Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson, 1878)

Sheffield, Cory S. & Heron, Jennifer, 2018, A new western Canadian record of Epeoloidespilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada, Biodiversity Data Journal 6, pp. 22837-22837 : 22837

Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson, 1878)

Nomada pilosula Cresson 1878: 77 [♂]

Nomia compacta Provancher 1888: 337 [♂] [synonymy by Mitchell (1962)]

Epeolus pilosulus Provancher 1888: 426 [♀] [synonymy by Mitchell (1962)]

Viereckella obscura Swenk 1907: 299 [♀] [synonymy by C.D. Michener, as cited in Sheffield et al. (2004) and see Michener (2000)]

Viereckella ceanothina Cockerell, in Swenk 1907: 300 [♂] [synonymy of V. obscura by Swenk (1912)]

Epeoloides nearcticus Ducke 1909: 39 [♀] [synonymy by Bequaert (1920)]

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: CNC_Epeoloides_pilosulus_1 ; recordedBy: A.R. Brooks; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Saskatchewan; locality: Wood Mountain ; decimalLatitude: 49.316; decimalLongitude: -106.38; Identification: identifiedBy: T. Romankova; dateIdentified: 2001; Event: year: 1955; month: 8; day: 5; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: CNC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: CNC_Epeoloides_pilosulus_2 ; recordedBy: F.W.L. Sladen; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Manitoba; locality: Aweme ; decimalLatitude: 49.7; decimalLongitude: -99.6; Identification: identifiedBy: T. Romankova; dateIdentified: 2001; Event: year: 1919; month: 7; day: 13; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: CNC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: CNC_Epeoloides_pilosulus_3 ; recordedBy: S.M. Clark; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Ontario; locality: One Sided Lake ; decimalLatitude: 49.0602778; decimalLongitude: -93.8947223; Identification: identifiedBy: T. Griswold; Event: year: 1960; month: 7; day: 24; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: CNC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: CNC_Epeoloides_pilosulus_4 ; recordedBy: F.W.L. Sladen; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Québec; locality: Aylmer ; decimalLatitude: 45.39; decimalLongitude: -75.84; Identification: identifiedBy: H.L. Viereck; Event: year: 1915; month: 6; day: 21; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: CNC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JBWM0296405 ; recordedBy: R.D. Bird; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Manitoba; locality: Aweme ; decimalLatitude: 49.7; decimalLongitude: -99.6; Identification: identifiedBy: H.L. Viereck; Event: year: 1924; month: 7; day: 6; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: Wallis-Roughley Museum of Entomology; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 632961 ; recordedBy: J.D. Ritchie; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Saskatchewan; locality: Wallwort ; decimalLatitude: 52.5; decimalLongitude: -104.04; Identification: identifiedBy: C.D. Michener; Event: year: 1942; month: 7; day: 16; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 632964 ; recordedBy: J.D. Ritchie; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Saskatchewan; locality: Wallwort ; decimalLatitude: 52.5; decimalLongitude: -104.04; Identification: identifiedBy: C.D. Michener; Event: year: 1942; month: 7; day: 17; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 632958 ; recordedBy: J.D. Ritchie; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Saskatchewan; locality: Wallwort ; decimalLatitude: 52.5; decimalLongitude: -104.04; Identification: identifiedBy: C.D. Michener; Event: year: 1942; month: 7; day: 20; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BBHYK681-10 ; recordedBy: BIObus 2010; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Alberta; locality: Elk Island National Park, Hayburger Trail ; decimalLatitude: 53.634; decimalLongitude: -112.857; Identification: identifiedBy: J.K. Stahlhut; Event: year: 2010; month: 8; day: 11; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BEECB232-07 ; recordedBy: C.S. Sheffield; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Nova Scotia; locality: near Middleton ; decimalLatitude: 44.9665; decimalLongitude: -65.056; Identification: identifiedBy: C.S. Sheffield; dateIdentified: 2003; Event: year: 2002; month: 7; day: 17; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 632963 ; recordedBy: C.S. Sheffield; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Nova Scotia; locality: near Middleton ; decimalLatitude: 44.9665; decimalLongitude: -65.056; Identification: identifiedBy: C.S. Sheffield; dateIdentified: 2003; Event: year: 2002; month: 7; day: 11; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Lectotype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 1529 [yellow label] ; recordedBy: L. Provancher; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; originalNameUsage: Epeoluspilosulus Provancher, 1888; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Québec; locality: Cap Rouge ; decimalLatitude: 46.76; decimalLongitude: -71.35; Identification: identifiedBy: L. Provancher; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: The Provancher Collection, Université Laval, Ste Foy, Québec; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 1670 [yellow label] ; recordedBy: L. Provancher; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; originalNameUsage: Nomiacompacta Provancher, 1888; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Québec; locality: Cap Rouge ; decimalLatitude: 46.76; decimalLongitude: -71.35; Identification: identifiedBy: L. Provancher; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: The Provancher Collection, Université Laval, Ste Foy, Québec; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: RSKM_ENT_E-81549 ; recordedBy: J.D. Ritchie; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Saskatchewan; locality: Wallwort ; decimalLatitude: 52.5; decimalLongitude: -104.04; Identification: identifiedBy: C.S. Sheffield; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: year: 1942; month: 7; day: 10; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: RSKM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: debu01088907 ; recordedBy: G.J. Spencer; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Ontario; locality: Simcoe ; decimalLatitude: 42.83; decimalLongitude: -80.3; Identification: identifiedBy: R. Lambert; dateIdentified: 1952; Event: year: 1915; month: 7; day: 2; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: DEBU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: debu01088908 ; recordedBy: D. Morris; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Epeoloidespilosulus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Apidae; genus: Epeoloides; specificEpithet: pilosulus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cresson, 1878); vernacularName: Macropis Cuckoo Bee; Location: continent: North America; country: Canada; stateProvince: Ontario; locality: Milton ; decimalLatitude: 43.51; decimalLongitude: -79.88; Identification: identifiedBy: T. Romankova; Event: year: 1978; month: 7; day: 6; Record Level: collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: DEBU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Conservation

