Andrena nigrocaerulea
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena nigrocaerulea
Common Name: Black-and-Blue Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena nigrocaerulea Cockerell, 1897: 309 [♀, ♂‚]
Lectotype ♀ [designated byLaBerge and Ribble 1975: 394, by mention]. USA, Washington, Olympia, 23 May 1894, by T. Kincaid [PHT]
Andrena Seattlensis Viereck, in Viereck et al., 1904: XXX, 223 [♀, ♂‚] [synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble 1975: 390]
Holotype ♀. USA, Washington, Seattle, by T. Kincaid [ANSP no. 10296]
Andrena epileuca Cockerell, 1924: 62 [♀, ♂‚] [synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble 1975: 390]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, Oakland, on the hills back of, 8 May 1910, by E.C. Van Dyke [CAS no. 1712]
Andrena lustrans Cockerell, 1924: 63 [♀] [synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble 1975: 390]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, Plumas County, Meadow Valley, 12 June 1924, by E.D. Van Dyke [CAS no. 1713]
Species Notes: Cockerell (1924: 63) indicates CAS no. 1587, for A. epileuca, while Laberge and Ribble (1975: 394) indicate CAS no. 1586; CAS had no. 1712 in their database. Similarly, Cockerell (1924: 63) and Laberge and Ribble (1975: 394) indicate CAS no. 1588 for A. lustrans, though no 1713 is recorded in the CAS database.
The DNA Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) for this species is BOLD:AAC5804 and BOLD:AAC5805.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: British Columbia
Ecozone: Pacific Maritime, Western Interior Basin