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Perdita luteiceps Cockerell, 1896

Properties

Scientific Name: Perdita luteiceps Cockerell, 1896

Common Name: Perdita luteiceps

Taxonomy

Perdita luteiceps Cockerell, 1896: 74 [♂].

     Holotype ♂. USA, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 24 August 1894, by Prof. Gillette. [XXX]

 

Taxonomic notes: Timberlake (1960: 36) indicated that the ♀ had been previously misidentified [in part] as P. zebrata Cresson, 1878, and gave a full description. He also indicated that the species was quite uncommon, known only from Colorado.

This species belongs to the octomaculata group of species in Perdita s. str. (see Timberlake 1960: 1; 1962: 1).

References

Cockerell TDA (1896) The bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48: 25-107. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4062171

Timberlake PH (1960) A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) Part IV. University of California Publications in Entomology 17(1): 1-156.

Timberlake PH (1962) A revisional study of the bees of the genus Perdita F. Smith, with special reference to the fauna of the Pacific coast (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) Part V. University of California Publications in Entomology 28(1): 1-124.

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Narrow Oligolecty
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available

Distribution: Alberta
Ecozone: Prairie