Check List 17(5): 1375-1381, doi: 10.15560/17.5.1375
First record of Hylaeus pictipes Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) in Virginia, United States of America
Robert B. J. Ostrom‡, Kristine L. Grayson‡‡ University of Richmond, Richmond, United States of America
Corresponding author: Robert B. J. Ostrom ( robertostrom@vt.edu ) Academic editor: Jason Gibbs © Robert B. J. Ostrom, Kristine L. Grayson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Ostrom RBJ, Grayson KL (2021) First record of Hylaeus pictipes Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) in Virginia, United States of America. Check List 17(5): 1375-1381. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1375 |  |
Abstract
Insect surveys of developed areas can provide important new species records as these areas are often under-surveyed and assumed to have low biodiversity. These surveys are of increasing importance as fragmentation and habitat conversion further alters the biosphere. We report a new state species record from Virginia: five Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) pictipes Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). Field surveys in Richmond and the surrounding areas found this species from 28 April to 5 August 2019. This is the furthest south H. pictipes has been recorded on the east coast of the USA.
Keywords
Apoidea, bee, introduced species, Paraprosopis, range expansion, state record