A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada

Abstract. BACKGROUND: Epeoloides pilosulus, one of the rarest bees in North America, is a cleptoparasite of Macropis bees which themselves are uncommon oligoleges of oil-producing Lysimachia flowers. Only two specimens of the cleptoparasite have been reported from Canada since the 1960s, both from N...

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Autores principales: Sheffield, Cory S., Heron, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Single Taxon Treatment
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29686501
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22837
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: Epeoloides pilosulus, one of the rarest bees in North America, is a cleptoparasite of Macropis bees which themselves are uncommon oligoleges of oil-producing Lysimachia flowers. Only two specimens of the cleptoparasite have been reported from Canada since the 1960s, both from Nova Scotia. NEW INFORMATION: A recently collected specimen of Epeoloides pilosulus from Alberta, Canada confirms this species from that province and greatly increases its known range in western North America. This record and additional specimens from southern Ontario (one collected in 1978) have implications for the conservation status of this COSEWIC assessed species in Canada, which are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-59116812018-04-23 A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada Sheffield, Cory S. Heron, Jennifer Biodivers Data J Single Taxon Treatment Abstract. BACKGROUND: Epeoloides pilosulus, one of the rarest bees in North America, is a cleptoparasite of Macropis bees which themselves are uncommon oligoleges of oil-producing Lysimachia flowers. Only two specimens of the cleptoparasite have been reported from Canada since the 1960s, both from Nova Scotia. NEW INFORMATION: A recently collected specimen of Epeoloides pilosulus from Alberta, Canada confirms this species from that province and greatly increases its known range in western North America. This record and additional specimens from southern Ontario (one collected in 1978) have implications for the conservation status of this COSEWIC assessed species in Canada, which are discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5911681/ /pubmed/29686501 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22837 Text en Cory S. Sheffield, Jennifer Heron http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada
title A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada
title_full A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada
title_fullStr A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada
title_full_unstemmed A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada
title_short A new western Canadian record of Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in Canada
title_sort new western canadian record of epeoloides pilosulus (cresson), with discussion of ecological associations, distribution and conservation status in canada
topic Single Taxon Treatment
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29686501
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22837
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