Superfamily APOIDEA 1875 



Biology: Alcorn and Gamboa, 1975. Ariz. Acad. Sci. 10: 163 (predator). 

 albipennis canadensis Crawford. Alta., Idaho, N. Dak., Utah (Uinta and Wasatch Counties). 

 Perdita canadensis Crawford, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 360. 9. 



Taxonomy: Stevens, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 205. 6. — Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 9: 388, 390, 398-399 (key, tax. status, as lacteipennis canadensis). —Timberlake, 1960. 

 Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 130-131 (status discussed). 

 albipennis heliophila Cockerell. Utah, Colo., N. Mex.; Mexico (Chihuahua). Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits flowers oi Heliantlius including H. annuiis. 

 Perdita heliophila Cockerell, 1916. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17: 281. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 390, 397, figs. 82, 83, 158 (tax. 

 characters and tax. status). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 20 (tax. 

 characters). —Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 2 (tax. characters). 

 albipennis pallidipennis Graenicher. Ind. and Wis., west to east. Kans. and Nebr. Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Helianthus annuus. 

 Perdita pallidipennis Graenicher, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 101. 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 978 (tax. characters and status, as 

 lacteipennis pallidipennis). —Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 388, 390, 399 

 (key, geogr. records). —Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 131 (status 

 discussed). -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 302-303, table 9 

 (redescription). 

 beata beata Cockerell. Tex. (Davis Mts. and El Paso), N. Mex. (Las Cruces and Mesilla Park). 

 Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Verbesina encelioides. Another subspecies, 

 Perdita beata signata Timberlake, occurs in Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango). 

 Perdita beata Cockerell, 1895. Psyche 1 (sup.): 10. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 386, 391 (key, geogr. and floral 

 record). -Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 130 (tax. status). 

 bequaerti bequaerti Viereck. N. J. to Fla., west to Minn, and Miss. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Bideyis, Helianthus divaricatus, Physalis lanceolata, P. virginiana. 

 Perdita {Cockerellia) bequaerti Viereck, 1917. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 37: 241. 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 397, figs. 80, 157 (tax. characters). 

 -Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 300, figs. 72-74, 79, table 9 

 (redescription). 

 bequaerti indianensis Cockerell. Ind. (Gary and Lafayette), Okla. (South McAlester), Tenn. 

 (Knoxville). 

 Perdita pallidipennis indianeiisis Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 33: 2. <J, 9. 

 Perdita (Cockerellia) wickhami Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 33: 13. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 204 (tax. status). —Timberlake, 1953. 

 Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 976 (tax. characters, synonymy). —Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 9: 388, 390, 397 (key, tax. status, geogr. range). —Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 302, fig. 72 (status discussed). 

 coreopsidis collaris Cockerell. N. Mex.; Mexico (Chihuahua). 



Perdita verbesinae collaris Cockerell, 1916. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17: 281. cJ. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 389, 390, 401 (key, redescription). 

 coreopsidis coreopsidis Cockerell. Kans., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Gaillardia which it apparently prefers, but also has been t^aken at the 

 flowers of Coreopsis and Monarda punctata coryi. 

 Perdita coreopsidis Cockerell, 1906. Entomologist 39: 126. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 983-984 (geogr. and floral records). 

 -Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 389, 390, 401 (key, geogr. and floral records). 

 -Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 4 (key). 



