Osmia (Melanosmia) bucephala Cresson 1864

Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, Zootaxa 4352 (1), pp. 1-160 : 116

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6003462
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scientific name	Osmia (Melanosmia) bucephala Cresson 1864
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County records: Alger, Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cheboygan, Dickinson, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent, Keweenaw, Luce, Marquette, Midland, Montmorency, Oscoda, Schoolcraft, Van Buren.

Notes. Nests from Maryland and Washington, D.C. described by Krombein (1967) and Packard (1867), respectively. Unique among Osmia for its use of wood fibers in cell construction; partitions are made of leaf pulp.