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Dufourea (Halictoides) novaeangliae was described (as ,i\u3ePanurgus novaeangliae) by Charles Robertson (1897) on the basis of two males from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Viereck (1904) redescribed the species as Conohalictoides lovelli from material of both sexes taken from flowers of pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata L. (Pontederiaceae), by J. H. Lo.elI at Waldoboro, ~laine; he also mentioned a male from Pennsylvania and a female from .\Ianland

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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 19 
Number 4 - Winter 1986 Number 4 - Winter 
1986 
Article 2 
December 1986 
Dufourea Novaeangliae in Illinois, with Confirmation of Host Plant 
(Hymenptera: Halictidae) 
John K. Bouseman 
Illinois Natural History Survey 
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(Hymenptera: Halictidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 19 (4) 
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1986 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 203 
DCFOCREA l\'OVAEANGLIAE IN ILLINOIS, 
WITH CO~IRMATION OF HOST PLANT 
(H\~IENOPTERA: 
HALICTIDAE) 
John K. Bouseman1 
Dufourea rHaliclOidesl nomeangliae was described (as Panurgus novaeangliae) by 
Charles Robertson (1897) on the basis of two males from Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
Viereck 119(}..1.1 redescribed the species as Conohalictoides lovelli from material of both 
sexes taken from tlowers of pickerelweed, Pont deria cordata L. (Pontederiaceae), by 
J. H. Lo.elI at Waldoboro, ~laine; he also mentioned a male from Pennsylvania and a 
female from 
.\Ianland. Lovell himself (in Lovell and Cockerell 1906) considered the bee 
to be an oJigolege of P. cordata. Viereck later (1924) added the District of Columbia and 
Ne., 
Hampshire to the known distribution 
of the species, and he again called attention to 
the association of D. nomeangliae with pickerelweed. He used the association as the 
basis. in part. for the recognition of a new species, D. monardae (as Conohalictoides 
monardae Vierack) from Labiatae, which had been misidentified by Graenicher (1910) as 
D. nomeangliae (as Halictoides novaeangliae). The bee has received little subsequent 
notice. and the only distributional records outside of the northeastern United States are 
thl'5e of .\fitchell (1960), who recorded D. novaeangliae from unspecified localities in 
.\lichig:an and .\fissouri. 
The~
purpose 
of this paper is to record D. novaeangliae from Illinois for the first time 
and. because Hurd (1979) listed the pollen source for the bee as "unknown," to confirm 
Pontederia cordata as the host of D. novaeangliae. 
On 5 September 1985, [ collected 18 females of Dufourea novaeangliae from flowers 
of Pontederia cordata L. at a small natural pond 4.8 km north of Watseka in Iroquois 
County. nlioois. The bees were collected between 1130 and 1200 h CDT, and all 
SpeciIl'lCllS 
sa,'e one had at least partial pollen loads. 
No male specimens of 
D. nmaeang/iae were encountered at the time, and no other species of bee were visiting 
the flowers. The host plant was in late bloom on the date of collection, and on a visit to 
the site one 'il~eellater. the picke elweed was no longer in blossom and no specimens of 
D. nOHleangiiae were found. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
This publicarion is a contribution of the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Illinois 
AgricuJrural bperiIl'lCnt Station. College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at 
Crbana-Cl!.ampaign. It was supported in part by Hatch Project No. 12-0361, Biosystemat­
ies of In5C\.""t.,~ Thanks are due to G. L. Godfrey and W. E. LaBerge for their comments 
on 
a version 
of this paper and to B. N. McKnight for taking me to the collecting site. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Graenkba-. 
S. 1910. Wis.::onsin 
bees-new and little known species. Canadian EntomoL 
4::101-10-4. 
Sc-~-u.:.'C VI' E..,,"<-"Il('mi.;: Em0ffio10gy. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL 61820. 
1
Bouseman: <i>Dufourea Novaeangliae</i> in Illinois, with Confirmation of Ho
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204 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 19, No.4 
Hurd, P. D., Jr. 1979. Apoidea in K. V. Krombein et aI., Catalog of Hymenoptera i  

America north of Mexico, Vol. 2. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. 

