Superfamily APOIDEA 1907 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 34 (geogr. and floral records). 

 claypolei australior Timberlake. Calif. (San Diego and Los Angeles Counties). Pollen: 



Unknown, but visits flowers oi Adenostoma fasciculatum, Eriogonuni fasciculatum, 

 Hemizonia fasciculata, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Opuntia. 

 Perdita claypolei australior Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 68. 9, 6. 

 claypolei claypolei Cockerell. South. Calif, (cismontane). Pollen: Collects pollen from the 



flowers oi Eriogonum including E. elongatum, E. fasciculatum, E. gracile, E. wrightii 

 var subscaposuvi, E. umbellatum, but visits these and other flowers for nectar 

 including Eriastruvi virgatum. 

 Perdita claypolei Cockerell, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 281. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 6, 13, 66-68, figs. 805, 806, 881. 9, 6 

 (key, redescription, geogr. and floral records). 

 claypolei limatula Timberlake. Calif. (Kern County) to Oreg., and Nev. (Douglas County). 

 Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of Eriogonum including E. elatuvt, E. 

 fasciculatum, E. gracile, E. heennannii, E. inflatum, E. latifolium, E. nudum, E. 

 vimiyieum, E. virgatum, E. wrightii var. subscaposum, but visits these and other 

 flowers for nectar including Achillea millefolium, Brickellia, Cirsium, Solidago. 

 Perdita claypolei limatula Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 68. 9, d. 

 clypeata clypeata Timberlake. South. Calif. (Colorado Desert). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Eriogonum inflatum. 

 Perdita clypeata clypeata Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 79, figs. 817, 818, 

 887. 9, 6. 

 clypeata immaculata Timberlake. Ariz, (near Mesa), south. Calif. (Desert Center and 

 Hayfield). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Eriogonum inflatum. 

 Perdita clypeata immaculata Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 80. 9, 6. 

 colei Timberlake. Calif. (San Bernardino Mts. and vicinity). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers oi Chorizanthe staticoides, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Gutierrezia lucida, 

 Lepidospartum squamatum, Solidago confinis. 

 Perdita colei Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 48, figs. 783, 784, 870. 9,6. 

 crandalli Timberlake. Ariz. (Pima and Pinal Counties). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Petalonyx thurberi. 

 Perdita craiidalli Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 38. 9. 

 dasylirii Cockerell. Western Tex. to Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Acacia, 



Agave palmeri, Amorpha fruticosa, Asclepias galioides, Ceanothus, Dasylirion wheeleri. 

 Euphorbia albomarginata, Mertensia franciscana, Nolina microcarpa, Rudbeckia 

 laciniata, Salix taxifolia, Sapindus sapo7iaria. 

 Perdita dasylirii Cockerell, 1907. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 539. "9" = cJ (d 



misdet.). 

 Perdita nolinae Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 33: 11. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 5, 12, 55-57, figs. 793, 794, 875. 9, <J 

 (key, redescription, geogr. and floral records). 

 dimidiata Timberlake. Ariz. (Pinal County); Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers oi Sesuvium verrucosuyn. 

 Perdita dimidiata Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 39, figs. 767, 768, 862. 6. 

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

 flowers oi Eriogonum including E. reniforme, E. thomasii. 

 Perdita distans Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 73, figs. 811, 812, 884. 9, cJ. 

 erythropyga Timberlake. South. Calif. (Colorado Desert). Pollen: Collects pollen of Dalea 

 including D. califoniica, D. emoryi, but also visits other flowers for nectar including 

 Cryptantha angustifolia, Isomeris arborea, Larrea tridentata. 

 Perdita erythropyga Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 42, figs. 773, 774, 865. 9, 

 6. 

 exilis Timberlake. South. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts). Pollen: Collects pollen from 

 Petalonyx thurberi. 

 Perdita exilis Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 36, figs. 763, 764, 860. d, 9. 



