1860 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 4-54 (life history, nest architecture, adult 

 behavior, comparative ecology, floral relationships, parasites, predators). —Rozen, 1963. 

 Amer. Mus. Novitates 2142: 1-17, 20 figs., 2 tables (nest architecture, life history, floral 

 relationships). —Rozen, 1967. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2297: 1-44, 18 figs. 2 tables (review). 



Genus NOMADOPSIS Subgenus NOMADOPSIS Ashmead 



Nomadopsis Ashmead, 1898. Psyche 8: 285. 



Type-species: Peridita zo7ialis Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. Lapsus for 

 Calliopsis zojialis Cresson. 

 Spinoliella subg. Claremontiella Cockerell, 1933. Pan-Pacific Ent. 9: 25. 



Type-species: Calliopsis zonalis Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. (=Spinoliella 

 euxantha Cockerell). 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 60-63 (tax. status). 

 cincta cincta (Cresson). Calif, (east side of Sierra Nevada, Tulare and Trinity Counties), 

 Nevada. Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Calochortus including C. liiteus. 

 Calliopsis cindus Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 201. 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 83, figs. 94-98, map 4 (redescription, tax. 

 status). 



cincta hurdi Rozen. Calif. (Sacramento). Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of 



Calochortus luteus. 

 No7Hadopsis cincta hurdi Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 85. 6, 9. 

 comptula (Cockerell). Calif. (Tulare, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties). Pollen: Collects 



pollen from the flowers Potentilla, including P. bolanderi var. bernardina, P. b. var. 



parryi, P. gracilis, but visits these and other flowers including Calochortus palnieri var. 



paludicola for nectar. 

 Spinoliella comptula Cockerell, 1916. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17: 284. 9. 

 Spinoliella edivardsii media Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 325. 9, 6. 

 Spinoliella edwardsii bernardina Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 326. 9, 



6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 75-77, figs. 79-83, map 3 (redescription, 

 synonymy). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 7, 31, 75 (nest site, mating, floral 

 relationships). 

 edwardsii (Cresson). Calif., Oreg., Wash., Idaho. Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of 



Calochortus, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Potentilla including P. bolanderi var. parryi, P. 



congesta, P.fusca, P. glandulosa, P. tridentata, but visits these and other flowers for 



nectar including Clarkia rhomboidea, Eriogonum marifolium, Fragaria califomica. Iris 



hartwegii, Lathyrus sulphureus, Spraguea umbellata. 

 Calliopsis Edwardsii Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 64. 9, 6. 

 Calliopsis lateralis Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 65. 9. 

 Spinoliella triangulifera Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 14: 195. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 325, S (as triangulifera). 

 -Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 77-81, figs. 4-5, 28-29, 64, 84-88, map 3 

 (redescription, synonymy, larva). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 6, 28-31, 81 (nest site, mating behavior, 

 floral relationships). 

 linsleyi Rozen. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of 



Eriodictyon, including E. a7igustifoliut)i, E. crassifoliuni, E. parryi, E. trichocalyx, but 

 visits these and other flowers for nectar including Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus. 

 Nomadopsis linsleyi Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 85, figs. 6, 7, 30, 31, 53, 

 99-103, map 5. cJ, 9. 

 obscurella (Cresson). Calif., Oreg., Ariz. (Tucson), ?Wash.; Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: 



Apparently oligolectic on Eschscholzia, especially E. califomica, but visits other flowers 



