Stelis (Stelis) foederalis Smith, 1854

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 : 122

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-FFBB-FFC0-FF59-5B98FE12F953

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Stelis (Stelis) foederalis Smith, 1854
status

 

Stelis (Stelis) foederalis Smith, 1854 View in CoL

Federal Dark Bee

Notes: This uncommon cleptoparasite is known in Connecticut from a single male. Two of its reported hosts,

Osmia atriventris (Hurd 1979) and Hoplitis spoliata (Fye 1965, Medler 1967), are found widely in Connecticut.

Material examined. Tolland Co.: Mansfield: coll. W.B. Roberts, 1 ♂, UCMS, det. J.S. Ascher 2008,

UCMS _ENT 00032346.

UCMS

University of Connecticut Biodiversity Research Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Stelis

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