1986 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus ADANTHIDIUM Moure 



Adanthidium Moure, 1965. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 67: 29. 



Type-species: Antkidium texanum Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 arizonicum (Rohwer). Ariz. 



Dianthidium arizonicum Rohwer, 1916. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 192. <J. 



Biology: Middleton, 1916. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 193 (nest). 

 texanum (Cresson). Kans., Ariz., Tex. 



Anthidium texanum Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 113. i. 



Biology: Melander, 1902. Biol. Bui. 3: 27 (nest). 



Genus ANTHIDIUM Fabricius 

 Genus ANTHIDIUM Subgenus ANTHIDIUM Fabricius 



Anthidium Fabricius, 1804. Systema piezatorum, p. 364. 



Type-species: Apis manicata Linnaeus. Desig. by Latreille, 1810. 



Taxonomy: Swenk, 1913. Nebr. Univ., Studies 14: 9-18 (Nebr. spp.). — Cockerell, 1925. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 345-361 (western U. S. spp.). -Schwarz, 1927. Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates 252: 1-22; 253: 1-17 (N. Amer. spp.). -Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. 

 Bui. 152: 9-13, figs. 1, 3, table 1 (eastern U. S. spp.). — Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. 

 Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 10-35, figs. 3, 7-100, 214, 217-220, maps 6-24 (Calif, spp.). 



Biology: Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 11 (summary of literature). 

 atripes Cresson. Tex., Colo., Nev., and Calif. Pollen: Apparently narrowly polylectic, visits 



flowers of Astragalus including A. douglasii var. parishii, Lotus including L. strigosus 

 var. hirtellus. 

 Anthidium emarginatum var. atripes Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 205. S. 

 Anthidiuyn polingae Schwarz, 1931. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 315. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Schwarz, 1928. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 388. 9. —Schwarz, 1937. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 

 Jour. 45: 377. 



banningense Cockerell. Wash., Utah, Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Nests in ground and uses 

 down-like nesting materials from Artemisia and Cirsium. Parasite: Chrysis 

 florissanticola Roh. Pollen: Apparently oligolectic on Phacelia including P. heterophylla, 

 P. imbricata, P. leucophylla, P. ramosissima, but also visits other flowers presumably 

 for nectar including Chaenactis glabriuscula, Clarkia am.oena, Cryptantha, Lotus 

 davidsonii, Medicago, Melilotus, Oenothera, Physocarpus, Trifolium wormskioldii. 



Anthidium banningense Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc 3: 58. cJ. 



Anthidium plumarium Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 14: 356. cJ. 



Anthidi%im longispinum Schwarz, 1927. Amer. Mus. Novitates 253: 6. 9. 



Biology: Jaycox, 1967. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 565-570 (territoriality, pollen source). 

 clypeodentatum Swenk. Man. to B. C, Nebr., Colo., Calif. Pollen: Apparently narrowly 



polylectic, presumably obtains pollen from Leguminosae including Astragalus douglasii 

 var. parishii, Lotus davidsonii, L. oblongiflorus, Lupinus, but also visits other flowers 

 for nectar including Ceanothus, Cryptantha intermedia, Phacelia frigida. 

 Anthidium clypeodentatum Swenk, 1914. Nebr. Univ., Studies 14: 12. 9. 

 Anthidium incurvatum Swenk, 1914. Nebr. Univ., Studies 14: 22. S. 

 Anthidium emarginatum bilineatum Schwarz, 1927. Amer. Mus. Novitates 252: 4. 6. 

 Anthidium clypeodentatum var. lutzi Schwarz, 1928. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 380. 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Schwarz, 1928. Canad. Ent. 60: 215. —Schwarz, 1937. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 

 380 {lutzi). —Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 15-16, figs. 16-18, 68, 

 70, 91, map 8 (synonymy). 

 cockerelii Schwarz. West. Tex. to south. Nev. and south. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 

 Pollen: Polylectic, visits flowers oi Abronia villosa, Cercidium floridum, Chaenactis 

 carphoclinia, Dalea califomica, D. emoryi, Encelia, Eschscholzia darwinensis, Geraea 



