Sphecodes pecosensis Cockerell, 1904

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 : 62

Sphecodes pecosensis Cockerell, 1904

Counties: Carlton, Cass, Hubbard, Pine.

Comments: This species is similar to, and easily confused with S. ranunculi . It appears to be a principally western and northern species. In eastern North America, it has also been found in Michigan, Maine, and Ontario (M. Arduser, unpublished). Minnesota specimens fall under the subspecies S. pecosensis pecosensis .

Material examined: Carlton Co.: 1 ♁, 26 May 1936, P.M. Schroder leg., det. Z. Portman ; Cass Co.: 1 ♁ 23 May 1936, R. H. Daggy leg., det. Z. Portman ; Hubbard Co.: Itasca State Park , La Salle Valley: 1 ♁, 30 May 1935, C.E. Mickel leg., det. Z. Portman ; Pine Co.: St. Croix State Park (45.9589, -92.6261): 1 ♁ ( MNDNR), 4 May 2015, K.E. Johnson leg., determined by Z. Portman and confirmed by M. Arduser.