Andrena imitatrix Cresson, 1872
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena imitatrix Cresson, 1872
Common Name: Imitator Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena imitatrix Cresson, 1872: 258 [♀]
Andrena claytoniae Robertson, 1891: 59 [♀,♂‚] [synonymy by Lanham (1941)]
Trachandrena albofoveata Graenicher, 1903: 166 [♀] [synonymy by Mitchell (1960)]
Andrena johnsoniana Cockerell, 1906c: 224 [♀] [synonymy by LaBerge (1971)]
Andrena (Trachandrena) crataegiphila Viereck and Cockerell, 1914: 7 [♂‚] [synonymy by P. Timberlake, in Linsley (1951)]
Andrena (Trachandrena) titusi Viereck and Cockerell, 1914: 12 [♀] [synonymy by LaBerge (1971)]
Andrena (Scrapter) imitatrix var. profunda Viereck, 1917b: 398 [♀]
Andrena (Trachandrena) tardula Cockerell, 1930a: 447 [♀] [synonymy by U.N. Lanham, in Linsley (1951)]
Biology
Kathirithamby and Taylor (2005) report this species as a host to the strepsipteran Stylops claytoniae 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: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Boreal Shield, Mixwood Plains, Prairie