APIDAE 515 



Genus XYLOCOPA Latreille, pp. 1245-1246 



*Xylocopa subg. Stenoxylocopa Hurd and Moure, 1960. Ent. Soc. Amer. 



Ann. 53: 809. 



Type : Xylocopa artifex Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Revision: Hurd, 1961. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 87: 247-257, 2 pis. (subg. 



Xylocopoides Michener) . 



artifex Smith. Nests in dead bamboo and other hollow stems. Transfer from 

 (D/eoxylocopa) to (Stenoxylocopa) . 



Taxonomy and Biology: Hurd and Moure, 1960. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 

 53: 809. 



brasilianomm varipuncta Patton. Nests in rotting wood. Delete Hawaii from 



distribution. 

 Biology: Hurd, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 369, fig. 1. 



californica arizonensis Cresson. Nests in structural redwood; also in yucca 

 and agave. 

 Biology: Hurd, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 369-371. 



micans Lepeletier. Va. Visits a number of flowers. Nests in sound, dead 

 privet. Remove ? in front of nasuta citation, add Preocc. after 

 nasuta citation, and add N. name after vidua citation. 

 Biology: Hurd, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 373, fig. 4. 



tabanifonnis androleuca Michener. Nests in structural Douglas fir wood. 

 Biology: Hurd, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 373. 



*virginica krombeini Hurd. Southern Fla. (Xylocopoides) 



Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) virginica krombeini Hurd, 1961. Amer. Ent. 



Soc. Trans. 87: 251. $,9. 



virginica virginica (Linnaeus). Visits a number of flowers. Nests in dead, 



sound wood of many trees, including structural timber. 

 Biology: Hurd, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 373-374, fig. 5.— Balduf, 1962. 



Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 263-271, 3 figs.— Sabrosky, 1962. Ent. 



Soc. Wash. Proc. 64: 184 (mating behavior). 

 Morphology: Milliron, 1958. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bull. 53: 66-68 (gynan- 



dromorph) . 



Tribe BOMBINI 



Taxonomy: Stephen, 1957. Oreg. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 40: 1-163, 

 31 figs., 18 maps (revision of western spp.). — Milliron, 1961. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 34: 49-61 (generic reclassification). — 

 Medler, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 212-218, 1 fig., 4 tables 

 (morphometric studies). — Medler and Carney, 1963. Wis. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Res. Bull. 240: 1-47 (Wisconsin spp.). — Hazeltine and 

 Chandler, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 37: 77-87, 6 pis. (queens). 



Biology: Medler, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 825-833, 1 fig., 3 tables (egg 

 development and absorption). — Hobbs, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 

 115-116 (brood-rearing behavior). 



Section Eoopobombus Prison, p. 1247 



Delete this sectional heading; the component groups comprise subgenera 

 belonging to two diff'erent genera {teste Milliron, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 53). 



BOMBUS subgenus FRATERNOBOMBUS Skoril<ov, p. 1247 



Transf. with component species to Pyrobombus subg. CuUumanobombus 

 Vogt. 



BOMBUS subgenus BOMBIAS Robertson, p. 1247 



Transf. with component species to Megabombus subg. Bombias Robert- 

 son. 



