Superfamily APOIDEA 1873 



Biology: Linsley, 1958. Hilgardia 27: 562, tables 4, 5 (pollen sources of some subgenera). 

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

 Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 24-26, figs. 5-7 {Larrea visiting spp.). 



Genus PERDITA Subgenus ALLOMACROTERA Timberlake 



Perdita subg. Allomacrotera Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 131. 



Type-species: Perdita stephanomeriae Timberlake. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 5-6 (key to spp. of subgenera 

 Allomacrotera, Procockerellia). 

 stephanomeriae Timberlake. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts). Pollen: Possibly an 



oligolege of Stephanomeria including S. pauciflora, a male has been collected at the 

 flowers of Dalea spinosa. 

 Perdita stephanomeriae Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 404. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 60: 131-132, figs. 658, 659, 731. 6. 

 Genus PERDITA Subgenus ALLOPERDITA Viereck 



Perdita subg. Alloperdita Viereck, 1917. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 37: 241. 

 Type-species: Perdita novae-angliae Viereck. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 348 (key). —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 271-275 (redescription, key to spp.). —Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 14: 393 (modification of key). —Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 

 134. —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 30. 

 bradleyi Viereck. N. J. to Fla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Batodendroyi, Crataegus, 

 Hydrocotyle umbellatiim, Ilex, Nyssa sylvatica, Pyracantha, Sarracenia flava. 

 Perdita bradleyi Viereck, 1907. Ent. News 18: 393. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1928. Amer. Mus. Novitates 321: 7 (as obscurata). —Timberlake, 

 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 274, figs. 211, 212, 306 (as obscurata). —Timberlake, 1958. 

 Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 394 (as obscurata). —Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 17: 134 (type). —Mitchell, 1964. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 310-311, figs. 72-73, 

 table 9 (redescription). 

 floridensis Timberlake. N. C. to Fla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Batodendroyi, Ilex 

 glabra, Leucothoe. 

 Perdita floridensis Timberlake, 1928. Amer. Mus. Novitates 321: 1. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 273, 274 (key, geogr. records). 

 -Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 393 (key). -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 311, figs. 72-74, 79, table 9 (redescription). 

 gertschi Timberlake. Tex. (Brewster County); Mexico (Coahuila). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Prosopis juliflora. 

 Perdita (Alloperdita) gertschi Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 393, figs. 468, 

 469,519. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 30-31. 9. 

 mitchelli Timberlake. N. C, Fla., Ala., Miss. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Ceanothus, 

 Cyrilla racemiflora, Oxydendrum. 

 Perdita mitchelli Timberlake, 1947. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 49: 81. 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 273, 274, figs. 213-214, 307 (key, 

 geogr. records). -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 311-312, figs. 73-74, 

 table 9 (redescription). 

 novaeangliae Viereck. Mass. to Fla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Batodendron, 

 huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina. 

 Perdita novae-angliae Viereck, 1907. Ent. News 18: 394. 9,6. 

 Perdita novaeangliae Viereck, 1917. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 37: 241. Emend. 



