Triepeolus timberlakei Cockerell, 1929
Properties
Scientific Name: Triepeolus timberlakei Cockerell, 1929
Common Name: Timberlake's Long-horned Cuckoo Bee
Taxonomy
Triepeolus timberlakei Cockerell, 1929: 101 [♀, ♂‚]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, Riverside, 29 May [no year provided], by P.H. Timberlake, on Gutierrezia sarothrae [].
Triepeolus timberlakei var. heterodoxus Cockerell, 1929: 101 [♀]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, Riverside, 28 June [no year provided], by P..H. Timberlake, on Chrysanthemum segetum [].
Species Notes
A single male of this species was collected in Edmonton, Alberta, by R.M. Bohart in 1955. It is a member of the T. verbesinae species group (Rightmyer 2008).
References
Cockerell TDA (1929) Some Californian parasitic bees. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 5(3): 101-105.
Rightmyer MG (2008) A review of the bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae).—Part I. Zootaxa 1710: 1-170.
Sociality: Parasitic
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Not Applicable
Wintering Stage: Mature Larva
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Chrysothamnus sp., Grindelia squarrosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia
Ecozone: Prairie, Western Interior Basin