Dr. Katherine A. Parys Flashcards
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Dr. Parys works for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) as a research entomologist.
Summarize Dr. Parys’ recent publication:
The Giant Resin Bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith: New Distributional Records for the Mid- and Gulf-south USA
Background: Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis Smith, the giant resin bee, is an adventive species in the United States. First established in the United States during the early 1990s, records currently exist from most states east of the Mississippi River along with Iowa and Kansas.
New information: New distributional records are presented for Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis Smith, an introduced bee. Additional records presented here expand the known distribution southwest through Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.
An updated host plant list containing new records is also presented, expanding the number of known floral associations.
Summarize Dr. Parys’ recent publication:
New records and range extensions of several species of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Mississippi
Background: The native bee fauna of Mississippi, USA has been historically poorly sampled, but is of
particular relevance to determine range limits for species that occur in the southern United
States. Currently published literature includes 184 species of bees that occur within the
state of Mississippi. Additions to the list of native bees known for Mississippi are reported
with notes on range, ecology and resources for identification.
New information: The geographic ranges of seven additional species are extended into the state of
Mississippi: Andrena (Melandrena) obscuripennis Smith, 1853, Anthemurgus passiflorae
Robertson, 1902, Dieunomia bolliana (Cockerell 1910), Diadasia ( Diadasia) enavata (Cresson 1872), Peponapis crassidentata (Cockerell 1949), Triepeolus subnitens Cockerell
and Timberlake, 1929 and Brachynomada nimia (Snelling and Rozen 1987).
These records raise the total number of published species known from the state to 191. Anthemurgus and Brachynomada are also genera new to Mississippi.
