Andrena andrenoides (Cresson, 1878)
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena andrenoides (Cresson, 1878)
Common Name: Colourful Willow Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Panurgus andrenoides Cresson, 1878: 62 [♂].
Lectotype ♂,designated by Cresson (1916: 111). USA, Colorado, by Morrison; Texas, by Belfrage [ANSP no. 2165].
Panurgus rufocinctus Ashmead, 1890: 4 [♀]. Synonymy by ?; pre-1951.
Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, West Cliff, by T.D.A. Cockerell [USNM?]
Parandrena andrenoides form bicolor Robertson, 1898: 47 [♀, ♂]. Preoccupied, not Andrena bicolor Fabricius, 1804. Synonymy by ?; pre-1951.
Lectotype ♀, designated byLaBerge and Ribble (1972: 318). USA, Illinois, Carlinville, 23 April 1901, by C. Robertson, on Salix cordata, in copulo [INHS].
Andrena (Parandrena) andrenoides var. clarigastra Viereck, 1908: 42. New name for Parandrena andrenoides bicolor Robertson. Synonymy by autotypy.
Distribution in Canada: Linsley 1951 [south. Canada]; Knerer and Atwood 1964 [ON]; Krombein 1967 [southern Canada]; LaBerge and Ribble 1972 [BC, SK, MB, ON]; Hurd 1979 [BC, SK, MB, ON]; Sheffield et al. 2014 [SK, MB]; Sheffield and Heron 2019 [BC]; Gibbs et al. 2023 [MB].
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Narrow Oligolecty
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Boreal Plains, Mixwood Plains, Prairie, Western Interior Basin