Andrena ( Gonandrena ) platyparia Robertson 1895

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 : 21

Andrena ( Gonandrena) platyparia Robertson 1895

= Andrena ( Gonandrena) monroensis Mitchell, 1960: 233 ( Michigan holotype; Fig. 6A ).

Holotype. ♀ USA: Michigan: Monroe Co.: 23 Jun. 1948, R.R. Dreisbach ( NMNH: 75182). Synonymy by LaBerge & Ribble (1972).

County records: Allegan, Antrim, Calhoun, Clinton, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Mason, Midland, Monroe, Oakland, Osceola, St. Joseph, Van Buren.

Notes. A relatively common specialist on Cornus (Cornaceae) ( LaBerge & Ribble 1972).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Michigan holotype material at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithisonian Institution. A) Andrena (Gonandrena) monroensis Mitchell, face (= A. platyparia Robertson). B) Andrena (Leucandrena) bifurcata Mitchell, lateral habitus (= A. erigeniae Robertson). C) Andrena (Gonandrena) dreisbachi Mitchell, face (= A. robertsonii Dalla Torre). D) Andrena (? Leucandrena) chippewaensis Mitchell, dorsal habitus (= A. wheeleri Graenicher). Photographs provided with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10 th and Constitution Ave. N. W., Washington, DC 20560 - 0193. (http: // www. nmnh. si. edu /).