Hylaeus (Metziella) sparsus (Cresson, 1869)

Counties: Pine, Red Lake.

Comments: Generally rare across its range and known in Minnesota from only two specimens.

Material examined: Pine Co.: Chengwatana State Forest (45.8178, -92.7847),: 1 ♀ (MNDNR) 25 Jun 2020, N. Gerjets leg., net, Rubus sp., det. Z. Portman; Red Lake Co.: Plummer: 1 ♀, 19 Jun 1933, D.G. Denning leg., det. J. Gardner and confirmed by Z. Portman .

Subgenus Paraprosopis Popov

Taxonomy: Snelling (1970).