1990 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Anthidium mormonum hicksi Schwarz, 1934. Amer. Mus. Novitates 743: 4. 9 . 

 Anthidium wallisi var. wallowana Schwarz, 1940. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1058: 5. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 74. 6 ipecosejise). — Cockerell, 

 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 75, 76. cJ, 9 ? -Cockerell, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., 

 Proc. 40: 248. 6, 9 (pecosense). —Schwarz, 1927. Amer. Mus. Novitates 252: 7 

 {nebrasceiise}. —Schwarz, 1928. Canad. Ent. 60: 213 Oiebrascense). —Schwarz, 1930. N. Y. 

 Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 9 (nebrascense). —Schwarz, 1940. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1058: 6 

 {yiebrascense). — Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 25-27, figs 43-45, 

 80, 92, map 16 (synonymy). 



Biology: Hicks, 1929. Ent. News 40: 105 (nesting habits). 

 pallidiclypeum Jaycox. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Ceanothus, Collinsia 

 bicolor, Delphinium parryi var. seditiossum, Lotus scoparius, Trifolium variegatuni. 

 Anthidium pallidiclypeum Jaycox, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 267, 5 figs. 6,9. 

 palliventre Cresson. Utah, B. C, Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Excavates nest in sand. Pollen: 



Unknown, but visits flowers o{ Abronia maritima, Cakile edentula, Dudleya, Horkelia, 

 Lathyrus littoralis, Lotun eriophorus, L. heermannii, Phacelia distans, P. ramosissima. 

 Anthidium palliventre Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 114. 9. 

 Anthidium pallidiventre Dalla Torre, 1896. Cat. Hym., v. 10, p. 468. Emend. 

 Anthidium califomicum Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 206. 6. 

 Anthidium palliventre vanduzeei Cockerell 1937. Pan-Pacific Ent. 13: 150. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 28-29, figs. 28-30, 85, map 

 18 (synonymy). 



Biology: Hicks, 1928. Pan-Pacific Ent. 5: 51 (nest excavation). 

 palmarum Cockerell. West. Tex to south. Calif, and Nev.; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: 

 Found in burrow of dead floral scape of Yucca whipplei. Pollen: Possibly oligolectic on 

 Phacelia including P. affinis, P. cicutaria, P. ciliata, P. crenulata, P. distans, P. hispida, 

 P. ramosissima, but visits other flowers including Acamptopappus sphaerocephaius, 

 Amsinckia, Aster tortifolius. Astragalus, Bebbia juncea, Dalea schottii, Encelia 

 virginiensis actoni, Lotus argophylius, Lotus scoparius, Oenothera, Senecio douglasii, 

 Sphaeralcea, Steyiotopsis linearif alius. 

 Anthidium palmarum Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 59. 6. 

 Anthidium palmarum micheneri Schwarz, 1957. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 30: 132. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 226-227 (distribution and floral records, 



palmarum micheneri). —Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 29-30, figs. 



64-66, 69, 74, map 19 (synonymy). 

 paroselae Cockerell. Tex. to south. Calif.; Mexico (Sonora). Ecology: Nests in hard sand; two 

 flight periods occur, one in the spring and one in the autumn. Parasite: Dioxys 

 productus subruber (Ckll.)? Pollen: Polylectic, visits flowers of Baileya multiradiata, 

 Bebbia juncea, Cretan californicus, Cryptantha barbigera, Dalea scoparia, Helianthus 

 petiolaris var. canescens, Larrea tridentata, Malacothrix, Melilotus, Palafoxia linearis, 

 Pulchea sericea, Prosopis. 



Anthidium paroselae Cockerell, 1898. Denison Univ. Sci. Labs., Bui. 11: 62. 9. 



Anthidium parosetae(\) Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 302. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1898. N. Mex. Univ., Bui. 1: 62. 9. —Cockerell, 1900. Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (7) 5: 412. 9, cJ. —Schwarz, 1929 (1928). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 384. 9, <5. 

 —Grigarick and Stange, 1968. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 9: 30, figs. 10-12, 73, 100, map. 20. 



Biology: Newberry, 1900. Psyche 9: 94 (nest, parasite). — Hurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. 

 Contrib. Zool. 193: 35 (floral relationships). 

 piacitum Cresson. Idaho and Wyo., south to Calif., Ariz, and N. Mex. Pollen: Apparently 



polylectic, although current data suggests a predilection for the flowers of Cordylanthus 

 including C.filifolius, C. 7ievinii, C. rigidus brevibracteatus, but also visits flowers of 

 Chrysopsis villosa, Cryptantha intermedia, Eriodictyon trichocalyx, Eriogonum 

 subscaposmn, Gutierrezia califomica, Monardella, Solidago confinis. 

 Anthidium piacitum Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 206. 9. 

 Anthidium bemardinum Cockerell, 1904. South. CaHf. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 58. 6. 



