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linsleyi Timberlake. South. Calif., southeast. Nev.; Mexico (Baja California). Parasite: Nomada 

 sp., Stylops sp. Pollen: Usually collects pollen from Oenothera deltoides, but occasionally 

 takes pollen from Camissonia clavaeformis including C. c. aurantiaca C. c. clavaeformis 

 and also occasionally from C. decorticans desertorum, Oenothera trichocalyx; visits 

 these and other flowers for nectar including Baileya, Dithyrea califomica, Encelia, 

 Geraea ca7iesce7is, Hyptis emoryi. 

 Andrena linsleyi Timberlake, 1937. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 71. 9. 



Taxonomy: Linsley, 1938. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 23: 266. 9 (key). -Linsley and 

 MacSwain, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 165, 166, 170-171 (key, geogr. and floral records). 

 —Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1963. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 6 (key). 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Smith, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 176 (floral relationships). 

 —Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1963. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 11-16, fig. 2, tables 1, 3, 

 7-12 (floral relationships, parasites). —Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1964. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 3: 73 (floral relationships). 

 mojavensis Linsley and MacSwain. Calif. (Jawbone and Short Canyons, Kern County). Pollen: 



Principal pollen source is Camissonia kemensis, but also takes pollen from C. 



campestris, C. clavaeformis, C. deiitata johnstonii, C. d. parishii; visits these and other 



flowers for nectar including Coreopsis bigelovii, Dithyrea califomica, Salix. 

 Andrena (Melandrena) mojavensis Linsley and MacSwain, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 171. 



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Taxonomy: Linsley and MacSwain, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 165 (key). —Linsley, MacSwain 

 and Raven, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 64, 65 (key). 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Smith, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 179-181 (nest architecture, 

 floral relationships). —Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 

 65-67, tables 5-10 (nest architecture, floral relationships, male behavior). 

 nevadae Linsley and MacSwain. Nev. (Eureka and White Pine Counties). Pollen: Unknown, 

 presumably collects pollen from the flowers of the subgenera Anogra or Pachylophis; 

 visits flowers of Camissonia clavaeformis and Stanleya pinnata for nectar. 

 Andrena (Onagrandrena) nevadae Linsley and MacSwain, 1961. Pan-Pacific Ent. 37: 125. 

 9. 



Taxonomy: Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1963. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 31 (key). 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1963. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 39 (floral 



relationships). 

 oenotherae Timberlake. Calif. (Coastal Santa Barbara Co. east to Colorado Desert); Mexico 

 (Baja California). Parasite: Lytta stygica (LeC.)?, Meloe sp.?, Stylops sp. Pollen: 

 Principally collects pollen from the flowers of Camissonia cheiranthifolia 

 cheiranthifolia on Santa Cruz Island, and C. c. siiffndicosa along the mainland coast 

 while more interior populations collect from C. bistorta; visits these and other flowers 

 for nectar including Cakile edentula, Calandrinia, Chaenactis, Chrysanthemum 

 coronarium, Coreopsis califomica, Croton califomicus, Cryptantha intermedia, 

 Eriogonum fasciculatum, Haplopappus cooperi, Hemizonia kelloggii, Lantana, Layia 

 platyglossa, Lupimis, Salix lasiolepis. Sisymbrium. 



Andrena oenotherae Timberlake, 1937. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 69. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Linsley, 1938. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 23: 266, 267. 9, 6 (key). -Linsley and 

 MacSwain, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 164, 166, 170 (key, geog. and floral records). 

 —Linsley and MacSwain, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 189-190. —Linsley, MacSwain, Raven 

 and Thorp, 1973. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 71: 27 (key). 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Smith, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 181-182 (nest architecture, 

 floral relationships, parasites). —Linsley and MacSwain, 1956. Pan-Pacific Ent. 32: 116-118, 

 1 fig. (nest architecture, floral relationships, parasite). —Linsley and MacSwain, 1963. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 189-190 (floral relationships). —Linsley, MacSwain, Raven and Thorp, 

 1973. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 71: 33-34, fig. 14, table 9 (floral relationships). 



