Superfamily APOIDEA 1753 



americanus Cresson. Que., Man. and United States east of Rocky Mts. Parasite: Epeolus 



pusillus Cress.? Pollen: Possibly oligolege of autumnal flowering Compositae, but has 

 been collected from these and wide range of other plants including Aster, Boltonia 

 asteroides, Chrysopsis microcepliala, E upatorinm altissimum, Gnaphalium 

 polycephalum, Helianthits divaricatus, Lacfiica floridana, Lespedeza virginica, Lycopus 

 aviericanus, Polygonum hydropiperoides, P. scayidens, Rudbeckia trilobata, Sium 

 cicutaefolium, Solidago. Predator: Philanthus solivagus Say. 

 Collefes americana Cresson, 1868. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 12: 167. 9, d. 

 annae annae Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Baccharis, 

 Solidago canadensis anzonica. 

 Colletes annae Cockerell, 1897. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 48. 6. 

 CoUetes cnicis Cockerell, 1902. Ent. News 13: 304. 6. 

 Colletes cockerelli Timberlake, 1951. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 9: 221. 9. 

 annae disseptus Timberlake. South Calif.; Mexico (Baja Calif.). Pollen: Possibly oligolege of 

 autumnal flowering Compositae including Conium maculatum, Lepidospartum 

 squavtatum, Solidago. 

 Colletes disseptus Timberlake, 1951. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 9: 223. 9,6. 

 bradleyi Mitchell. N. J. (Chatsworth and Chesilhurst). 



Colletes bradleyi Mitchell, 1951. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 67: 239. 9. 

 gypsicolens Cockerell. B. C. to Calif., southeast to Colo, and N. Mex. Pollen: Possibly oligolege 

 of autumnal flowering Compositae including Aster, C hrysothamnus nauseosus, 

 Haplopappus vemonioides. 

 Colletes gypsicolens Cockerell, 1897. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 47. 6. 

 howardi Swenk. N. C. (Southern Pines). Parasite: Epeolus kowardi Mitchell? Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits Kuhnistera pinnata. 

 Colletes howardi Swenk, 1925. Amer. Mus. Novitates 186: 5. 9, i. 

 laticinctus Timberlake. Nebr. west to Idaho, south to N. Mex. and Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits Gutierrezia sarothrae, Pedis papposa, Polygonum. 

 Colletes laticinctus Timberlake, 1951. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 9: 220. 9. 

 mandibularis Smith. B. C, N. S., U. S., east of the Rocky Mts. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers oi Amorpha canadensis, Amphiachyris, Berlandiera subcaulis. Cassia 

 fasciculata, Ceanothus, Cirsium, Erigeron quercifolius, E. ramosus, Flaveria linearis, 

 Heterotheca subaxillaris, Isopappus divaricatus, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, M. 

 indica, Prionopsis ciliata, Pycnayithemum flexuosum. 

 Colletes ma7idibularis Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 5. 6. 

 Colletes similis Robertson, 1904. Canad. Ent. 36: 276. 9. Preocc. 



Colletes simulator Michener, 1951. In Muesebeck et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 

 1048. N. name. 

 micheneri Stephen. Nebr. (Halsey). 



Colletes yyiicheneH Stephen, 1954. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 36: 357. 6,9. 

 mitchelli Stephen. U. S. east of Great Plains, except New England. Pollen: Unknown, but 



visits flowers oi Aster, Erigeron quercifolius, Haplopappus, Melilotus alba, Penstemon, 

 Solidago. It has also been collected at honey dew of Phylloxera on Quercus alba. 

 Colletes mitchelli Stephen, 1954. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 36: 325, fig. 38. 6, 9. 

 ochraceus Swenk. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Eriogonum, Haplopappus vemonioides, Wislizenia refracta. 

 Colletes ochraceus Swenk, 1906. Canad. Ent. 38: 42. 9. 

 saritensis Stephen. Tex. (near Sarita). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers o{ Dalea grisea. 



Colletes saritensis Stephen, 1954. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 36: 341, fig. 43. 6, 9. 

 solidaginis Swenk. Mass. to Ga., west to Minn, and Nebr. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Solidago. 

 Colletes solidaginis Swenk, 1906. Canad. Ent. 38: 40. 9, d. 

 susannae Swenk. Wis. and 111., west to Colo, and Alta. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Helianthus, Kuhnistera purpurea, Petalostemon purpureum, P. violaceus. 

 Colletes susannae Swenk, 1925. Amer. Mus. Novitates 186: 1. 9, cJ. 



