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Eucera (Synhalonia) lepida (Cresson,1878)

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Scientific Name: Eucera (Synhalonia) lepida (Cresson,1878)

Common Name: Eucera lepida

Taxonomy

Melissodes lepida Cresson, 1878: 198 [♂].

     Lectotype ♂ [designated by Cresson 1916: 122). USA, Texas, by Belfrage [ANSP no. 2298].

 

Taxonomic Notes: The ♀ was described by Timberlake (1969: 46).

DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AEE6142

References

Cresson ET (1916) The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 1: 1-141.

Cresson ET (1878) Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 30: 181-221.

Timberlake PH (1969) A contribution to the systematics of North American species of Synhalonia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 57: 1-76.

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available

Distribution: Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Prairie

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