Superfamily APOIDEA 1863 



barbata Timberlake. South. Calif., north into Central Valley. Parasite: Oreopasites sp. Pollen: 

 Collects pollen from the flowers of Phacelia including P. distans, P. tanacetifolia, but 

 visits these and other flowers for nectar including Cryptantha, Linanthus dianthiflonis. 

 Nomadopsis barbata Timberlake, 1952. Ent. Sec. Amer., Ann. 45: 107. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 114-117, figs. 18-19, 42-43, 59, 133-136, 

 map 11 (redescription, larva). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 8, 36, 40, 117, table 2 (nest site, nesting 

 activity, mating behavior, floral relationships, parasite). 

 beamerorum Rozen. Tex. (Reeves and Pecos Counties). Pollen: Unknown, but holotype male 

 was visiting flowers of Prosopis. 

 Nomadopsis (Micronomadopsis) beamerorum Rozen, 1963. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2142: 13, 

 figs. 12-15. 6,9. 

 callosa Timberlake. Tex. (El Paso Co.); Mexico (Baja California). 



Nomadopsis callosa Timberlake, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45: 110. 6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 140-142, figs. 174-177, map 8 

 (redescription). —Rozen, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 259 (type). 



cazieri Rozen. Calif. (San Jacinto Mts. and San Diego County). 



Nomadopsis cazieri Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 135, figs. 165-169, map 14. 6, 

 9. 

 foleyi Timberlake. South. Calif., deserts. Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of Larrea 



iridentata, but visits these and other flowers for nectar including Heliotropium, Nama 

 hispida. 

 Nomadopsis foleyi Timberlake, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45: 112. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 119-121, figs. 141-144, map 10 

 (redescription). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 121 (floral relationships). 

 fracta Rozen. Calif, (widely distributed at lower altitudes). Pollen: Collects pollen from the 



flowers of Eriodictyon angustifolium, E. califoniicnm, E. crassifolium, E. trichocalyx, 

 but visits these and presumably other flowers for nectar including Ceanothus 

 integerrivius, Chaenactis, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Cryptantha intermedia, Erigeron 

 divergens, Eriogonum fascicidattim, Gilia exilis, M imulus fremontii, Nama parryi, 

 Phacelia brachyloba, P. douglasii. 

 Nomadopsis fracta Rozen, 1952. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 25: 144, 4 figs. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1036, figs. 92-98 (larva). -Rozen, 1958. 

 Calif Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 111-113, figs. 36-37, 68-69, 129-132, map 10 (redescription, larva). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 36, 39, 48-50, 55, 60, 113 (mating behavior, 



sleep, flower relationships, voltinism). 

 helianthi (Swenk and Cockerell). Nebr. and N. Mex., west to Calif; Mexico (Baja California). 

 Parasite: Oreopasites euphorbiae Ckll. Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of 

 Euphorbia albomarginata, E. polycarpa, but visits these and other flowers for nectar 

 including Cryptantha intermedia, Eremocarpus setigerus, Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. 

 gracile, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Helianthus, Heliotropium curassavicum, Hemizonia 

 paniculata. 



Spinoliella helianthi Swenk and Cockerell, 1907. Ent. News 18: 178. 9. 



Spinoliella euphorbiae Cockerell, 1925. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 179. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1036, figs. 99, 106-108 (larva, as 

 euphorbiae). —Rozen, 1958. Calif Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 133, map 13 (type). —Rozen, 1958. 

 Calif Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 129-133, figs. 16-17, 40-41, 61, 65, 157-160, map 13 (as 

 euphorbiae, redescription, larva). —Rozen, 1963. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7: 142-143 

 (synonymy). 



