Melissodes ( Eumelissodes ) subillatus LaBerge 1961

Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, Zootaxa 4352 (1), pp. 1-160 : 47

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scientific name	Melissodes ( Eumelissodes ) subillatus LaBerge 1961
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Melissodes ( Eumelissodes) subillatus LaBerge 1961 View in CoL View at ENA

Melissodes ( Eumelissodes) subillata, LaBerge, 1961: 568 View in CoL . ( Michigan holotype)

Holotype. ♀ USA: Michigan: Washtenaw Co.: Ann Arbor , 17 Jun. 1952, L. H. Shinners on Gaillardia aristata ( SEMC).

County records: Arenac, Barry, Berrien, Cheboygan, Clinton, Eaton, Houghton, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Leelanau, Livingston, Midland, Montcalm, Oakland, Oceana, Ottawa, Saginaw, Van Buren, Washtenaw.

Notes. This Asteraceae specialist is relatively common in the LP. In addition to the holotype, LaBerge (1961) lists the following Michigan locations in the original description: Arenac Co., Cheboygan Co.: Cheboygan, Douglas Lake, Clinton Co., Eaton Co., Ingham Co.: East Lansing, Eaton Co., Midland Co., Oakland Co., and Oceana Co.. It is easily confused with other Melissodes species, in particular M. illatus Lovell and Cockerell and M. denticulatus Smith.