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Hylaeus verticalis (Cresson, 1869)
Prosopis verticalis Cresson, 1869; Prosapis tridentulus Cockerell, 1896; Prosapis tridens Cockerell, 1896; Prosopis tridentulus Cockerell, 1896; Prosopis tridens Cockerell, 1896; Prosopis subtristis Swenk and Cockerell, 1910; Prosopis melitina Lovell, 1911

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Subgenus: Hylaeus

Hylaeus verticalis FEM CFP comp
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Hylaeus verticalis FEM CFP comp

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    Identification Summary: Male - Moderate size; black pronotal collar; facial markings distinct with fingers of ivory or yellow curving around the base of the antennae sockets; scape black and moderately expanded
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Hylaeus verticalis MALE CFP comp
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Hylaeus verticalis, F, face, Michigan, Keweenaw County
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Hylaeus verticalis, F, face, Michigan, Keweenaw County

Hylaeus verticalis, M, back, Michigan, Keweenaw County
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Hylaeus verticalis, M, back, Michigan, Keweenaw County
Hylaeus verticalis, M, face, Michigan, Keweenaw County
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Hylaeus verticalis, M, face, Michigan, Keweenaw County

Hylaeus verticalis, M, side, Michigan, Keweenaw County
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Hylaeus verticalis, M, side, Michigan, Keweenaw County
Hylaeus verticalis, f, back, NY, Esker Fen
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Hylaeus verticalis, f, back, NY, Esker Fen

Hylaeus verticalis, f, face, NY, Esker Fen
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Hylaeus verticalis, f, face, NY, Esker Fen
Hylaeus verticalis, f, side, NY, Esker Fen
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Hylaeus verticalis, f, side, NY, Esker Fen

Hylaeus verticalis, M, Back, NY, Vipers Boxcoss Roadside
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Hylaeus verticalis, M, Back, NY, Vipers Boxcoss Roadside
Hylaeus verticalis, M, Face, NY, Vipers Boscoss Roadside
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Hylaeus verticalis, M, Face, NY, Vipers Boscoss Roadside

Hylaeus verticalis, M, Side, NY, Vipers Boscoss Roadside
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Hylaeus verticalis, M, Side, NY, Vipers Boscoss Roadside
Hylaeus verticalis, figure13c
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Hylaeus verticalis, figure14o
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Hylaeus verticalis, figure14o
Hylaeus verticalis, female, head
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Hylaeus verticalis, female, head
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Reprinted with permission from: Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.


FEMALE—Length 6-7 mm.; black; antennae black, more piceous beneath; face marks orange-yellow, narrow and elongate, terminated on eye margin at level of antennae; collar and tegulae not maculated; tubercles yellow; wings quite deeply infuscated, veins piceous; basal fourth of hind tibiae yellow, legs otherwise black; face somewhat narrowed below; facial foveae deep and distinct, linear, separated from margin of eye by a slightly wider space, quite strongly divergent from eye above, but tip somewhat nearer to eye than to lateral ocellus; cheeks and eyes subequal in width in lateral view; basal segment of flagellum fully as long as broad, 2nd segment considerably shorter, following segments about as broad as long; front coxae very slightly angulate laterally; face below with sparse and very obscure punctures, those above antennae fine, deep, close and distinct, coarse and rather sparse between eyes and ocelli, very fine and close on vertex back of ocelli; punctures of scutum deep and distinct, close but not crowded, more sparse on shining scutellum and pleura; basal segment of abdomen shining, sparsely and very minutely punctate, following segments less shining, more obscurely punctate.

