Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculatus bimaculatus (Lepeletier 1825)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7C684128-FFA7-48AA-B395-B9C6BC39353A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6002714 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0392879B-735A-AB08-43D5-FDF2FDA9FCAE |
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Plazi |
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Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculatus bimaculatus (Lepeletier 1825) |
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Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculatus bimaculatus (Lepeletier 1825) View in CoL
County records: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Huron, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Livingston, Marquette, Midland, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne.
Notes. A very broadly polylectic species, known to even visit corn ( Terrell & Batra 1984) and a potentially valuable pollinator of summer crops such as cucumber. Ashmead (1894) records M. bimaculatus nesting in an open field, with the entrance under a stone.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Apoidea |
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Apinae |
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Eucerini |
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Melissodes |