Colletes latitarsis Robertson, 1891
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1458879A-FFA6-FFDD-FF50-5ED5FCA7FE41 |
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Plazi |
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Colletes latitarsis Robertson, 1891 |
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Colletes latitarsis Robertson, 1891 View in CoL (latitarsus group)
Broad-footed Cellophane Bee
Notes: This summer-flying species is a specialist on ground cherry ( Physalis sp. ) (Gibbs et al. 2017a) and a host of the cleptoparasitic bee Epeolus bifasciatus (Brumley 1965; Mitchell 1962). Only thirteen specimens of this species have been collected in two counties in Connecticut over the past 100 years: two from 1972 (New Haven County), one from 2007 (Litchfield County), five from 2020 (Litchfield County), and five from 2021 (Litchfield County). In 2021, a female Epeolus bifasciatus was opportunistically captured on an organic farm in the town of Ridgefield (Fairfield County) where ground cherry ( Physalis sp. ) has been grown as a crop for the past 12 years, suggesting that its host, C. latitarsis , must also be nearby.
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