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Anthophora bomboides bomboides Kirby, 1838

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Scientific Name: Anthophora bomboides bomboides Kirby, 1838

Common Name: Bumble-bee-mimic Digger Bee

Taxonomy

*Anthophora bomboides Kirby, in Richardson, 1837: 271 [♂].

     Holotype ♂. CANADA?, Lat[itude]. 65°

*Anthophora canadensis Cresson, 1869: 292 [♂]. Synonymy by Cresson (1879: 227) as subspecies of A. bomboides Kirby; synonymy of A. b. bomboides Kirby by Brooks (1983: 37).

     Holotype ♂. CANADA, Ontario, by J. Pettit [ANSP]

Anthophora sodalis Cresson, 1879: 212 [♂]. Synonymy by Cockerell (1900: 409), as a “variey or race” of A. bomboides Kirby, 1837. New synonymy.

     Holotype ♂. USA, Nevada, by Morrison [ANSP].

Anthophora bomboides var. neomexicana Cockerell, 1900: 408 [♂‚ ♀]. Synonymy of A. b. sodalis Cresson by Brooks (1983: 42). New synonymy.

     Syntypes ♂‚ ♀. USA, New Mexico, Las Vegas, 18 June [no year provided], by T.D.A. Cockerell, on alfalfa [♂‚]; New Mexico, Las Vegas, 8 July [no year provided], by W. Porter, on Lycium vulgare [2♀]; New Mexico, Beulah, 30 May [no year provided], by W. Porter [1♀]; New Mexico, Las Vegas, 3 June [no year provided], by R. Devine [1♀] [].

Anthophora fumipennis Swenk, 1909: 391 [♀]. Synonymy of A. bomboidessodalis Cresson, 1879 by Brooks (1983: 42). New synonymy.

     Holotype ♀. USA, Nebraska, Cass County [University of Nebraska State Museum]

Anthophora scutellaris Swenk, 1909: 391 [♀]. Synonymy of A. bomboidessodalis Cresson, 1879 by Brooks (1983: 42). New synonymy.

     Holotype ♀. USA, Nebraska, Sioux County, by L. Bruner [University of Nebraska State Museum]

*Anthophora bomboides Willingi Cockerell, 1911: 34 [♂]. Synonymy of A. b. bomboides Kirby by Brooks (1983: 37).

     Holotype ♂. CANADA, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, 18 June 1905, by T.N. Willing

Anthrophora bomboides willingi Gibson, 1912: 107. Lapsus calami.

Anthophora (Anthemoessa) raui Rohwer, 1923: 100 [♀, ♂]. Synonymy of A. bomboidessodalis Cresson, 1879 by Brooks (1983: 42). New synonymy.

     Holotype ♀. USA, Missouri, St. Louis, by P. Rau [no. 4161] [USNM no. 25588].

 

Taxonomic Notes: The original common name attributed to this species by Kirby (1837) was the Humble-bee Anthophora.

DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAC0461

An additional BIN, BOLD:AAC0462, exists for a dark form from California, corresponding to the subspecies A. bomboides stanfordiana Cockerell, shared with A. bomboides solitaria Ritsema, 1880, known from Vancouver Island and James Island, BC. This BIN may also correspond to the all black subspecies, A. bomboides aterrima Cockerell.

Biology: Nematode parasites of subspecies stanfordiana Cockerell were studied by Giblin and Kaya (1983a and b). Stegman (2022: 116) incorrectly states that this species was a wood-cavity nester.

 

References

Albarda W, Bijleveld RT, Career AW Jr, Dreessens WH, Everts EJG, Groll HW, van Zouteveen HHH, Kinker J, Leesberg AFA, van Leeuwen J Jr, Lodeesen JW, Maitland RT, Piaget E, Ritsema C, Swierstra KN, Veth PJ, Veth HJ, van der Wulp FM. (1880) Verslag van de Dertiende Wintervergadering der Nederlandsche Entomologische Vereeniging, Gehouden te Leiden op Zondag 28 December 1879, des morgens ten 11 ure. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 23: lxxxvi-xcix.

Cockerell TDA (1904) Two new bees. Entomological News 15: 32-34. 

Cockerell TDA (1911) Some bees from western Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 43 (1): 33‑34. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent4333-1

Cockerell TDA (1924) Anthophorid bees in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 1(2): 49-56.

Cresson ET (1869) A list of the North American species of the genus Anthophora, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 289-293. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25076210

Cresson ET (1879) Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:201-214. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076373

Giblin RM, Kaya HK (1983a) Bursaphelenchus seani n. sp. (Nematoda : Aphelenchoididae), a phoretic associate of Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana Cockerell, 1904 (Hymenoptera : Anthophoridae). Revue de Nématologie 6(1): 39-50.

Giblin RM, Kaya HK (1983b) Field observations on the association of Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) with the nematode Bursaphelenchus seani (Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76(1): 228–231. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/76.2.228

Kirby W (1837) Fauna Boreali-Americana. Part the Fourth and Last. The Insects. Norwich, London, 325 pp.

Rohwer SA (1923) New aculeate Hymenoptera from the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 25: 96-103.

Smith F (1879) Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London. xxi + 240 pp.

Swenk MH (1909) Three new bees of the genus Anthophora. Entomological News 20: 390-391. 

References

Nininger HH (1920) Notes on the life-history of Anthophora stanfordiana. Psyche 27(6): 135-137. https://doi.org/10.1155/1920/12643

Linsley EG (1945) A phorid fly from the nests of Anthophora in California. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 40(3): 67-68.

Stegman NM (2022) Temporal and landscape influences on the bee community assemblage of the McMaster Research and Conservation Corridor. MSc Thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, xvi + 123 pp.

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available

Distribution: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Ecozone: Atlantic Maritime, Boreal Cordillera, Boreal Plains, Boreal Shield, Mixwood Plains, Montane Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Prairie, Taiga Cordillera, Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield, Western Interior Basin

female; lateral view
female; lateral view