Nomada sobrina Mitchell 1962

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 : 62

Nomada sobrina Mitchell 1962 (ruficornis group)

Nomada sobrina Mitchell, 1962: 431 . (Michigan holotype; Fig. 12D )

Holotype. ♂ USA: Michigan: Macomb Co.: 28 May 1949, R.R. Dreisbach ( NMNH: 75225).

County records: Macomb.

Notes. The taxonomy and identification of this species requires additional study. The extensive red on the mesoscutum and yellow markings on the mesoscutellum and metasoma are reminiscent of Midwestern N. bethunei Cockerell ( Droege et al. 2010) .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Michigan holotype material at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithisonian Institution (not to scale). A) Triepeolus michiganensis Mitchell, dorsal habitus. B) Nomada (Xanthidium) autumnalis Mitchell, dorsal habitus. C) Nomada dreisbachi Mitchell, dorsal habiuts. D). Nomada sobrina Mitchell, dorsal habitus. Photographs provided with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10 th and Constitution Ave. N. W., Washington, DC 20560 - 0193. (http: // www. nmnh. si. edu /).