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SOME ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC SOLITARY BEES COLLECTED AT INUVIK AND TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT, CANADA (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Shôichi F. Sakagami
Affiliation:
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
Masanori J. Toda
Affiliation:
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan

Abstract

Nine species of solitary bees are recorded from a northern area of Northwest Territories: Osmia inermis from tundra at Tuktoyaktuk, and Hylaeus ellipticus, Evylaeus comagenensis, E. borealis, Sphecodes aff. pusillus, Anthidium tenuiflorae, Megachile centuncularis, M. f. frigida, and Anthophora b. bomboides from the northern limit of subarctic forest at Inuvik. All represent the northernmost records of the species. Some chorological and ecological notes are added to.

Résumé

On mentionne neuf espèces d’abeilles solitaires en provenance d’une région nordique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest : Osmia inermis provenant de la toundra à Tuktoyaktuk, et Hylaeus ellipticus, Evylaeus comagenensis, E. borealis, Sphecodes aff. pusillus, Anthidium tenuiflorae, Megachile centuncularis, M. f. frigida, et Anthophora b. bomboides de la limite nord de la forêt subarctique à Inuvik. Ce sont les mentions les plus nordiques pour ces espèces. On a inclu des notes chorologiques et écologiques.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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