Perdita pallidipennis pallidipennis Graenicher, 1910
Properties
Scientific Name: Perdita pallidipennis pallidipennis Graenicher, 1910
Common Name: Bequaert's Fairy Bee
Taxonomy
Perdita pallidipennis Graenicher, 1910: 101 [♀, ♂].
Lectotype ♂, designated by Portman et al. (2023: 24), USA, Wisconsin, Burnett County, Yellow River, 28-31 July 1909, No. 31731 [MPM no. ENT6390].
Perdita (Cockerellia) bequaerti Viereck, 1917 [241]. Synonymy by Portman et al. (2023: 24).
Holotype ♀. USA, New Jersey, Ramsey, 4 September 1916, by J. Bequaert, on Helianthus giganteus [AMNH].
Perdita albipennis palidipennis Sugar et al., 1998 : 11. Lapsus of Perdita albipennis pallidipennis Graenicher, 1910.
Taxonomic notes: Portman et al. (2023: 24) indicated that users of Mitchell’s (1960) key in the west will likely misidentify P. albipennis s. l. as “P. a. pallidipennis” Graenicher (= P. pallidipennis s. l.), and that all Cockerellia Ashmead treated by Mitchell (1960) likely represent variation within P. pallidipennis s. l. (Portman et al. 2023). Perdita pallidipennis apparently is an eastern species occurring as far north as Massachusetts and New York (Portman et al. 2023, citing Roch et al. 2021), though material identified from Ontario P. albipennis palidipennis Graenicher by Sugar et al. (1998: 11) and as P. (C.) bequaerti bequaerti Viereck, 1917 by Paiero and Buck (2003: 142) likely also is P. pallidipennis, as recorded here.
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAI2392
This BIN is shared with Perdita albipennis canadensis Crawford 1912.
Distribution in Canada: Sugar et al. 1998 [ON, as P. albipennis palidipennis Graenicher, claim first record for Canada]; Paiero and Buck 2003 [ON, as P. (C.) bequaerti bequaerti Viereck, 1917].
References
Sugar A, Finnamore A, Goulet H, Cumming J, Kerr JT, De Giusti M, Packer L (1999) A preliminary survey of symphytan and aculeate Hymenoptera from oak savannahs in southern Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 9-18.
Graenicher S (1910) Wisconsin bees ̶ new and little-known species. The Canadian Entomologist 42(4): 101-104.https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent42101-4
Paiero SM, Buck M (2003) The giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, and other newly introduced and newly recorded native Megachilidae and Andrenidae (Apoidea) from Ontario. Journal of the Entomolgical Society of Ontario 134: 141-143.
Portman ZM, Gardner J, Lane IG, Gerjets N, Petersen JD, Ascher JS, Arduser M, Evans EC, Boyd C, Thomson R, Cariveau DP (2023) A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Minnesota. Zootaxa 5304(1): 1-95. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5304.1.1
Viereck HL (1917) Contributions to our knowledge of the bee genus Perdita Smith. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37: 241-242.
Roch JC, Agudelo CDM, Adler LS, Milam J (2021) First records of Perdita bequaerti (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from New England. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 93(4): 354–360. https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-93.4.354
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Broad Oligolecty
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: Ontario
Ecozone: Mixwood Plains