Epeolus inornatus Onuferko, 2018

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 : 89

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Epeolus inornatus Onuferko, 2018
status

 

Epeolus inornatus Onuferko, 2018

Inornate Cellophane-Cuckoo

Notes: This recently described species (Onuferko 2018) had previously been confused with E. ilicis which has a southeastern distribution. It is likely a cleptoparasites of Colletes productus .

Material examined. Tolland Co.: Stafford : “ Hampden Rd. , 1.4 mi N of Bradway Pond ”, 9 July 1976, coll. G.I. Stage, 1 ♂, GSC, det. J.S. Ascher 2018, netted from Lyonia ligustrina, UCMS _ENT 00027148; Windham: “ Windham Airport ”, 41.7496 -72.1791, 7 July 2023, coll. H. Baranowski, 2 ♂, UCMS, det. M.F. Veit and re-examined by T. A. Zarrillo 2023, netted from Symphyotrichum sp. in a pine barren GoogleMaps .

GSC

Geological Survey of Canada

UCMS

University of Connecticut Biodiversity Research Collections

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Epeolus