Superfamily APOIDEA 1869 



bernardinensis Michener. South. Calif. (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties). Pollen: 

 Apparently an oligolege of autumnal flowering Compositae including Gutierrezia 

 sawthrae, Heterotheca grand if lora, Senecio ionophyllus. 

 Calliopsis bernardinensis Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 323. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 852-855, figs. 77-82, map 6 (redescription, 

 floral records). 



chlorops Cockerell. N. Mex., Colo., Wyo., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Ariz. Pollen: Apparently an 

 oligolege of the Compositae; visits flowers of Chrysopsis, Grindelia squarrosa, 

 Haplopappus gracilis, Medicago sativa, Ratibida, Verbesina, Viguiera annua. 

 Calliopsis chlorops Cockerell, 1899. In Cockerell and Porter, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 

 4:413. S. 



Taxonomy: Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 860-862, figs. 95-98, map 6 (redescription, 

 floral records). 



coloradensis Cresson. Alta. to south. Utah and south. N. Mex., east to Mississippi River, 



thence through east. Tex. and Gulf States to east slope of the Appalachian Mts. in N. C. 

 Parasite: Holcopasites arizonicus (Linsley). Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of the 

 Astereae and Heliantheae (Compositae); collects pollen from the flowers of Bidens 

 aristosa, Boltonia asteroides. Coreopsis tripteris, Rudbeckia triloba, Solidago 

 canadensis, but visits other flowers some of which may also serve as pollen sources 

 including Anthemis cotula, Aplopappus pluriflorus, Aster dumosus, A. praetus, Bidens 

 laevis, Chrysopsis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Eriocarpum gracile, Grindelia perennis, 

 G. squarrosa, Haplopappus, Helenium nudiflorum, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Macrotera, 

 Silphiuni, Solidago rigida, S. serotina. 



Calliopsis coloradensis Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 63. 9,6. 



Calliopsis coloratipes fedorensis Cockerell, 1909. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 28. ?. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 147. 6. — Timberlake, 1951. In Muesebeck, 

 Krombein and Townes, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 1103 (synonymy). —Mitchell, 1960. 

 N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 289-290, figs. 69-71 (redescription, floral records). 

 -Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 841-846, figs. 63-66, map 5, tables 2, 3 

 (redescription). 



Biology: Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ., Studies 15: 223 (nest). —Robertson, 1922. Psyche 29: 169 

 (floral relationships). —Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 846 (floral relationships). 

 — Hurd and Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 114: 39, table 1 (parasite). 

 coloratipes Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Nev. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 



Asclepias subverticillata, Bigelovia hartwegii, B. wrightii, Chrysothamnus nauseosus 

 consimilis, Heterotheca. 

 Calliopsis flavifrons race coloratipes Cockerell, 1898. Denison Univ. Sci. Labs., Bui. 11: 52. 

 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1898. Univ. N. Mex., Bui. 1: 52. 6. —Cockerell. 1899. Entomologist 33: 

 64. 9. -Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 862-865, figs. 99-102, map 5 (redescription, 

 floral records). 

 crypta Shinn. Ariz. (Chiricahua Mts.); Mexico (Chihuahua). Parasite: Holcopasites stevensi 



(Cwfd.). Pollen: Collects pollen from Heterotheca subaxillaris, but also visits the flowers 

 of Cirsium, Helianthus. 

 Calliopsis crypta Shinn, 1965. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2211: 15, figs. 9-12. 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2259: 14, figs. 29-33 (larva). —Shinn, 1967. 

 Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 858-860, figs. 87-90, map 6 (redescription). 



Biology: Rozen, 1967. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2297: 30-31, fig. 10, tables 1-2 (nest architecture, 

 life history, floral relationship, parasite). —Hurd and Linsley, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 

 114: 39, table 1 (parasite). 

 deserticola Shinn. South. Calif., deserts. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Encelia 

 farinosa. 

 Calliopsis (Calliopsima) deserticola Shinn, 1967. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 865, figs. 

 103-106, map 5. 9, d. 



