Superfamily APOIDEA 2019 



truncata mescalerium Cockerell. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Gilia. 

 Hoplitis mescalerium Cockerell, 1910. Entomologist 43: 90. 9. 

 truncata truncata (Cresson). Que. and Maine to Fla., west to N. Dak., Wyo., Colo, and Miss. 

 Parasite: Sapyga centrafa Say. Pollen: Apparently polylectic, visits a wide variety of 

 flowers including Baptisia, Berlandiem, Ceaiiothus, Cleome, Convolvulus, Erigeron, 

 Gillenia, Ilex, Melilotus, Oenothera, Penstemon, Pogonia graminifolia, Rubus, 

 Tephrosia virginiana, Trifolium, Vaccinium, Vkia. 

 Alcidantea truncata Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 108. 6. 

 uvulalis (Cockerell). Calif., Oreg., Idaho, Utah. Parasite: N emognatha scutellaris LeC. Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Castilleia, Senecio. 

 Alcidamea uvulalis Cockerell, 1902. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 1: 139. 6. 



Genus HOPLITIS Subgenus FORMICAPIS Sladen 



Forynicapis Sladen, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 271. 



Type-species: Formicapis ctypeata Sladen. Monotypic. 



Revision: Michener, 1938. Ent. News 49: 129 (as clypeata). 

 robusta (Nylander). Holarctic, Alaska, N. W. T., Que., B. C, Alta., Sask., Mont. Wyo., Colo., 



Oreg., Calif.; Europe and Asia. Pollen: Apparently polylectic, evidently stores pollen of 

 Astragalus, Silene ruprestris. Taraxacum, Trifolium. Predator: Philanthus pulcher 

 Dalla Torre. 

 Heriades robusta Nylander, 1848. Notis. Saellsk. Faun. Flor. Fenn. Forh. 1: 270. 9,6. 

 Osniia rhinoceros Giraud, 1861. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 11: 464. 9. 

 Formicapis clypeata Sladen, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 271. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 57-58, figs. 19-20 



(redescription). —Peters, 1970. Senckenb. Biol. 51: 193-197 (synonymy, distribution, floral 

 relationships). 



Biology: Clement and Rust, 1975. Ent. News 86: 115-120, 2 figs, (nest, cocoon, supersedure, 

 floral relationships). 



Genus HOPLITIS Subgenus ROBERTSONELLA Titus 



Robertsonella Titus, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 22. 



Type-species: Robertsonella gleasoni Titus Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Revision: Michener, 1938. Ent. News 49: 130. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 64-68, fig. 25, table 3 (eastern 

 U. S. spp.). 

 gleasoni (Titus). Tex. to 111. and N. J. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Geranitim, 

 Phacelia, Rubus. 

 Robertsonella gleasoni Titus, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 23. 9, cJ. 

 Robertsonella crataegina Cockerell, 1909. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 28. 6. 

 micheneri Mitchell. Kans., Ga. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers o{ Amorpha fruticosa. 



Hoplitis {Robertsonella) micheneri Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 64, 

 fig. 25. 9, <J. 

 simplex (Cresson). Tex. to Conn. Parasite: Stelis labiata (Prov.). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Phacelia, Salix. 

 Heriades simplex Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc 2: 384. 9. 



Genus HOPLITIS Subgenus Unassigned 



alboscopata (Provancher). Que. 



Heriades albo.'icopatum Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 425. 

 9. 

 Taxonomy: Titus, 1906. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 7: 160. 



