Sphecodes arroyanus Cockerell, 1904
Properties
Scientific Name: Sphecodes arroyanus Cockerell, 1904
Common Name: Sphecodes arroyanus
Taxonomy
Sphecodes arroyanus Cockerell, 1904: [♀].
Holotype ♀. USA, New Mexico, Las Vegas, Arroyo Pecos, 7 June [no year provided], by W.P. Cockerell [CAS no. 15625].
Taxonomic Notes: The ♂ is unknown.
Biology: Like all Sphecodes, this species is a cleptoparasite, presumably in the nests of other halictid bees.
Distribution in Canada: Cockerell 1911 [AB]; Gibson 1912 [AB]; Meyer 1919 [AB]; Sheffield et al. 2014 [AB].
Known in Canada from a single specimen collected in Lethbridge, AB on 4 July 1909.
Extent of Occurrence (EOO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): N/A [known from one site]
Approximate Global Extent of Occurrence (EOO) (http://geocat.kew.org/): km2
Index of Area of Occupancy (IAO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): 4 km2
References
Cockerell TDA (1904) New records of bees. The Entomologist 37: 231-236.
Sheffield CS, Frier SD, Dumesh D (2014) The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Prairies Ecozone, with comparisons to other grasslands of Canada. In: Giberson DJ, Cárcamo HA (Eds) Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 4): Biodiversity and Systematics Part 2. 4. Biological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 479 pp. [ISBN 978-0-9689321-7-9].https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/9780968932179.ch11
Cockerell TDA (1911) New and little known bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 37(3): 217-241.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25076889
Meyer R (1919) Apidae — Sphecodinae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85(1): 79-160; 85(2): 161-242.
Sociality: Parasitic
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Not Applicable
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: Alberta
Ecozone: Prairie