Triepeolus michiganensis Mitchell 1962

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 : 54

Triepeolus michiganensis Mitchell 1962

(Michigan holotype; Fig. 12A )

Triepeolus michiganensis Mitchell, 1962: 473 .

Holotype. ♀ USA: Michigan: Shiawassee Co.: 3 Sep.1950, R.R. Dreisbach ( NMNH: 75244)

County records: Shiawassee.

Notes. This cleptoparasite is quite rare. JSA observed this species at a nest site of a Melissodes (Eumelissodes) in Ithaca , New York ( Rightmyer 2008). The host record was originally documented as M. denticulatus , but the identification needs to be rechecked as it more likely pertains to M. subillatus . Both Melissodes species are relatively common in southern Michigan.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Michigan holotype material at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithisonian Institution (not to scale). A) Triepeolus michiganensis Mitchell, dorsal habitus. B) Nomada (Xanthidium) autumnalis Mitchell, dorsal habitus. C) Nomada dreisbachi Mitchell, dorsal habiuts. D). Nomada sobrina Mitchell, dorsal habitus. Photographs provided with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10 th and Constitution Ave. N. W., Washington, DC 20560 - 0193. (http: // www. nmnh. si. edu /).