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Megachile (Leptorachis) petulans Cresson 1878
Description
Megachile (Leptorachis) petulans Cresson 1878 (New state record)
County records: Kalamazoo, Newaygo, Van Buren.
Notes. Megachile petulans is known from a few locations in the southern tier of counties. It has previously been recorded from the neighboring states of Indiana and Ohio (Mitchell 1962).
Material examined. Kalamazoo Co.: Gull Lake Bio. Sta. (KBS), 18 Jul. 1956 (1 ♂, Melilotus alba; 1 ♂, Monarda fistulosa), 1 Aug. 1956 (2 ♂) 11 Aug. 1969 (1 ♂), 14 Aug. 1964 (1 ♂), R.L. Fischer (MSUC); Newaygo Co.: (no locality) 15 Jul. 1950, R.R. Dreisbach (1 ♀ MSUC); Van Buren Co.: (no locality) 25 Jul. 1942, R.R. Dreisbach (1 ♀ MSUC).
Notes
Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Cresson
- Species
- petulans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megachile (Leptorachis) petulans Cresson, 1878 sec. Gibbs, Ascher, Rightmyer & Isaacs, 2017
References
- Mitchell, T. B. (1962) Bees of the Eastern United States: volume II. N. C. Agricultural Experimental Station Technical Bulletin, 152, 1 - 557.