Colletes validus Cresson 1868

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 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6002916
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scientific name	Colletes validus Cresson 1868
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Colletes validus Cresson 1868 View in CoL ( inaequalis group)

County records: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Chippewa, Crawford, Emmet, Iosco, Jackson, Kent, Lake, Livingston, Mackinac, Marquette, Midland, Missaukee, Montcalm, Montmorency, Newaygo, Oscoda, Roscommon, Saginaw, Schoolcraft, Van Buren, Wexford.

Notes. Due to its specialization on Vaccinium , this is a potentially valuable pollinator of blueberry. Nests described by Batra (1980) and Rajotte (1979) from Maryland and Connecticut, respectively.