFBB29D5D3213" lsidName="E. lectus" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" rank="species" species="lectus">E. lectus</taxonomicName>
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||
holotype ♀ [ANSP, catalog number: 2225]).
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</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="027D5932E0A2BA2E6AC5FB5E7F147AD4" lastPageId="109" lastPageNumber="110" pageId="108" pageNumber="109" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="5402E876A537DAC6A1975C110204ABEF" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">DNA barcoded material with BIN-compliant sequences.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2D498488D72CEA21F1AE0B82D7BA3BC7" lastPageId="109" lastPageNumber="110" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">
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Available. BOLD:ACZ8246. Specimens examined and sequenced.-USA: Colorado: Bellvue
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<pageBreakToken id="4AA11F759FADE8CB736EE6DC7CD0C1FB" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" start="start">(</pageBreakToken>
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<geoCoordinate id="4A55BC227F2570151516B3B30FBA9EB0" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="40.6882">40.6882°N</geoCoordinate>
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;
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<geoCoordinate id="74B3CEE9C923486B9DD7920AEBBE25D3" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-105.307">105.3070°W</geoCoordinate>
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||
) (N Cache La Poudre River and E Gordon Creek, Larimer County), 28.vii.2015, A.T. and T.M. Onuferko (2♀, PCYU).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="ED7DEC42BE69BB4C2D749D1CC1586382" pageId="109" pageNumber="110" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="1D943B4A4EC618687803F65DE7687CA1" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Non-barcoded material examined.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="A7BC676959D64A65DE5A11FB75EB59CC" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">
|
||
USA: Colorado: Bellvue (
|
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<geoCoordinate id="774CFF731985FF33DAB58399656A9EFF" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="40.6882">40.6882°N</geoCoordinate>
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;
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||
<geoCoordinate id="DAF697504CCA6D5192E254235E34B1B8" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-105.307">105.3070°W</geoCoordinate>
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||
) (N Cache La Poudre River and E Gordon Creek, Larimer County), 28.vii.2015, A.T. and T.M. Onuferko (3♀, PCYU); Kansas: 4 mi NW Coldwater (Comanche County), 12.vi.2002, G.A. Salsbury (1♀, KUNHM); South Dakota: Chamberlain (Brule County), 15.vi.1928, H.C. Severin (1♂, USNM).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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