MALE—Length 5.5-6.0 mm.; black; antennae brownish; scape and collar entirely black; tegulae reddish, with an anterior yellow spot; wings subhyaline, veins and stigma brownish-ferruginous; outer face of mandibles yellow; labrum black; maculations yellow, as follows: entire face below antennae, supraclypeal mark extending up between antennae, lateral face marks continuing as slender projections partially encircling antennal fossa, tubercles, front tibiae except ferruginous posterior face, basal third of mid tibiae, basal half of hind tibiae, spurs and basitarsi; the more apical tarsal segments ferruginous; face narrow; eyes converging below; cheeks slightly narrower than eyes in lateral view; scape robust, twice the diameter of flagellum; 1st and 2nd segments of flagellum subequal, short, broader than long, following segments much longer than broad; outer side of front coxae very slightly protuberant; dorsal surface of propodeum very short, coarsely rugose; thoracic punctures deep and distinct, close on scutum, rather sparse on scutellum, well separated on shining pleura; basal segment of abdomen shining, quite sparely and minutely but distinctly punctate, punctures on 2nd segment somewhat closer, more deep and distinct, rather obscure on the following segments.

DISTRIBUTION—Southeastern Canada and the New England states, west to Minnesota, southward to North Carolina; May to August.

FLOWER RECORDS—Apocynum and Geranium. The characters used to separate verticalus females from those of ellipticus are unsatisfactory. It seems probable that there is an overlapping in these characters between populations of the two species, and wherever possible, determinations should be based upon the males.

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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Amaryllidaceae  Allium haematochiton @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Apiaceae  Heracleum lanatum @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Lomatium dasycarpum @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Lomatium grayi @ BBSL (1)

Sanicula marilandica @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Zizia aurea @ AMNH_BEE (15)
Asteraceae  Eriophyllum multicaule @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Solidago canadensis @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Boraginaceae  Cryptantha intermedia @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Eriodictyon californicum @ UCRC_ENT (4)

Eriodictyon trichocalyx @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Eriodictyon @ AMNH_BEE (6)

Phacelia distans @ UCRC_ENT (2)
Caprifoliaceae  Symphoricarpos occidentalis @ AMNH_BEE (3)
Crassulaceae  Sedum @ UCRC_ENT (2)
Ericaceae  Arctostaphylos patula @ UCRC_ENT (5)
Fabaceae  Lupinus @ AMNH_BEE (1); UCRC_ENT (1)

Melilotus officinalis @ AMNH_BEE (3)
Geraniaceae  Geranium sp @ BBSL (3)

Geranium viscosissimum @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Hydrophyllaceae  Eriodictyon sp @ BBSL (2)
Lamiaceae  Salvia ulignosa @ BBSL (1)
Malvaceae  Iliamna rivularis @ BBSL (1)
Onagraceae  Clarkia @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Phrymaceae  Mimulus aurantiacus @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Plantaginaceae  Penstemon grinnellii @ UCRC_ENT (4)

Penstemon palmeri @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Polycitoridae  Salix sp @ BBSL (1)
Polygonaceae  Eriogonum @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Ranunculaceae  Anemone canadensis @ AMNH_BEE (1)
Rhamnaceae  Ceanothus cordulatus @ UCRC_ENT (5)

Ceanothus integerrimus @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Ceanothus @ AMNH_BEE (1); UCRC_ENT (1)

Rhamnus californica @ UCRC_ENT (37)

Rhamnus crocea @ UCRC_ENT (3)
Rosaceae  Chamaebatiaria sp @ BBSL (1)

Horkelia parryi @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Malus @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Melanobatus leucodermis @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Potentilla glandulosa @ UCRC_ENT (13)

Potentilla gracilis @ BBSL (2)

Potentilla sp @ BBSL (1)

Prunus emarginata @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Rosa @ AMNH_BEE (1); UCRC_ENT (1)

Rubus flagellaris @ AMNH_BEE (1)

Rubus villosus @ AMNH_BEE (4)

Rubus @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Saxifragaceae  Ribes @ UCRC_ENT (3)
Scrophulariaceae  Penstemon utahensis @ BBSL (11)

Scrophularia californica @ UCRC_ENT (31)

Scrophularia laciniata @ UCRC_ENT (7)

Scrophularia lanceolata @ AMNH_BEE (15)

Scrophularia @ AMNH_BEE (3)
_  Withheld @ BBSL__YOSE (19); BBSL (185); BBSL__ZION (4); BBSL__PINN (1)

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