Anthophora (Melea) bomboides bomboides Kirby, 1838

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 : 79

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1458879A-FF8C-FFF7-FF50-5D8CFE73FACE

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scientific name

Anthophora (Melea) bomboides bomboides Kirby, 1838
status

 

Anthophora (Melea) bomboides bomboides Kirby, 1838 View in CoL

Bumblebee-like Digger

Notes: This species was recently discovered in Connecticut in a pollinator habitat restoration in the northwest hills of the state. The female was collected along the edge of the meadow near the Hollenbeck River.

Material examined. Litchfield Co.: Canaan : Robbins Swamp Wildlife Management Area, 41.97255 -73.35354, 5-6 July 2023, coll. T GoogleMaps . A. Zarrillo , 1 ♀, CAES , det. T. A. Zarrillo 2023, captured in white bee bowl, CAES _ HYM 00019130 View Materials .

Genus Habropoda Smith

Reference: Mitchell (1962)

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

CAES

Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Anthophora