Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) bucconis bucconis (Say 1837)

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 : 112-113

Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) bucconis bucconis (Say 1837) (New state record)

( Fig. 19B )

County records: Otsego.

Notes. Most species of Ashmeadiella are western, but bucconis was described from “ Indiana ” and it has also been recorded from Illinois and Wisconsin ( Jean 2010; Michener 1939; Mitchell 1962). Nests of the subspecies A. b. denticulata (Cresson) were described from Arizona by Krombein (1967). Leaf pulp is used in cell partitions.

Material examined. Otsego Co.: (no locality) 7 Jul. 1959 R. & K. Dreisbach (1 ♂ MSUC).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Megachilid bees from Michigan (not to scale). A) Megachile (Eutricharaea) apicalis Spinola female, face. B) Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) bucconis bucconis (Say) male, oblique habitus.