1888 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



bradleyana Timberlake. Tex. (Eagle Pass and El Paso); Mexico (Zacatecas). 



Perdita bradleyana Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 409, figs. 99, 100, 165. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 329. 9. —Timberlake, 1958. Calif. 



Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 385 (key). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 23, 25 (key, 



geogr. record). —Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 7 (geogr. record). 

 chrysophila chrysophila Cockerell. Tex. (Culberson County). N. Mex. (Hollywood, Organ and 

 Pecos), Ariz. (Safford); Mexico (Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas). Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Flourensia, Hymenoxys, Picradenia florihunda, 

 Verbesina evcelioides, Zaluzania globosa. Another subspecies, Perdita chrysophila 

 quadricincta Timberlake, occurs in Mexico (Nuevo Leon). 



Perdita chrysophila Cockerell, 1896. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 4: 206. 6. 



Perdita nigrifacies Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 406 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1904. Entomologist 37: 6. 6 . —Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. 

 Ent. 9: 406, figs. 93, 94, 162 (key, type). —Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 

 386-387 (tax. characters, as nigrifacies). —Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 

 132-133, figs. 660, 661, 732. i (redescription). —Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 28: 95-96 (tax. characters, as nigrifacies). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 

 23, 25 (key, synonymy, geogr. and floral records). 



coahuilensis Timberlake. Tex. (El Paso); Mexico (Coahuila). 



Perdita coahuilensis Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 409, figs. 101, 102, 166. 9, 



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Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 329, 330 (key, geogr. record). 

 —Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 385 (key). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 49: 24 (key). 

 idahoensis Timberlake. Idaho (Cassia County), Calif. (Inyo County). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers oi Chrysothaninus, Gutierrezia microcephala. 

 Perdita idahoensis Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 385, figs. 464, 465, 517. i, 

 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 23 (key). —Timberlake, 1971. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 9 (geogr. and floral record). 

 mandibularis Timberlake. South. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Bebbia juncea, Chaenactis carphoclinia, Dalea, Geraea canescens. 

 Perdita mandibularis Timberlake, 1954. calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 411, figs. 107, 108, 169. 



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

 melanochlora Cockerell. Ariz. (Santa Rosa Valley and Tucson), south. Calif. (Colorado and 



Mojave Deserts), Nev. (Arden and Charleston Mts.). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Baileya multiradiata, Bebbia juncea, Chrysothamnus, Encelia farinosa, Sphaeralcea, 

 Viguiera deltoides, V. nevadensis. 

 Perdita melanochlora Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 33: 7. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 405, 406, 408, figs. 97, 98, 164. 9,6. 

 —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 329 (key). —Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 14: 385 (key). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 23 (key). 

 —Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 9 (geogr. records). 

 nigroviridis Timberlake. Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Gail lardia pulchella, 

 Helenium, Helianthus annuus. 

 Perdita nigroviridis Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 407, figs. 95, 96, 163. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 386 (geogr. and floral records). 

 —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 23, 26 (key, geogr. and floral record). 



Genus PERDITA Subgenus PERDITA Smith 



Perdita Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 128. 



Type-species: Perdita halictoides Smith. Monotypic. 

 Neoperdita Ashmead, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 85. 



