Colletes inaequalis 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 : 69

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scientific name	Colletes inaequalis Say 1837
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Colletes inaequalis Say 1837 ( inaequalis group)

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Notes. Nests described from New Jersey, Kansas and Maryland by Smith (1901; as compacta ), Stephen (1954), and Batra (1980), respectively. Population structure and nest suitability studies in New York by López- Uribe et al. (2015). An abundant spring bee and important wild pollinator of spring crops including apple, blueberry and cherry (Gibbs et al. 2016, 2017).

References

Batra, S. W. T. (1980) Ecology, behavior, pheromones, parasites and management of the sympatric vernal bees Colletes inaequalis, C. thoracicus and C. validus. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 53, 509 - 538.

Smith, J. B. (1901) Notes on some digger bees. - I. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 9, 29 - 40.

Stephen, W. P. (1954) A revision of the bee genus Colletes in America North of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 36, 149 - 527.