Andrena ilicis Mitchell, 1960
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena ilicis Mitchell, 1960
Common Name: Ilex Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena (Trachandrena) ilicis Mitchell, 1960: 186 [♀].
Holotype ♀. USA, North Carolina, Ivanhoe, 12 April 1945, by T.B. Mitchell, on Ilex [USNM no. 75180].
Taxonomic notes: The ♂ was described by LaBerge (1971: 460).
Distribution in Canada: Pindar 2014 [ON]; Sharkey 2022 [ON].
Sharkey (2022: 122) recorded this as a first record for Ontario and/or Canada, though it had previously been recorded by Pindar (2014).
References
LaBerge WE (1971) A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part IV. Scrapteropsis, Xiphandrena and Rhaphandrena. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 97(3): 441-520.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25078019
Mitchell TB (1960) Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume 1. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 141: 1-538.
Pindar AN (2014) The effect of fire disturbance on bee community composition in Oak Savannah habitat in southern Ontario, Canada. PhD Thesis, York University, Toronto. xiv + 160 pp.chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/503fc3a3-cf10-4b6b-85a2-229f7675c164/content
Sharkey JK (2022) Restoring rarities: the impact of habitat management and restoration on native bee communities in tallgrass prairie and oak savanna in southern Ontario. MSc Thesis, University of Guelph, xv + 153 pp.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Ilex sp.
Distribution: Ontario
Ecozone: Mixwood Plains