SuperfamUy APOIDEA 1887 



haplura Cockerell. Tex. (Terrell and Val Verde Counties), N. Mex. (Lincoln County). Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Sphaeralcea angustifolia var. cuspidata. 

 Perdita haplura Cockerell, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60 (18): 19. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 124 (type). -Timberlake, 1962. 

 Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 87-89, text fig. A. 6. -Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 49: 4 (geogr. and floral records). 

 latior Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz., Nev. (Charleston Mts.). Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of 

 Sphaeralcea including S. angustifolia, but also visits flowers of Sida hederacea 

 presumably for nectar. 

 Perdita latior Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 53. cJ, 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 357, 359, figs. 23, 24, 127. 

 —Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 87 (key). 

 magniceps Timberlake. N. Mex. (Luna County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Sphaeralcea. 

 Perdita magniceps Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 124, flgs. 654, 655, 729. 6. 

 portalis Timberlake. N. Mex. (Deming), Ariz. (Cochise and Coconino Counties); Mexico 

 (Zacatecas). Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Sphaeralcea. 

 Perdita poHalis Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 357, figs. 19, 20, 125. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 323. 6 (variation). —Timberlake, 

 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 125 (geogr. and floral record). —Timberlake, 1962. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 87. 6 (key). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 4 (geogr. 

 record). 

 robertsi Timberlake. Tex. (Val Verde County). Pollen: Possibly collects pollen from the flowers 

 of Opuntia. 

 Perdita robertsi Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 6, fig. 2. 9 . 



Genus PERDITA Subgenus PENTAPERDITA Cockerell and Porter 



Perdita subg. Pentaperdita Cockerell and Porter, 1899. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 415. 

 Type-species: Perdita albovittata Cockerell. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 347, 404-406 (redescription, key to 

 included spp.). —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 329 (modified key to 

 included spp.). —Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Uniy. Pubs. Ent. 384-385 (key to spp. allied to 

 melanochlora). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 22-24 (key to females of 

 included spp.). 

 albovittata Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz., south. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts); Mexico 

 (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Aplopappus 

 spinulosus, Baileya multiradiata, B. pleniradiata, Cevallia sinuata, Coldenia greggii, 

 Eriogonum injlatum, Gutierrezia califomica, G. liicida, Haplopappus acradenius, H. 

 gracilis, Pectis papposa, Physalis, Stephanomeria, Verbesina encelioides. 

 Perdita albovittata Cockerell, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. PhUa., Proc. 47: 15. 9. 

 Perdita laticeps Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 98. 6 . 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 405, 406, 411, figs. 105, 106, 168 (key, 

 geogr. and floral records, possible synonymy). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 49: 23, 24 (synonymy, geogr. and floral record). 

 amoena Timberlake. Ariz. (Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties), Utah (Washington County); 

 Mexico (Sonora). 

 Perdita amoena Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 330, figs. 287, 288, 336. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 385, 386. 9 (key). -Timberlake, 

 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 132 (geogr. record). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. 

 Ent. 49: 23, 24 (key, geographic records). 

 annexa Timberlake. N. Mex. (Pecos and Santa Fe). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Hymenoxys richardsoni. 

 Perdita annexa Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 133. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 23, 24. 9 (key). 



