Andrena bisalicis Viereck, 1908
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena bisalicis Viereck, 1908
Common Name: Eastern Willow Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena salicis Robertson, 1891: 53 [♀,♂‚] [not Andrena salicis Verhoeff 1890 = Andrena haemorrhoa (Fabricius, 1781)]
Andrena bisalicis Viereck, 1908: 42 [replacement name for A. salicis Robertson]
Andrena adelae Viereck, 1922: 37 [♀] [synonymy by Krombein (1958)]
Biology
Kathirithamby and Taylor (2005) report this species as a host to the strepsipteran Stylops bisalicidis Pierce.
References
Kathirithamby J, Taylor SJ (2005) A new species of Halictophagus (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) from Texas, and a checklist of Strepsiptera from the United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1056: 1-18.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
Ecozone: Atlantic Maritime, Boreal Shield, Mixwood Plains