Trachusa (Heteranthidium) larreae (Cockerell, 1897)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1 |
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Trachusa (Heteranthidium) larreae (Cockerell, 1897) |
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Trachusa (Heteranthidium) larreae (Cockerell, 1897) View in CoL
[ Type: USNM; ♀ close to the Agricultural College, Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA; 6 May 1896] This species inhabits North American deserts. It is very abundant where Larrea tridentata occurs, on which it is a pollen specialist ( Hurd & Linsley 1975). The BBPT collected this species in the Magdalena Plains in March 2021 (7 ♂, 1 ♀), Lower Colorado Desert in June 2021 (1 ♀), and Central Desert in April 2023 (13 ♀, 13 ♂). Voucher specimens are in MABC, and ECOAB. See fig. 210 .
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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