Sphecodes davisii Robertson, 1897

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 118

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1458879A-FFB7-FFCC-FF50-5F25FC55FD81

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Sphecodes davisii Robertson, 1897
status

 

Sphecodes davisii Robertson, 1897 View in CoL ( mandibularis group)

Davis’s Blood Bee

Notes: This parasite of Agapostemon species is often found on goldenrod in the fall. The female was widely reported as Sphecodes persimilis prior to recent documentation of synonymies (Gibbs et al. 2017a). Best known from sandplain remnants and sparsely vegetated sandy areas in Connecticut.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Sphecodes

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