An Epeolus howardi in Caroline Co., Maryland.
An Epeolus howardi in Caroline Co., Maryland.
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Status
"Rare, Rare, Rare. This Epeolus howardi, a nest parasite of one of the cellophane bees in the genus Colletes. Which species of Colletes, you ask, as is more often the case than not... we don't know. This bee has only been collected a handful of times in the Mid-Atlantic states and that is about all we know. Well, actually we do know that each of the sites we are aware of are very sandy.... so the Colletes must also like sand. More people looking, that is what we need." (S. Droege, pers. comm.)
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A nest parasite of one of the cellophane bees in the genus Colletes.
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An Epeolus howardi in Caroline Co., Maryland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Epeolini |
| Genus: | Epeolus |
| Species: | E. howardi
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| Epeolus howardi Mitchell, 1962
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Epeolus howardi, or Howard's cellophane-cuckoo bee, is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Epeolus howardi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Epeolus howardi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Epeolus howardi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Onuferko, Thomas M. (2018). "A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille for Nearctic species, north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". ZooKeys (755): 1–185. doi:10.3897/zookeys.755.23939. PMC 5953965. PMID 29769836.
Further reading
[edit]- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.