Andrena accepta Viereck, 1916
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena accepta Viereck, 1916
Common Name: Two-spotted Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena pulchella Robertson, 1891: 57 [♀]. Preoccupied, not Andrena pulchella Jurine, 1807.
Lectotype ♀, designated by LaBerge (1967: 66). USA, Illinois, Carlinville, 30 August to 20 September [no year provided], by C. Robertson, on Helianthus grosse-serratus and H. rigidusi [INHS no. 8637].
Andrena accepta Viereck, 1916: 127. New name for A. pulchella Robertson, 1891.
Taxonomic notes: The ♂ was recognized by Robertson (1895: 119).
The syntype series of A. puchella consisted of 7♀s. Thus, the lectoallotype designated by LaBerge (1967: 66) is not valid, in addition to being based on material collected by Robertson in 1893, two years after this species was described.
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAJ2047
Biology: Rozen (1973) described the nest and mature larval stage, and indicated that this solitary bee can nest communally. This species is broadly oligolectic on Asteraceae, but seems to prefer the pollen of Helianthus. This species is widespread in the United States, though has been recorded from Canada only once (LaBerge 1967).
Distribution in Canada: Criddle et al. 1924 [AB]; LaBerge 1967 [AB]; Sheffield et al. 2014 [AB].
Extent of Occurrence (EOO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): N/A
Index of Area of Occupancy (IAO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): 8 km2
Body length: ♀ 11.0-12.5 mm ♂ 9.5-12.5 mm
References
LaBerge WE (1967) A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part I. Callandrena. (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Bulletin of the University Nebraska State Museum 7: 1-318.
Robertson C (1891) Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18(1): 49-66.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25076556
Robertson C (1895) Notes on bees, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22(2): 115-128.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25076640
Rozen JG (1973) Biology notes on the bee Andrena accepta Viereck (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 81(1): 54-61.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25008852
Sheffield CS, Frier SD, Dumesh D (2014) The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Prairies Ecozone, with comparisons to other grasslands of Canada. In: Giberson DJ, Cárcamo HA (Eds) Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 4): Biodiversity and Systematics Part 2. 4. Biological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 479 pp. [ISBN 978-0-9689321-7-9].https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/9780968932179.ch11
Viereck HL (1916) Preoccupied names in the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 127.
Criddle N, Curran CH, Viereck HL, Buckell ER (1924) The entomological record, 1923. Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 54: 87-102.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Broad Oligolecty
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva
Crop Preference: Medicago sativa, Helianthus annuus
Non Crop Preference: Aster sp., Symphyotrichum ericoides, Solidago sp., Solidago nemoralis, Chrysothamnus sp., Grindelia sp., Grindelia squarrosa, Helianthus petiolaris, Helianthus sp., Silphium sp., Bidens sp., Bidens aristosa, Coreopsis tripteris, Gaillardia pulchella, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Helianthus divaricatus, Helianthus giganteus, Helianthus grosseserratus, Helianthus maximiliani, Helianthus strumosus, Helianthus tuberosus, Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, Silphium integrifolium, Silphium perfoliatum, Verbesina sp.
Distribution: Alberta
Ecozone: Prairie