Lovell, J. H., and T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Notes on the bees of southern Maine: 

Anthophoridae, Halictoididae, Macropidae and Panurgidae. Psyche 13:109-113. 
Mitchell, T. B. 1960. Bees of the eastern United States. L North Carolina Agfie. Expt. 
Sta. Tech. Bull. 141. 538 pp. 
Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees--<iescriptions and synonyms. Trans. St. Louis 
Acad. Sci. 7:315-356. 
Viereck, H. L. 1904. A bee visitor f Pontederia (pickerel-weed). Entomol. New 
15:244:246. 
__
. 1924. The identity 
of Conohalictoides novaeangliae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. 
Washington 26:14-15. 
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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 19 Number 4 - Winter 1986 Number 4 - Winter 1986 Article 2 December 1986 Dufourea Novaeangliae in Illinois, with Confirmation of Host Plant (Hymenptera: Halictidae) John K. Bouseman Illinois Natural History Survey Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Bouseman, John K. 1986. "Dufourea Novaeangliae in Illinois, with Confirmation of Host Plant (Hymenptera: Halictidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 19 (4) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol19/iss4/2 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 1986 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 203 DCFOCREA l\'OVAEANGLIAE IN ILLINOIS, WITH CO~IRMATION OF HOST PLANT (H\~IENOPTERA: HALICTIDAE) John K. Bouseman1 Dufourea rHaliclOidesl nomeangliae was described (as Panurgus novaeangliae) by Charles Robertson (1897) on the basis of two males from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Viereck 119(}..1.1 redescribed the species as Conohalictoides lovelli from material of both sexes taken from tlowers of pickerelweed, Pont deria cordata L. (Pontederiaceae), by J. H. Lo.elI at Waldoboro, ~laine; he also mentioned a male from Pennsylvania and a female from .\Ianland. Lovell himself (in Lovell and Cockerell 1906) considered the bee to be an oJigolege of P. cordata. Viereck later (1924) added the District of Columbia and Ne., Hampshire to the known distribution of the species, and he again called attention to the association of D. nomeangliae with pickerelweed. He used the association as the basis. in part. for the recognition of a new species, D. monardae (as Conohalictoides monardae Vierack) from Labiatae, which had been misidentified by Graenicher (1910) as D. nomeangliae (as Halictoides novaeangliae). The bee has received little subsequent notice. and the only distributional records outside of the northeastern United States are thl'5e of .\fitchell (1960), who recorded D. novaeangliae from unspecified localities in .\lichig:an and .\fissouri. The~purpose of this paper is to record D. novaeangliae from Illinois for the first time and. because Hurd (1979) listed the pollen source for the bee as "unknown," to confirm Pontederia cordata as the host of D. novaeangliae. On 5 September 1985, [ collected 18 females of Dufourea novaeangliae from flowers of Pontederia cordata L. at a small natural pond 4.8 km north of Watseka in Iroquois County. nlioois. The bees were collected between 1130 and 1200 h CDT, and all SpeciIl'lCllS sa,'e one had at least partial pollen loads. No male specimens of D. nmaeang/iae were encountered at the time, and no other species of bee were visiting the flowers. The host plant was in late bloom on the date of collection, and on a visit to the site one 'il~eellater. the picke elweed was no longer in blossom and no specimens of D. nOHleangiiae were found. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This publicarion is a contribution of the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Illinois AgricuJrural bperiIl'lCnt Station. College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Crbana-Cl!.ampaign. It was supported in part by Hatch Project No. 12-0361, Biosystemat­ies of In5C\.""t.,~ Thanks are due to G. L. Godfrey and W. E. LaBerge for their comments on a version of this paper and to B. N. McKnight for taking me to the collecting site. LITERATURE CITED Graenkba-. S. 1910. Wis.::onsin bees-new and little known species. Canadian EntomoL 4::101-10-4. Sc-~-u.:.'C VI' E..,,"<-"Il('mi.;: Em0ffio10gy. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL 61820. 1Bouseman: <i>Dufourea Novaeangliae</i> in Illinois, with Confirmation of HoPublished by ValpoScholar, 1986204 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 19, No.4 Hurd, P. D., Jr. 1979. Apoidea in K. V. Krombein et aI., Catalog of Hymenoptera i  America north of Mexico, Vol. 2. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. Lovell, J. H., and T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Notes on the bees of southern Maine: Anthophoridae, Halictoididae, Macropidae and Panurgidae. Psyche 13:109-113. Mitchell, T. B. 1960. Bees of the eastern United States. L North Carolina Agfie. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bull. 141. 538 pp. Robertson, C. 1897. North American bees--<iescriptions and synonyms. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. 7:315-356. Viereck, H. L. 1904. A bee visitor f Pontederia (pickerel-weed). Entomol. New 15:244:246. __. 1924. The identity of Conohalictoides novaeangliae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 26:14-15. 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 19, No. 4 [1986], Art. 2https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol19/iss4/2

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