Stelis (Stelis) foederalis Smith 1854 ( foederalis group)
= Stelis michiganensis Mitchell, 1962: 45 . (Michigan holotype; Fig. 18). New synonymy (by F. Parker and T. Griswold).
Holotype. ♀ USA: Michigan: Luce Co.: 8 Jul. 1946, R.R. Dreisbach (NMNH 537077 on indefinite loan from NCSU).
County records: Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Montmorency, Schoolcraft.
Notes. Recorded as a cleptoparasite of Osmia atriventris Cresson and Hoplitis spoliata (Provancher) (see Fye 1965; Medler 1967b as Chelynia).