Andrena subtilis Smith, 1879
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena subtilis Smith, 1879
Common Name: Andrena subtilis
Taxonomy
Andrena subtilis Smith, 1879: 55 [♀]
Holotype ♀. Vancouver Island, by Lyall [BMNH]
Andrena seminigra Viereck, in Viereck et al. 1904d: 221 [♀] [synonymy by Cockerell (1906b)]
Andrena semicyanea Cockerell, 1924b: 58 [♀] [synonymy by Linsley (1951)]
Note: ♂‚ described by LaBerge and Bouseman (1970).
Biology
Kathirithamby and Taylor (2005) report this species as a host to the strepsipteran Stylops californicus 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: British Columbia
Ecozone: Pacific Maritime, Western Interior Basin