490 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



MEGACHILE subgenus MELANOSARUS Mitchell, p. 1180 



"''bahamensis Mitchell. Fla. ; Bahamas. On flowers of Flaveria. 

 Megachile bahamensis Mitchell, 1927. Psyche 34: 47. 5. 

 Megachile (Melanosarus) floridensia Mitchell (syn. by Krombein, 1953. 

 Amer. Mus. Novitates 1683: 21). 



floridensis Mitchell. Syn. of bahamensis Mitchell. 



xylocopoides Smith. On a number of flowers, particularly Compositae. 



MEGACHILE subgenus SAYAPIS Titus, pp. 1181-1182 



frugalis frugalis Cresson. N. J., Calif. On flowers of Croton, Erigeron, Erio- 

 gonum, Lotus, Opuntia, and Tephrosia. 



inimica inimica Cresson. Fla. to Tex., south to Guatemala. On flowers of 

 Achyranthes, Avicennia, Bidens, Borrichia, Coccoloba, Crotalaria, 

 Laciniaria, Ocimum, Salvia, Vitex and Ximensia. 



inimica sayi Cresson. Calif. Visiting many flowers, especially Compositae 

 and Legnminosae. 



policaris Say. Ga. On flowers of Amorpha, Brauneria, Coreopsis, Erigeron, 

 Helianthus, Oenothera, Salvia, Senecio, Silphium, Verbena, and 

 Verbesina. 



pugnata pugnata Say. Nests in borings in sumac twigs. Visits many flowers, 

 particularly Compositae. 

 Biology: Medler, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 918-921, 1 fig. 



*Genus CHALICODOMA Lepeletier 

 Place after Megachile subgenus Sayapis Titus, p. 1182. 



*CHALICODOMA subgenus CHALICODOMA Lepeletier 

 Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. 2 : 309. 



Type : Apis muraria Fabricius. Desig. by Girard, 1879. 



The typical subgenus does not occur in North America. 



CHALICODOMA subgenus CHELOSTOMOIDES Robertson 

 ( = A1egac/i//e subgenus Che/ostomo/des Robertson, pp. 1182—1183) 



This subgenus with component species was transferred to Chalicodoma 

 Lepeletier by Michener, 1962. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 70: 20. 



browni (Mitchell). 



Megachile (Chelostomoides) felipiana Mitchell (syn. by Timberlake, 

 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 132). 



campanulae campanulae (Robertson). Fla., Minn. Visits many flowers, espe- 

 cially Leguminosae, Campanulaceae and Labiatae. 



campanulae wilmingtoni (Mitchell). Fla. to Va., coastal. On flowers of Ga- 

 lactia, Melilotus, Pontederia, Solidago and Strophostyles. 



exilis parexilis (Mitchell). Fla., Ariz. Visits a number of flowers, especially 

 Leguminosae. 



felipiana (Mitchell). Syn. of browni (Mitchell). 



georgica (Cresson). N. J. Visits flowers of several families, particularly 

 Leguminosae. 



mgifrons (Smith). Tex. On flowers of Apocynum, Blephilia, Coreopsis, Eri- 

 geron, Hypericum, Lobelia, Nepeta, Pontederia, Psoralea, Tephro- 

 sia, Vaccinium, and Verbena. 



CHALICODOMA subgenus ARCHIMEGACHILE Aifken 

 (=A1egachi7e subgenus Archimegachile Alfken, Sup. 1, p. 246) 



This subgenus with component species was transferred to Chalicodoma 

 Lepeletier by Michener, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 20. 



