Sphecodes pecosensis Cockerell, 1904

Portman, Zachary M., Gardner, Joel, Lane, Ian G., Gerjets, Nicole, Petersen, Jessica D., Ascher, John S., Arduser, Mike, Evans, Elaine C., Boyd, Crystal, Thomson, Robin & Cariveau, Daniel P., 2023, A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Minnesota, Zootaxa 5304 (1), pp. 1-95 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5304.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5EED376-4655-4292-A52F-22567196D94D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8048996
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scientific name	Sphecodes pecosensis Cockerell, 1904
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Sphecodes pecosensis Cockerell, 1904 View in CoL View at ENA

Counties: Carlton, Cass, Hubbard, Pine.

Comments: This species is similar to, and easily confused with S. ranunculi . It appears to be a principally western and northern species. In eastern North America, it has also been found in Michigan, Maine, and Ontario ( M. Arduser, unpublished). Minnesota specimens fall under the subspecies S. pecosensis pecosensis .

Material examined: Carlton Co.: 1 ♁, 26 May 1936, P.M. Schroder leg., det. Z. Portman ; Cass Co.: 1 ♁ 23 May 1936, R. H. Daggy leg., det. Z. Portman ; Hubbard Co.: Itasca State Park , La Salle Valley: 1 ♁, 30 May 1935, C.E. Mickel leg., det. Z. Portman ; Pine Co.: St. Croix State Park ( 45.9589, -92.6261): 1 ♁ ( MNDNR), 4 May 2015, K.E. Johnson leg., determined by Z. Portman GoogleMaps and confirmed by M. Arduser.