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Nomada electella Cockerell, 1903

Properties

Scientific Name: Nomada electella Cockerell, 1903

Common Name: Nomada electella

Taxonomy

Nomada electella Cockerell, 1903: 612 [♀].

     Holotype ♀. USA, Georgia [ANSP].

 

Taxonomic notes: The ♂ is undescribed but is known from a long series of specimens from Dyke Marsh, Virginia [S. Droege].

Distribution in Canada: Pindar 2014 [ON].

The presence of this species in Canada has not been confirmed.

Body length: ♀ 7 - 7.5 mm

References

Cockerell TDA (1903) North American bees of the genus Nomada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 55: 580-614.https://www.jstor.org/stable/4062915

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

Sociality: Parasitic
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Not Applicable

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available

Distribution: Ontario
Ecozone: Mixwood Plains

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