Superfamily APOIDEA 1865 



personata (Cockerell). Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Wyo. Pollen: Pollen laden females have been 

 collected at the flowers of Cleome lutea, C. semdata. 

 Calliopsis personafus Cockerell, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 349. 9. 



Ta.xonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 165-167, figs. 186-189, map 15 

 (redescription). —Yager and Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2265: 7 (pupa). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 167 (floral relationships). 

 phaceliae Timberlake. Calif, (chiefly east side of Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert). Pollen: 

 Apparently collects pollen from the flowers of Phacelia fremontii, but visits these and 

 other flowers for nectar including Euphorbia albomarginata, Hesperochiron 

 califomicum, Nama demissum. 

 Nomadopsis phaceliae Timberlake, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45: 116. 6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 117-119, figs. 137-140, map 11 

 (redescription). —Rozen, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 258-259 (geogr. and floral 

 records). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 119 (floral relationships). 

 scitula lawae (Michener). Calif. (Inyo, Lassen and Mono Counties), Nev. (Fallon). Pollen: A 



female laden with pollen has been taken at the flowers of Thelypodium brachycarpum, 

 others at flowers of Cleome and a male at the flowers of Cleomella oocarpa. 

 Spinoliella lawae Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 324. 9. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 156-157, 159-160, map 16 (redescription). 



Biology: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 160 (floral relationships). 

 scitula scitula (Cresson). Wyo., Idaho, Utah, Colo., N. Mex.; variants occur in B-C, Oreg., 

 northeast. Calif., northeast. Nev., Colo, and Wyo. Parasite: Oreopasites scitiili Ckll. 

 Pollen: Females with pollen-laden hind legs have been collected at the flowers of 

 Cleoyne semdata, Sisymbrium altissiynum. 

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

 Calliopsis pictipes Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 65. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 348 (tax. characters). 

 —Timberlake, 1951. hi Muesebeck, Krombein and Townes, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 

 2: 1102 (synonymy). —Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 21, 154-159, figs. 72, 199-203, 

 map 16 (redescription, tax status, larva). —Yager and Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 

 2265: 7 (pupa). 



Biology: Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22: 440 (parasite). —Rozen, 1958. Calif. 



Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 12, 40, 47, 159 (nest site, nesting activities, floral relationships.) 

 scutellaris scutellaris (Fowler). Wyo., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Wash., Oreg., Calif., Ariz.; Mexico 

 (northern Baja California). Parasite: Euphytomima nomiivora James, Myrmosula 

 rutilans (Fowler), Oreopasites sp. Pollen: Apparently polylectic, pollen-laden females 

 have been collected from the flowers oi Heliotr opium curassavicum, 

 Mesembryanthemum, Sesuvium sessile, Wislizenia refracta, alsike clover, ladino clover, 

 carrots, but also visits other flowers including Alyssum maritimum, Brassica incana, 

 Chrysanthemum, Cressa truxillense, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Melilotus indica, Phacelia 

 fremontii, Raphamis sativus, Sesuvium verrucosum, Solidago, Tamarix. Another 

 subspecies, A^. scidellaris peninsularis (Cockerell), occurs in southern Baja California. 



Calliopsis scutellaris Fowler, 1899. Psyche 8: 406. 6. 



Calliopsis visaliensis Fowler, 1899. Psyche 8: 406. 9. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 15: 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 160-165, figs. 24-25, 

 47-48, 62, 73, 190-194, map 17 (redescription, larva). —Yager and Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates 2265: 7 (pupa). 



Biology: Snelling, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 124 (parasite). —Rozen, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. 

 Ent. 15: 12, 15, 38, 40, 48, 53-54, 164 (nest, site, nest architecture, life history, mating 

 behavior, parasite). — Moradeshaghi and Bohart, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 456-473, 

 15 figs., 3 tables (parasite). 



