2016 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



califomica, Gilia capitata, Haplopappus li7iearifolius, Hemizonia, Hesperochiron 

 califomicus, Lappula, Lotus subpinnatus, Lupinus bicolor, L.formosus, L. nanus, 

 Marrubium vulgare, Mentzelia albicaulis, MimitlHS, Ne7)iopliila integrifolia, N. 

 maculata, N. menziesii, Phacelia alba, P. ciliata, P. davidsonii, P. distaus, P.frigida, P. 

 heterophylla, P. raniosissima, P. tanacetifolia, Potentilla glandiilosa, Rhus irilobata, 

 Salix, Sidalcea malvaeflora, Sphaeralcea fasciculatum, Stacliys californica, Taraxacum, 

 Thysanocarpus curvipes, Trichostema parishii, Trifolium. 



Osmia platyura Cockerell, 1911. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 8: 765. 6, 9. 



Osmia lawae Michener, 1936. Amer. Mus. Novitates 875: 29. S, 9. 



Biology: Clement and Rust, 1976. Pan-P?,cific Ent. 52: 114-116, figs 3, 4, tables 1, 2 (nest 



architecture, cell provisions, development) 

 louisae (Cockerell). B. C, Wash., Oreg., Idaho, north. Calif, and Utah. 



Osmia louisae Cockerell, 1934. Amer. Mus. Novitates 679: 14. 9. 

 viridimicans (Cockerell). Wash., west Oreg., Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.). 



Os7Hia viridimicans Cockerell, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 334. 9. 



Genus HOPLITIS Subgenus DASYOSMIA Michener 



Hoplitis subg. Dasyos7nia Michener, 1947. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 89: 294. 

 Type-species: Alcidamea biscutellae Cockerell. Orig. desig. 

 biscutellae (Cockerell). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Nev., south. Calif.; deserts. Ecology: Nest 

 has been observed in a bank. Parasite: Anthrax irroratus Say, Neynogtiatha inacswaini 

 Enns, N. nigripennis LeC, Stelis sp. Pollen: Oligolege of La rrea tridentata, but also 

 visits other flowers for nectar including Aster abatus, Encelia farinosa, Geraea 

 cayiescens, Helianthus niveus, Hyptis emoryi, Prosopis, Salvia, Sphaeralcea, ambigua, 

 Steiiotopsis linearifolius. Predator: Cymatodera sp., Trichodes oniatus Say. 

 Alcidamea biscutellae Cockerell, 1897. Ann. and Mag., Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 400. 6. 



Biology: Hurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 36, tables 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-15 (floral 

 relationship with Lai-rea). 

 paroselae Michener. East. Calif., desert. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Dalea 

 fremontii, D. polyadenia. 

 Hoplitis (Dasyosmia) paroselae Michener, 1947. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 89: 296. d, 9. 



Genus HOPLITIS Subgenus CYRTOSMIA Michener 



Hoplitis subg. Cyrtosinia Michener, 1947. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 89: 292. 

 Type-species: Osmia hypocrita Cockerell. Orig. desig. and monotypic. 

 hypocrita (Cockerell). B. C. to Calif., Nev., Utah., Colo, and Ariz. Ecology: Nests in dead dry 

 stems and also trap-nests of various sorts. Parasite: Aritranis imitator ruficauda 

 Townes, Eurytoma sp., Nemognatha scutellaris LeC, Sapyga aculeata Cress., Stelis 

 sexmaculata Ashm., Stelis sp., Tricrania stansburyi Hald. Pollen: Polylectic, visits a 

 wide variety of flowers including ^/»smc^!a douglasiana. Astragalus antisellii, A. 

 goniatus, A. pomoneyisis, A. parishii, A. tener, Brodiaea capitata, Brassica campestris, 

 Eriodictyon calif oniicum, Grindelia, Lathyrus, Lotus crassifolius, L. glaber, L. 

 scoparius, Lupinus paynei, Medicago sativa, Penstemon leonardi, Salix, Salvia carnosa, 

 Sambucus, Stanleya pinnata, Trifolium, Vicia. 



Osmia hypocrita Cockerell, 1906. Canad. Ent. 38: 160. 9. 



Biology: Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ. Studies 15: 217 (nest). —Clement and Rust, 1976. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 52: 111-114, figs. 1, 2, tables 1, 2 (nest architecture, cell provisions, 

 development, parasite) 



Genus HOPLITIS Subgenus ALCIDAMEA Cresson 



Alcidamea Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 385. 



Type-species: Alcidamea producta Cresson. Desig. by Michener, 1941. 

 Autochelostoma Sladen, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 270. 



Type-species: Alcidamea producta Cresson. Monotypic. {=Autochelostoma 

 canadensis Sladen). 



