Michael Orr

Michael Orr, US entomologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Orr, M. & Griswold, T. 2015. A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Townsendiella (Apidae, Nomadinae, Townsendiellini), with the description of a new species from Pinnacles National Park. ZooKeys 546: 87–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6443 Full article Reference page.

Orr, M.C., Pitts, J.P. & Griswold, T. 2018. Revision of the bee group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on potential conservation concerns and a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 4511(1): 1–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4511.1.1 Reference page.
Parys, K.A., Griswold, T., Ikerd, H.W., Orr, M.C. 2018. New records and range extensions of several species of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Mississippi. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e25230. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e25230. Reference page.

Niu, Z-Q., Ascher, J.S., Orr, M.C., Griswold, T. & Zhu, C-D. 2019. Overview of the bee genus Trachusa Panzer, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4646(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.2.3 Reference page.

Williams, P.H., Altanchimeg, D., Byvaltsev, A., De Jonghe, R., Jaffar, S., Japoshvili, G., Kahono, S., Huan, L., Mei, M., Monfared, A.R., Nidup, T., Raina, R., Ren, X.R., Thanoosing, C., Zhao, Y. & Orr, M.C. 2020. Widespread polytypic species or complexes of local species? Revising bumblebees of the subgenus Melanobombus world-wide (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus). European Journal of Taxonomy 719 (1): 1–120. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.719.1107 PDF Reference page.
Zhang, D., Niu, Z-Q., Orr, M.C., Ascher, J.S. & Zhu, C-D. 2020. Chinese species of Nomia (Gnathonomia) Pauly, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae: Nomiinae). Zootaxa 4768(1): 76–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.1.5 Reference page.

Orr, M.C., Chesters, D., Williams, P,H., Wood, T.J., Zhou, Q., Bossert, S., Sless, T., Warrit, N., Rasmont, P., Ghisbain, G., Boustani, M., Luo, A-R., Feng, Y., Niu, Z-Q. & Zhu, C-D. 2024. Integrative taxonomy of a new species of a bumble bee-mimicking brood parasitic bee, Tetralonioidella mimetica (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae), investigated through phylogenomics. Journal of Hymenoptera research, 97: 755–780. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.97.129470 . Reference page.