Osmia (Osmia) taurus Smith, 1873

Portman, Zachary M., Gardner, Joel, Lane, Ian G., Gerjets, Nicole, Petersen, Jessica D., Ascher, John S., Arduser, Mike, Evans, Elaine C., Boyd, Crystal, Thomson, Robin & Cariveau, Daniel P., 2023, A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Minnesota, Zootaxa 5304 (1), pp. 1-95 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5304.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5EED376-4655-4292-A52F-22567196D94D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8049134
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C07865-D645-FFBE-8A8C-FC2FA39EEE55
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Osmia (Osmia) taurus Smith, 1873
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Comments: This non-native species was first detected near Baltimore in 2002 ( Cane 2003). Like O. cornifrons , O. taurus has been spreading west and has reached Wisconsin (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_ id=1&subview=map&taxon_id=461507). We expect it to reach Minnesota.