Melissodes pallidisignatus Cockerell, 1905

Melissodes pallidisignata Cockerell, 1905

Melissodes menuacha Vernonensis Viereck, in Viereck et al. 1905: 319 [♀, ♂‚].

     Lectotype ♀ [designated by ?]. CANADA, British Columbia, Vernon [ANSP no. 10273].

Melissodes praelauta Cockerell, 1905

Biology

Several aspects of the nesting biology were recorded by Thorp and Chemsak (1964), who suggested that because this species continuously plugs its nest (which seemed unique to this species), parasitism by bees of the genus Triepeolus may be greatly reduced or eliminated. They also only recorded one nest cell per burrow, each burrow 15 to 25 cm deep (Thorp and Chemsak 1964).

References

Thorp RW, Chemsak JA (1964) Biological observations on Melissodes (Eumelissodes) pallidisignata (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(2): 75-83.