Epeolus americanus (Cresson 1878)

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 : 49-50

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scientific name	Epeolus americanus (Cresson 1878)
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Epeolus americanus (Cresson 1878) View in CoL View at ENA

= Epeolus lanhami Mitchell, 1962: 450 View in CoL . (Michigan holotype). Synonymy by Onuferko (2017).

Holotype. ♀ USA: Michigan: Washtenaw Co.: near Saline , 26 Jun. 1954, U.N. Lanham ( UCMC).

County records: Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Livingston, Midland, Washtenaw.

Notes. Epeolus americanus has a primarily western distribution, but occurs in parts of eastern Canada and Michigan where it is uncommonly collected ( Brumley 1965; Onuferko 2017).

Material examined. Kalkaska Co.: (no locality) 19 Jun.?49 (illegible), R.R. Dreisbach (1 ♂ E. lanhami paratype) ; Keweenaw Co.: Isle Royale , 3 Jul. 1957, Trifolium repens, R.W. Hodges (1 ♀ MSUC) .

Additional material. Washtenaw Co.: near Saline , 26 Jun. 1954, U.N. Lanham ( UCMC).