Superfamily APOIDEA 1947 



— Bell and Hawkins, 1974. Jour. Compar. Physiol. 93: 183-193 (intraspecific agonistic 

 interactions). —Barrows, 1975. Ins. Sociaux 22: 307-332, 12 figs., 2 tables (mating 

 behavior). —Barrows, 1976. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 105-119, 2 figs., 3 tables (mating 

 behavior). — Waddington, 1976. Psyche 83: 112-118 (foraging patterns at flowers of 

 Convolvulus arvensis). 



Morphology: Eickwort and Fischer, 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 56: 348-354, 18 figs, (tibial 

 spurs). — Lello, 1971. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 14-20 (sting apparatus). 



Tribe AUGOCHLORINI 



Taxonomy: Eickwort, 1969. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 62: 652-653 (classification and nest 

 architecture). —Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 325-524, 418 figs., 3 tables 

 (generic classification). 



Genus AUGOCHLOROPSIS Cockerell 



Genus AUGOCHLOROPSIS Subgenus AUGOCHLOROPSIS Cockerell 



Augochlora subg. Augochloropsis Cockerell, 1897. Canad. Ent. 29: 4. 



Type-species: Augochlora (Augochloropsis) subignita Cockerell. Grig, desig. 

 (^Augochlora ignita Smith). 



This subgenus is found only south of the United States. 



Genus AUGOCHLOROPSIS Subgenus PARAUGOCHLOROPSIS Schrottky 



Augochloropsis subg. Parangochloropsis Schrottky, 1906. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 6: 

 312. 



Type-species: Augochloropsis (Paraugochloropsis) lycorias Schrottky. Monotypic. 

 Augochlora subg. Tetrachlora Schrottky, 1909. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., p. 481. 



Type-species: Halictus niultiplex Vachal. Monotypic. 

 Paraugochlora Schrottky, 1910. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., p. 540. 



Type-species: Augochlora spinolae Cockerell. Orig. desig. 

 Rivalisia Strand, 1921. Arch. Naturges. Abt. A, 87: 270. 



Type-species: Rivalisia metallica Strand. Monotypic. 

 Augochlora subg. Glyptobasis Moure, 1941. Arq. Zool. Estado Sao Paulo 2: 48. Preocc. 



Type-species: Augochlora (Glyptobasis) chloera Moure. Orig. desig. 

 Glytobasia Moure, 1941. Arq. do Mus. Paranaense 1: 98. N. name. 

 Augochloropsis subg. Glyptochlora Moure, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 66: 188. This 

 subgenus has questionably been placed as a synonym of Paraugochloropsis. 



Type-species: Megalopta oruata Smith. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 463-469 (spp. of United 

 States). —Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 414-416 (generic synonymy and tax. 

 characters). 

 anonyma (Cockerell). Coastal Plains, N. C. to Fla. Pollen: Polylege, visiting flowers of 



Baccharis, Bidens, Cirsium, Erigeron, Helenium, Hypericum, Ilex, Linaria, Melilotus, 

 Meiopium, Ocimum, Polygonum, Pycnanthemum, Rhus, Rubus, Trifolium. 

 Augochlora anonyma Cockerell, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 60: 15. i. 

 metallica fulgida (Smith). Mich, to New England, south to La. and Fla. Pollen: Polylege, 

 visiting flowers oi Aronia, Aster, Azalea, Barbarea, Chrysanthemum, Coruus, 

 Eryngium, Fragaria, Geranium, Hypericum, Ilex, Linaria, Melilotus, Rhus, Rubus, 

 Solidago, Taxaracum. 

 Augochlora fulgida Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. v. 1, p. 79. 9. 

 Augochlora lucidula Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. v. 1, p. 81. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 465 (tax. characters and 

 status). 

 metallica metallica (Fabricius). New England and Ont., south to Fla. and Ariz.; Mexico to 



Panama and Colombia (Gorgona Island). Pollen: Polylege, visiting flowers of Apocynum, 



