Calliopsis (Verbenapis) nebraskensis Crawford, 1902

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 : 76

Calliopsis (Verbenapis) nebraskensis Crawford, 1902

Nebraska Vervain Calliopsis

Notes: There are two records for this regionally rare species in Connecticut. The male collected in Barkhamsted (Litchfield County) was re-examined by G. Diehl at UCFC in 2021 for this checklist. Another male was collected in a wet meadow during a survey of old fields in Connecticut ( Urban-Mead 2017). Calliopsis nebraskensis has been found in the past very locally in northern New Jersey as well but is otherwise unknown in the Northeastern United States. It is more widespread in the Midwest east to Indiana .

Material examined. Litchfield Co.: Barkhamsted: “Pleasant Valley”, 17 July 1966, coll. S.M. Fullerton, 1 ♂, UCFC, det. G. Diehl 2021, UCFC 0 287 977; Windham Co.: Pomfret : “Pomfret Center, nr. Mashmoquet Brook”, 41.85641 -71.9448, 15 July 2013, coll. K. Urban-Mead, 1 ♂, YPM, det. S. Droege and re-examined by T. A. Zarrillo 2022 netted from Verbena hastata, YPM ENT 809277 .