Osmia (Melanosmia) raritatis Michener, 1957

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Osmia (Melanosmia) raritatis Michener, 1957

[ Holotype: USNM; ♂ Camp Creek Ranger Station , 2,652 mts elev., Colorado, USA; June 19, 1920]

Osmia raritatis occurs in western North America from southern British Columbia, Canada to BC, Mexico. Within BC, this species was collected in the Chaparral in San Faustino in June 1983 by BBSL ( GBIF 2023 ). See fig. 265 .