1876 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



coreopsidis kansensis Timberlake. Kans. (Grove and Ford Counties), Tex. (Van Horn), N. 

 Mex. (Roosevelt County), Utah (Iron County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Gaillardia. 

 Perdita coreopsidis kansensis Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 984. 9,6. 



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

 —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 20 (geogr. records). 

 coreopsidis obscurior Timberlake. Gulf Coast of Tex. (Galveston to Brownsville, but a male 



has been taken inland at Lytle, Atacosa County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Gaillardia. 

 Perdita coreopsidis obscurior Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 984. 9,6. 



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

 fracticincta Timberlake. Tex. (Sarita). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Coreopsis. 

 Perdita fracticincta Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 976. female. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 388, 397 (key). 

 hiiaris Timberlake. Utah (Dixie State Park), N. Mex. (San Juan County). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of ChrysothaninMS naitseosus. 

 Perdita hiiaris Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 21, figs. 1207, 1208, 1307. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 2-3. 9. 

 imbellis Timberlake. Ariz. (Coconino County). 



Perdita imbellis Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 21, figs. 1205, 1206, 1306. 6. 

 incana Timberlake. Tex. (Culberson County), N. Mex. (Quay County). 



Perdita iyicaiia Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 383. 9,6. 

 lepachidis lepachidis Cockerell. Kans., Tex., Colo., N. Mex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Ratibida tagetes. 

 Perdita lepachidis Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 106. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 982-983. 9. —Timberlake, 1954. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 389, 391, 401 (key). -Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 4 

 (key). 

 lepachidis levifrons Timberlake. Tex. (Brownsville). 



Perdita lepachidis levifrons Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 983. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 389, 391, 401 (key). 

 lingualis Cockerell. Nebr., Kans., Tex., N. Mex., Colo., Utah; Mexico (Tamaulipas). Pollen: 



Apparently an oligolege oi Helianthus including H. a)inuus, H. petiolaris, but may also 

 visit other large flowered Compositae. 

 Perdita albipennis var. lingualis Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 105. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 130, 131 (tax. status). — Michener, 

 1963. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 117-118, figs. 2-6 (prepupa). — Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates 2259: 21, figs. 52-54 (larva). —Yager and Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 

 2265: 12, figs. 17-18 (pupa). —Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 4 (key). 



Biology: Michener, 1963. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 114-118, 6 figs, (nest architecture, colonial 

 behavior, floral relationships). 

 luculenta Timberlake. South. Calif. (Imperial County). 



Perdita luculenta Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 19. 9. 

 perpulchra flavidior Timberlake. Kans., (Barton and Rice Counties), Tex. (Somervel County). 

 Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Aphanostephus skirrhobasis, Heterotheca 

 subaxillaris, Rudbeckia bicolor. 

 Perdita perpulchra flavidior Timberlake, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 975. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 395. —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 11: 327 (geogr. and floral records). 

 perpulchra perpulchra Cockerell. Tex. (El Paso), N. Mex. (Mesilla Valley), Ariz. (Holbrook and 

 Tucson); Mexico (Aguascalientes and Durango). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Asclepias, Baileya, Haplopappus heterophylla, Verbesina encelioides. 

 Perdita perpulchra Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 99. 9. 



