Osmia conjuncta Cresson, 1864: 31

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 131

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scientific name

Osmia conjuncta Cresson, 1864: 31
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Osmia conjuncta Cresson, 1864: 31 View in CoL (Connecticut holotype).

Holotype. Female USA: Connecticut: E. Norton ( USNM).

Notes: This unusual bee species nests in snail shells (Richards et al. 2011) and perhaps for this reason is notably localized regionally.

Material examined. Fairfield Co.: Redding : “Saugatuck River”, 4 July 1933, coll. H. Spieth, 1 ♀, AMNH, det. J.S. Ascher 2012, AMNH _ BEE 00224648 ; Shelton : 15 June 1934, coll. N. Turner, 1 ♀, CAES, det. J.S. Ascher 2008, UCMS _ ENT 00031232 View Materials ; Tolland Co.: Mansfield : “Storrs”, 7 May 1931, coll. Peser, 1 ♀, UCMS, det. J.S. Ascher 2008, UCMS _ ENT 00032328 View Materials .

Subgenus Helicosmia Thomson

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CAES

Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station

UCMS

University of Connecticut Biodiversity Research Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Osmia