The species is assessed nationally as Endangered in Canada by COSEWIC ( COSEWIC 2011), but has not been listed under the Canadian Species At Risk Act (SARA). The criteria COSEWIC uses to assess the status of species is adapted from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red-list categories (see COSEWIC 2012). Epeoloides pilosulus was assessed under the B criteria (i.e. meeting B2ab(iii) as the index of area of occupancy (4 km², calculated only for the last ten year period of assessment) was below the threshold of 500 km², the species had been found at only one location in the past 10 years, has always existed in fragmented populations and there is a continuing decline in suitable wetland habitat for the flowering plant species upon which the host cuckoo bee ultimately depends due to development, invasive species and reduction in wetland area) ( COSEWIC 2011).

Each province and territory has separate legislation that protects species at risk in that jurisdiction. Though there are previous records of Epeoloides pilosulus from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the species is only listed as a Species at Risk under the Nova Scotia Endangered Species Act ( NSESA 2013). The species was assessed as Data Deficient by the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO) ( COSSARO 2010).

Non-legal conservation status ranks have also been completed using NatureServe methodology and definitons ( Master et al. 2012). The global rank is G1 (critically imperilled - because of extreme rarity [often 5 or fewer occurrences] or because of some factor(s) such as very steep declines making it especially vulnerable to extirpation from the state/province). The national rank for (Canada) is N1 (critically inmperilled), with provincial ranks for Nova Scotia (S1), Quebec (SNR, unranked - conservation status not yet assessed), Ontario (S1), Manitoba (S1) and Saskatchwan (S1) ( CESCC 2016, Atlantic Conservation Data Centre 2017).

The four recent records from Alberta in 2010, Ontario in 1978 (both reported here) and Nova Scotia in 2002 ( Sheffield et al. 2004) are the only specimens of this species collected in Canada since 1960.