Abstract
New records are reported for the cleptoparasitic bee Stelis permaculata Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Minnesota, United States of America and Manitoba, Canada. Minnesota records come from trap-nests, which also collected the host, Heriades carinata Cresson.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 12 |
| Pages (from-to) | 208-210 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Great Lakes Entomologist |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements We would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions and comments. Many thanks to the Minnesota Bee Atlas volunteer Zeb Lamp for hosting and diligently observing blocks 492 and 537. Terry Griswold (USDA-ARS) verified determinations of Manitoba Stelis. The Minnesota Bee Atlas principal investigator was Dr. Rob Blair. Funding for the Minnesota Bee Atlas project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) (Legal Citation M.L. 2015, Chp. 76, Sec. 2, Subd. 03g).
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Keywords
- Heriades
- Megachilidae
- Stelis
- cavity-nesting
- trap nest