Maryland Biodiversity Project - Triepeolus simplex

Triepeolus simplex Robertson, 1903

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Hymenoptera > Family Apidae > Genus Triepeolus Triepeolus simplex - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/15237

Added to the Maryland state list in July 2014 based on a specimen collected in Kent Co., Maryland (S. Droege, pers. comm.).

A possible nest parasite of Svastra obliqua, which was also collected at the same time (S. Droege, pers. comm.).

There are 9 records in the project database.

A male Triepeolus simplex in Kent Co., Maryland (7/22/2014). First record for Maryland! Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Triepeolus simplex in Kent Co., Maryland (7/22/2014). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A male Triepeolus simplex in Kent Co., Maryland (7/22/2014). First record for Maryland! Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Triepeolus simplex in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/20/2023). (c) Roshan Vignarajah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Roshan Vignarajah via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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