Hoplitis sambuci Titus, 1904
Properties
Scientific Name: Hoplitis sambuci Titus, 1904
Common Name: Elderberry Small-Mason
Taxonomy
Hoplitis sambuci Titus, 1904: 101 [♀, ♂].
Holotype ♀. USA, Washington, Pullman, 7 May 1895, by C.V. Piper, reared from stems of Sambucus glauca [USNM no. 6860].
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAE4979
Biology: Titus (1904: 101) reared this species from stems of Sambucus glauca; Linsley and MacSwain (1943: 597) reported it as a host of Trichodes ornatus Linsley and MacSwain, 1943 (Coleoptera: Cleridae); Michener (1947) also reared this species from pithy stems. The nesting biology was described by Clement and Rust (1976) and Frolich et al. (1988). It will accept hollowed or drilled stems 4.5-6 mm in diameter and produce up to ten cells per nest (Clement and Rust 1976). Nest plugs consist of two layers of masticated plant material and small pebbles and/or wood chips (Clement and Rust 1976).
Distribution in Canada: Michener 1947 [BC]; Buckell 1950 [BC]; Hurd and Michener 1955 [BC]; Elwell 2012 [BC]; Rowe 2017 [BC]; Sheffield and Heron 2019 [BC].
References
Sheffield CS, Heron JM (2019) The bees of British Columbia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes). Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 115: 44-85.https://journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1001/1097
Hurd PD, Michener CD (1955) The megachiline bees of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 3: 1-247.
Buckell ER (1950) Record of bees from British Columbia: Megachilidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 46: 21-31.
Hicks CH (1926) Nesting habits and parasites of certain bees of Boulder County, Colorado. University of Colorado Bulletin 15: 217-252.
Clement SL, Rust RW (1976) The nesting biology of three species of Hoplitis Klug (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 52(2): 110-119.
Michener CD (1947b) A revision of the American species of Hoplitis (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 89(4): 257-318.
Elwell SL (2012) The effects of livestock grazing and habitat type on plant-pollinator communities of British Columbia’s Endangered Shrubsteppe. MSc Thesis, Simon Fraser University. X + 110 pp.
Frohlich DR, Clark WH, Parker FD, Griswold TL (1988) The xylophilous bees and wasps of a high, cold desert: Leslie Gulch, Oregon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 64(3): 266-269.
Rowe G (2017) A taxonomic revision of the Canadian non-Osmia Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). MSc Thesis, York University, Toronto. xv + 321 pp.
Titus ESG (1904b) Notes on Osmiinae with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(1): 22-27. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25003070
Linsley EG, MacSwain JW (1943) Observations on the life history of Trichodes ornatus (Coleoptera, Cleridae), a larval predator in the nests of bees and wasps. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36(4): 589-601. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/36.4.589
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Cavity Renter
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: British Columbia
Ecozone: Montane Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Western Interior Basin