Andrena (Melandrena) barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 66

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Andrena (Melandrena) barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979
status

 

Andrena (Melandrena) barbara Bouseman and LaBerge, 1979 View in CoL

Barbara’s Miner

Notes: There are three records for this large spring bee in Connecticut in three different counties. Due to its relatively recent description, it was not reported by historical workers in the region.

Material examined. Fairfield Co.: Danbury : “I-84, exit 2”, 41.39247 -73.5271, 9 April 2005, coll. J.S. Ascher, 1 ♂, AMNH GoogleMaps , det. J.S. Ascher 2008, netted from Salix sp. , AMNH _ BEE 00064349 ; Hartford Co.: South Windsor : 41.84313503 -72.54050636, 28 May 2017, coll. M.F. Veit, 1 ♀, personal collection, det. M.F. Veit, powerline ROW GoogleMaps ; Middlesex Co : Westbrook: “ USFWS Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Salt Meadow Unit, 733 Old Clinton Road”, 41.28694 -72.47278, 29 May–10 June 2013, coll. K. Vagos, 1 ♀, CAES GoogleMaps , det. S. Droege 2017 and re-examined by T. A. Zarrillo 2022, bee bowl, UCMS _ ENT 00074991 View Materials .

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CAES

Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

UCMS

University of Connecticut Biodiversity Research Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Andrenidae

Genus

Andrena