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Ashmeadiella gillettei Titus, 1904

Properties

Scientific Name: Ashmeadiella gillettei Titus, 1904

Common Name: Ashmeadiella gillettei

Taxonomy

Ashmeadiella gillettei Titus, 1904: 100 [♀]

Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, Fort Collins, 20 June 1990, by E.S.G. Titus [USNM no. 6880] [head glued on card]

Ashmeadiella coloradensis Cockerell, 1934c: 4 [♂‚] [synonymy by Michener (1939)]

Holotype ♂‚. USA, Colorado, Owen s Lake, near Boulder, by C. Hicks [possible syntypes?]

Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) rufiventris Michener, 1939: 32 [♀,♂‚] [synonymy by Michener (1951a)]

Holotype ♀. USA, California, Dos Palmos, Colorado Desert, 19 March 1934, by M. Cazier [CAS no. 4728]

Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) gillettei cismontanica Michener, 1951b: 67 [♀]

Holotype ♀. USA, California, one and one-half miles west of Perris, 29 May 1946, by P.H. Timberlake, on Heliotropium oculatum [Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California]

Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) gillettei rubra Michener, 1951b: 67 [♀,♂‚]

Holotype ♀. USA, Texas, Sanderson, 13 April 1949, by R.H. Beamer and C.D. Michener, on Dalea formosa []

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Cavity Renter
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Dalea sp., Cryptantha intermedia

Distribution: Alberta, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Prairie

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