The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history
Gibbs, Jason
Ascher, John S.
Rightmyer, Molly G.
Isaacs, Rufus
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-21
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lignaria Say 1837
lignaria Say
1837
[151,660,781,807]
Insecta
Megachilidae
Osmia
Animalia
Hymenoptera
119
120
Arthropoda
subSpecies
lignaria
Osmia
lignaria
County records: Alger, Allegan, Berrien, Clinton, Delta, Dickinson, Genesee, Gogebic, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Iron, Kalamazoo, Kent, Keweenaw, Livingston, Marquette, Montcalm, Oakland, Ontonagon, Ottawa, Roscommon, Shiawassee, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne.
Note.Nests have been described by Rau (1937), Krombein (1967), Medler (1967a)and others. The western subspecies O. l. propinquaCresson in particular, has been used as a managed crop pollinator ( Bosch et al.2000; Bosch & Kemp 2001, 2002).