Megachile (Eutricharaea) rotundata (Fabricius 1787)

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 : 108

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6003357
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scientific name	Megachile (Eutricharaea) rotundata (Fabricius 1787)
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Megachile (Eutricharaea) rotundata (Fabricius 1787) View in CoL View at ENA

County records: Alger, Barry, Cass, Houghton, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Leelanau, Mecosta, Oakland, Washtenaw, Wayne, Wexford.

Notes. Exotic. The nesting biology has been well studied as M. rotundata is actively managed for alfalfa pollination ( Hurd 1979; Pitts-Singer & Cane 2011). It was found in abundance in trap-nests placed on MSU campus, East Lansing, Michigan (JG, pers. obs.).