Superfamily APOIDEA 1763 



Prosopis nucleolus Viereek, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 64. 9. 



Prosopis sayi Robertson, 1904. Canad. Ent. 36: 274, 275. 9, S. 



Prosopis minyra Lovell, 1909. Ent. News 20: 413. 6. 



Prosopis binghami Lovell, 1910. Psyche 17: 180. 6. 



Prosopis supracurta Swenk and Cockerell, 1910. Ent. News 21: 71. 6. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 71. — Rau, 1930. Psyche 37: 173-175. 

 — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 262. — Medler, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 68: 131. 

 nelumbonis (Robertson). 111. and Ohio to Fla., Ala., La. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Castalia tuberosa, Nelumbo iutea. 

 Prosopis nelumbonis Robertson, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 316. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 67. 

 ornatus Mitchell. N. C. to Fla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Cephalanthus, 

 Hypericum, Melilotus, Parthenocissns. 

 Hylaeus (Prosopis) ornatus Mitchell, 1951. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 67: 242, figs. 

 8-11. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 67. 

 schwarzii (Cockerell). Mass. to Fla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Hydrocotyle 

 umbellata, Medicago lupulina, Melilotus alba, Sagittaria, Salix. 

 Prosapis Schwarzii Cockerell, 1896. Ent. Monthly Mag. 32: 218. 9. 

 Prosopis fossata Metz, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 135. S (9 misdet.). 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 68. 

 transvittatus (Cockerell). South. Ariz, (mts.); Mexico (Durango, D. F. and Veracruz). 



Prosopis transvittata Cockerell, 1917. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 437. 9, cJ. 

 volusiensis Mitchell. Fla. (Dade and Volusia Cos.). 



Hylaeus (Prosopis) volusiensis Mitchell, 1951. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 67: 245. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 69. 



Genus HYLAEUS Subgenus PARAPROSOPIS Popov 



Prosopis subg. Paraprosopis Popov, 1939. Acad, des Sci. U. R. S. S., Compt. Rend. (Dok.) 

 (n. s.) 25: 169. 



Type-species: Prosopis pictipes (Nylander). Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Revision: Snelling, 1970. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 180: 27-58, figs. 7-12 (Nearctic 

 species). 



Species Group Asininus 



asininus (Cockerell and Casad). West. Tex. to South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Parasite: 

 Anthrax irroratus irroi-atus Say. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Baccharis 

 emoryi, Chrysothannius paniculatus, Gutierrezia lucida, Haplopappus acradenius, 

 Eriogonum fasciculatum, Lepidospartum, Prosopis, Solidago califomica. 



Prosopis asininus Cockerell and Casad, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 299. 6. 



Prosopis bipes Cockerell and Casad, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 300. 9. 



Prosapis asinina var. bigeloviae Cockerell, 1898. N. Mex. Univ., Bui. 1: 72. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 261 (nest, parasite). 



Species Group Calvus 



calvus (Metz). South. Oreg. to Mexico (Baja California), Nev., Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Baccharis, Ceanothus cordulatus, C. cuneatus, C. integerrimus, Collinsia 

 heterophylla, Eriodictyon califomicum, Eriogonum, Fremontia califomica, Holodiscus 

 discolor, Lepidium virginicum, Penstemon antirrhinoides, Photinia heteromeles, 

 Prunus ilicifolia, Rhamnus califomicus, R. crocea, Salix. 

 Prosopis calvus Metz, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 143. 6. 



