Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell, 1924
Properties
Scientific Name: Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell, 1924
Common Name: Angeles Striped Sweat Bee
Taxonomy
Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell, 1924: 537 [♀].
Holotype ♀. MEXICO: Angel de la Guarda Island, Pond Island Bay, 1 July 1921, by E.P. Van Duzee [CAS no. 150].
Taxonomic notes: The ♂ was described by Cockerell (1927: 156).
The female of this species is very difficult to separate from that of Agapostemon texanus Cresson, 1872 (Eickwort 1981; Roberts 1972, 1973) as both species having the scutum shiny with punctures of two distinct sizes. Males are more easily distinguished.
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAJ1168
Biology: Eickwort (1981) described the larvae and nesting biology of this species, suggesting that the nests were possibly communal (i.e., each nest occupied by several females). In southern parts of its range this species is multivoltine (Eickwort 1981), and will build its nest in a variety of substrates.
Distribution in Canada: Sheffield et al. 2014 [SK].
Other records of this species from Canada in GBIF (see below) have not been verified - most only indicate "Agapostemon angelicus/texanus", so the latter is assumed.
Extent of Occurrence (EOO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): N/A [known from one site in Canada]
Approximate Global Extent of Occurrence (EOO) (http://geocat.kew.org/): 2,310,861 km2
Index of Area of Occupancy (IAO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): 4 km2
Datasets Used: GBIF.org (25 April 2023) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.c2xtb7
References
Cockerell TDA (1924) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The bees (II). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4 12(27): 529-560.https://biostor.org/reference/77990
Eickwort GC (1981) Aspects of the nesting biology of five Nearctic species of Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54(2): 337-351.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25084166
Roberts RB (1973a) Bees of Northwestern America: Agapostemon (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Technical Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University 125: 1-23.http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8697
Cockerell TDA (1927) Bees of the genera Agapostemon and Augochlora in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 3(4): 153-162.https://biostor.org/reference/224519
Roberts RB (1972) Revision of the bee genus Agapostemon. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49: 437-590.https://biostor.org/reference/145357
Sociality: Communal, Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Aster sp., Rhus sp., Melilotus officinalis, Daucus carota
Distribution: Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Prairie