Melissodes (Eumelissodes) subillatus LaBerge 1961

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 : 47

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scientific name	Melissodes (Eumelissodes) subillatus LaBerge 1961
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Melissodes (Eumelissodes) subillatus LaBerge 1961 View in CoL View at ENA

Melissodes (Eumelissodes) subillata, LaBerge, 1961: 568 View in CoL . (Michigan holotype)

Holotype. ♀ USA: Michigan: Washtenaw Co.: Ann Arbor , 17 Jun. 1952, L. H. Shinners on Gaillardia aristata ( SEMC).

County records: Arenac, Barry, Berrien, Cheboygan, Clinton, Eaton, Houghton, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Leelanau, Livingston, Midland, Montcalm, Oakland, Oceana, Ottawa, Saginaw, Van Buren, Washtenaw.

Notes. This Asteraceae specialist is relatively common in the LP. In addition to the holotype, LaBerge (1961) lists the following Michigan locations in the original description: Arenac Co., Cheboygan Co.: Cheboygan, Douglas Lake, Clinton Co., Eaton Co., Ingham Co.: East Lansing, Eaton Co., Midland Co., Oakland Co., and Oceana Co.. It is easily confused with other Melissodes species, in particular M. illatus Lovell and Cockerell and M. denticulatus Smith.

References

LaBerge, W. E. (1961) A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 42, 283 - 663. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 9821