Svastra (Epimelissodes) obliqua obliqua (Say 1837)

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 : 48

Svastra (Epimelissodes) obliqua obliqua (Say 1837) ( obliqua group)

County records: Alger, Berrien, Cass, Isabella, Mackinac, St. Joseph.

Notes. Nesting biology in Florida described by Rozen (1964). More county records are suggested by the map attributed to this species in Hurd & Linsley (1980), but this map evidently pertains to Melissodes agilis due to an error, i.e. fig. 9 in that paper pertains to M. agilis whereas their fig. 10 pertains to S. obliqua . Based on the distribution of counties, it may occur throughout the state, but it is very uncommon.