Superfamily APOIDEA 1801 



Taxonomy: Morice and Cockerell, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 124, 152 (types oi clypeata, 

 flavoclypeata). —Robertson, 1902. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 28: 193. 9, 6 (key). 

 — Cockerell, 1906. Psyche 13: 9, 36, (types of clypeata, flavoclypeata). — Atwood, 1934. 

 Canad. Jour. Res. 10 (2): 208, 209, fig. 9, 6 (key). — Lanham and Timberlake, 1951. In 

 Muesebeck, Krombein and Townes, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 1058 (synonymy). 

 -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 95, 160, fig. 29, table 4 

 (redescription). — Ribble, 1967. Nebr. Univ. State Mus., Bui. 6: 27-42, 5 figs., 1 table, 1 map 

 (redescription, synonymy). 



Biology: Michener and Rettenmeyer, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 679-681, fig. 21 (nest 

 architecture, life history, parasites, as bipunctata). —Ribble, 1967. Nebr. Univ. State 

 Mus., Bui. 6: 37, table 1 (floral relationships). 



Genus ANDRENA Subgenus LEUCANDRENA Hedickc 



Andrena subg. Leucandrena Hedicke, 1933. Berlin Zool. Mus., Mitt. 19: 215. 

 Type-species: Apis sericea Christ. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Lanham, 1949. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 8: 220 (tax. characters). — LaBerge, 1964. 

 Nebr. Univ. State Mus., Bui. 4: 285, 290, 310 (tax. characters). 

 bifurcata Mitchell. Mich., Ohio. 



Andrena (^Leucandrena) bifurcata Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 211, 

 figs. 40-42. 6 . 



chippewaensis Mitchell. Mich., N. B. 



A^idrena (^^Leucandrena) chippewaensis Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 

 141: 212, fig. 43. 9. 



Taxonomy: Knerer and Atwood, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 584, figs. 2, 4. S. 

 electrica Casad and Cockerell. N. Mex. 



Andrena electrica Casad and Cockerell, 1896. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18: 89. 6, 9 . 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1898. Denison Univ Sci. Labs., Bui. 11: 49. 9, 6 (key). 

 erythronii Robertson. Que. to Mich., 111. and Kans., south to Maine and Mass. Pollen: Primarily 

 collects pollen oi Erythronium including E. mesochoreum, but also collects pollen from 

 the flowers of Mains, Prunus, Quercus, Taraxacum; visits other flowers presumably 

 for nectar including Amelancliier, Claytonia, Erigenia, Hepatica, Salix. 

 Andrena erythronii Robertson, 1891. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 18: 53. 9, 6 . 



Taxonomy: Robertson, 1902. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 28: 190, 193. 9, S (key). —Michener, 

 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1035, figs. 88-91 (larva). -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. 

 Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 212-213, figs. 40-42 (redescription). —Yager and Rozen, 1966. Amer. 

 Mus. Novitates 2265: 5 (pupa). 



Biology: Michener and Rettenmeyer, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 645-679, figs. 1-20 (nest 

 architecture, life history, floral relationships, mating, number of females per nest, 

 immature stages). 

 lupin! Cockerell. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Arctostaphylos glandulosa, A. 

 glauca, Ceanothus cuneatus, C. greggii, C. integerrimus, C. verrucosus. Clematis 

 lasiantha, Erodium botrys, Eschscholzia califomica, Lasthenia chrysostoma, Lathyms 

 alfeldii, Lupinus, Phacelia. 

 Ayidrena lupini Cockerell, 1936. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 142. 9. 

 mariposorum Viereck. Calif. 



Andrena (Andrena) mariposorum Viereck, 1917. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 43: 382. 9. 

 parnassiae Cockerell. Mich., Wis., Vt. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Pamassia. 

 Andrena paniassiae Cockerell, 1902. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 9: 105. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graenicher, 1904. Ent. News 15: 66. 9,6. —Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. 

 Tech. Bui. 141: 213-214, figs. 40-43 (redescription). 



perezana Viereck and Cockerell. Nebr. 



Andrena perezana Viereck and Cockerell, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 47. 9. 



