Osmia (Osmia) taurus Smith, 1873

Portman, Zachary M., Gardner, Joel, Lane, Ian G., Gerjets, Nicole, Petersen, Jessica D., Ascher, John S., Arduser, Mike, Evans, Elaine C., Boyd, Crystal, Thomson, Robin & Cariveau, Daniel P., 2023, A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Minnesota, Zootaxa 5304 (1), pp. 1-95 : 78

Osmia (Osmia) taurus Smith, 1873

Comments: This non-native species was first detected near Baltimore in 2002 ( Cane 2003). Like O. cornifrons , O. taurus has been spreading west and has reached Wisconsin (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_ id=1&subview=map&taxon_id=461507). We expect it to reach Minnesota.