Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica (Fragrant Sumac)
(Information for pistillate and unspecified flowers; on pistillate flowers, insects suck nectar; on unspecified flowers, insect activity is unspecified; some observations are from Krombein et al. and Smith et al. as indicated below, otherwise they are Robertson)
On pistillate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada cuneatus sn fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon texanus texanus sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus ligatus sn, Lasioglossum cressonii sn, Lasioglossum forbesii sn fq, Lasioglossum foveolatus sn, Lasioglossum foxii sn fq, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn fq; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn fq, Andrena cressonii sn, Andrena erythrogaster sn, Andrena forbesii sn fq, Andrena imitatrix imitatrix sn fq, Andrena mandibularis sn fq, Andrena mariae sn fq, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn fq, Andrena rugosa sn fq, Andrena salictaria sn, Andrena tridens sn
Wasps
Ichneumonidae: Lampronota coxalis sn (Ashmead, MS)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus sn, Eupeodes americanus sn fq, Syrphus ribesii sn; Empididae: Rhamphomyia priapulus sn; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata sn fq; Calliphoridae: Cynomya cadaverina sn; Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina sn fq; Lonchaeidae: Earomyia aberrans sn; Sciomyzidae: Dictya pictipes sn
Flower gender unspecified:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes denticulata (Smh); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada spp. sn (Smh)Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis (Kr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena bisalicis (Smh), Andrena erythrogaster (Kr), Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena illinoiensis (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr, Smh), Andrena macoupinensis (Smh), Andrena melanochroa (Smh), Andrena nigrae (Kr, Smh), Andrena platyparia fq (Smh)