Sphecodes heraclei heraclei Robertson, 1897

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 : 118

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-FFB7-FFCC-FF50-5BF4FEECF90A

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scientific name

Sphecodes heraclei heraclei Robertson, 1897
status

 

Sphecodes heraclei heraclei Robertson, 1897 View in CoL ( dichrous group)

Knob-crowned Blood Bee

Notes: This is a distinctive species due to the large knob on its vertex. It is widespread in the Northeastern United States, excluding far northern sites, but not especially common. In Connecticut Sphecodes heraclei heraclei has been found in powerline ROW, a coastal wildlife refuge, agricultural land, and a meadow at the edge of a deciduous forest.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Sphecodes