New records and range extensions of several species of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Mississippi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The native bee fauna of Mississippi, USA has been historically poorly sampled, but is of particular relevance to determine range limits for species that occur in the southern United States. Currently published literature includes 184 species of bees that occur within the state of Mississippi. Additions to the list of native bees known for Mississippi are reported with notes on range, ecology and resources for identification.

New information

The geographic ranges of seven additional species are extended into the state of Mississippi: Andrena (Melandrena) obscuripennis Smith, 1853, Anthemurgus passiflorae Robertson, 1902, Dieunomia bolliana (Cockerell 1910), Diadasia (Diadasia) enavata (Cresson 1872), Peponapis crassidentata (Cockerell 1949),

SUBMITTER: Parys K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968078 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature