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Sphecodes coronus Mitchell, 1956
Sphecodes canadensis Mitchell, 1956; Sphecodes carolinus Mitchell, 1956, likely synonym proposed by M Arduser

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Sphecodes coronus MALE mm .x f
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Sphecodes coronus MALE mm .x f

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Sphecodes coronus, F, Back, NY, GLSA Small Bog Inlet Fen
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Sphecodes coronus, F, Back, NY, GLSA Small Bog Inlet Fen
Sphecodes coronus, F, Face, NY, GLSA Small Bog Inlet Fen
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Sphecodes coronus, F, Face, NY, GLSA Small Bog Inlet Fen

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Sphecodes coronus, male, face
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Sphecodes coronus, male, face

Sphecodes coronus, male, propodeum
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Sphecodes coronus, male, propodeum
Sphecodes coronus, male, wing
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Sphecodes coronus, male, scutum
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Sphecodes coronus, male, scutum

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Sphecodes coronus, male, vertex
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Sphecodes coronus, male, vertex
Overview
The male holotype for S. canadensis - a synonym for S. coronus - has been viewed and scored by Droege. The male holotype for S. coronus has been viewed and scored by Droege and the aspect was similar to S. canadensis.

Identification
Extracted from: Mitchell, T. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States, I. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 1-191.

MALE-Length 5 mm. ; entirely black; head somewhat broader than long; eyes slightly convergent below; clypeus only slightly con- vex; mandibles brownish-ferruginous, tips more reddish, and becoming dark basally; an- tennae black basally, flagella brownish, basal segment considerably broader than long, subequal in length to pedical, 2nd and following segments about as long as broad, the more apical ones becoming very slightly longer; lateral ocelli subequally distant from eyes and each other; lower portion of face obscured by dense, white pubescence, punctures very fine and close beneath the pubescence on both sides of face, and more coarse and deep but closely crowded on clypeus, becoming somewhat finer apically; upper portion of face rather dull, punctures rather fine, deep and distinct, but closely crowded, becoming more distinctly separated on shining vertex between eyes and ocelli, hind margin becoming obscurely substriate; cheeks rather dull, very finely and obscurely striate posteriorly and below, lower surface rather smooth, somewhat shining; wings lightly infuscated, with the usual three submarginal cells, veins testaceous, stigma more brownish-piceous; tegulae yellowish-hyaline, with dark blotches; legs piceous, only the more apical segments becoming brownish-testaceous; scutum and scutellum shining between rather coarse, deep and distinct punctures, these well separated owr most of scutum, becoming closely crowded along narrow anterior margin, somewhat finer but well separated between notaulices and tegulae, punctures of scutellum rather sparse, irregularly scattered; pleura densely rugose; dorsal area of propodeum rather broad, completely and rather closely and coarsely striate, median striae, somewhat irregular, lateral faces rather finely striate anteriorly and above, becoming more coarsely reticulate or substriate posteriorly and below, posterior face coarsely reticulate; abdominal terga smooth and shining, basal tergum with only a few exceedingly minute and obscure punctures scattered toward the sides, terga 2 and 3 finely and quite closely punctate basally, becoming sparse apically, especially on 2nd tergum, apical impressed areas entirely impunctate; gonostyli very slightly exceeding tips of penis valves, short, somewhat constricted at base, with a very short, subtriangular, median projection above, and with a ventral, hatchet-shaped, inner lobe, (similar to atlantis, fig. 113), but inner lobe of stylus more triangular, somewhat produced posteriorly).

DISTRIBUTION-Minnesota to Quebec and the New England states, south to North Carolina; June to August.

FLOWER RECORDS-Ceanothus, Daueus, Hydrangea, Rhus and Solidago.


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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Aquifoliaceae  Ilex verticillata @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Asteraceae  Anthemis cotula @ UCMS_ENT (1)

Solidago rugosa @ UCMS_ENT (1)

Solidago sempervirens @ UCMS_ENT (1)

Solidago @ AMNH_BEE (2)

Taraxacum campylodes @ UCMS_ENT (2)
Cornaceae  Cornus @ AMNH_BEE (1)
J. rykken  737 @ JRYB__SHEN (1)
Rosaceae  Potentilla @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Unplaced  none 685 @ RUAC_ENT (1)
_  blueberry @ NLA (3)

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