1944 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Aster, Borreria, Brazoria truncata, Callirhoe leiocarpa, Cassia cinerea, C.fasciculata, 

 Cirsium altissimum, C. vulgare, Clethra, Coreopsis cardaminefolia, Dalea aurea, D. 

 multiflora, Desmodium paniculahim, Engelmannia pinnatifida, Eryngiuvi 

 yuccifoliiim, Euipornoea, Euphorbia marginata, Gaillardia, Gossypium, Grindelia 

 squarrosa, Helenium autumnale, Helianthus ynaxiviiliani, Ligustriim, Lyciiim 

 halimifolium, Mamibium vulgare, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, Mentha longifolia, 

 Monarda citriodora, M. puyictata, Oenothera biennis, Petalostemon microphyllum, P. 

 purpureum, Phacelia, Polygonuyn, Pontederia cordata, Prosopis, Pycnanthemum 

 flexuosum, P. virginianum, Ratibida columnifera, R. pinnata, Rhus copalina, Solanum 

 rostratum, S. torryei, Solidago rigida. Verbena officinalis. Yucca glauca. 



Nomia nortojii Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 385. 9,3. 



Nomia nortoni var. plebeia Cockerell, 1910. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6: 276. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 510, figs, (redescription). 



Biology: Cockerell, 1934. Amer. Mus. Novitates 697: 7. — Ribble, 1965. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 45: 316-318 (nesting habits, parasites, predators). 



Genus NOMIA Subgenus EPINOMIA Ashmead 



Epinomia Ashmead, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 88. 



Type-species: Nomia triangulifera Vachal. Monotypic and orig. desig. {=Nomia 

 persimilis Cockerell). 



Revision: Cross, 1958. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 38: 1261-1301, 4 figs, (included spp., contains 



biological information). 

 micheneri Cross. South. Ariz, and Tex., south to Jalisco and Guanajuato, Mexico. Pollen: 



Unknown, but males visit flowers of Eysenhardtia polystachya, Guardiola tulocarpa, 

 Helianthus. 



Nomia (Epinomia) micheneri Cross, 1958. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 38: 1273. 6,9. 

 nevadensis angelesia Cockerell. Oreg., Calif., Nev.; Mexico (extreme northwest Baja 



California). Parasite: Rhipiphoms epinomiae Linsley and MacSwain. Pollen: Polylege of 

 a wide variety of flowers including Aster spinosa, Brassica incana. Calendula, 

 Centromadia pungens, Chrysothamnus, Coreopsis lanceolata, Croton californicus, 

 Erigeron canadense, E. linifolius, Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. gracile, Grindelia 

 camporum, Gnaphalium beneolens, Gutierrezia califomica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus 

 pabneri, H. vemonioides, Helianthus gracilentus, Heterotheca grandiflora, 

 Lepidospartum squamatum, Lippia filiformis, Lotus americanus, Mamibium vulgare, 

 Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba. Pedis papposa, Pluchea camphorata, Polygonum 

 lapathifolium, Senecio douglasii, Solidago occidentaiis, Stephanomeria exigua, S. 

 virgata, Tamarix gallica, Trichostema, Wislizenia refracta. 



Nomia arizonensis angelesia Cockerell, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 38: 293. 6. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1029, figs, (larva). 

 nevadensis arizonensis Cockerell. Utah, Ariz., south. Calif. (Colorado Desert), N. Mex., south 

 to Jalisco, Mexico. Pollen: Polylege of a wide variety of flowers including Asclepias, 

 Baccharis glutinosa, Chrysothamnus, Cleome serrulata, Eriogonum, Euphorbia, 

 Eysenhardtia polystacha, Grindelia squarrosa, Guardiola tulocarpa, Gutierrezia 

 microcephala, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus acradenius, H. spinulosus, Helianthus, 

 Hymenothrix wislizeni, Hymenoxys, Lygodesmia juncea, Pedis papposa, Psilostrophe 

 cooperi, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Sphaeralcea, Verbesina encelioides, Wislize7iia 

 refracta. Predator: Philanthus ventilabris Fabr. 

 Nomia arizonensis Cockerell, 1899. Entomologist, 32: 128. 6. 



Biology: Alcock and Gamboa, 1975. Ariz. Acad. Sci. 10: 163 (predator). 

 nevadensis bakeri Cockerell. Fla. west to Wyo., Colo., N. Mex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas). Parasite: 

 Rhipiphorus nomiae Rivnay. Pollen: Polylege of a wide variety of flowers including 

 Aster, Bidens involucrata, Boltonia asteroides, Chrysopis microcephala. Coreopsis, 

 Dalea lanata, Grindelia, Haplopappus, Helenium, Heterotheca, Isopappus, Melilotus 

 alba, Prionopsis, Prosopis, Solidago, Thelesperma gracile, Verbesina encelioides. 

 Nomia bakeri Cockerell, 1898. Entomologist, 31: 32. 6. 



