Dufourea maura
Properties
Scientific Name: Dufourea maura
Common Name: Dufourea maura
Taxonomy
Panurgus maurus Cresson, 1878: 61 [“♀”=♂‚]
Biology
Kathirithamby and Taylor (2005) report this species as a host to the strepsipteran Eurostylops tetonensis Bohart.
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.
Body length: ♀ ♀ 9.5-10 mm; ♂‚ 10 mm
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Narrow Oligolecty
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Campanula sp.
Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Mixwood Plains, Montane Cordillera, Prairie, Western Interior Basin