Superfamily APOIDEA 2021 



elongata (Michener). Calif., Oreg., Wash., Mont., Colo. Pollen: Oligolege of Pensfemon including 

 P. heterodoxus, P. neicberryi, but also visits flowers of Pliacelia, Potentilla presumably 

 for nectar. 

 Osmia elongata Michener, 1936. Canad. Ent. 68: 41. 9. 

 hebitis Michener. Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.). Pollen: Presumably an oligolege of Penstemon, 

 but also visits flowers of Mi))ndus. 

 Anthocopa hebitis Michener, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 44. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 228 (geogr. and floral records). 

 oregona Michener. Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.), Oreg. 



Anthocopa (Atoposmia) oregona Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 53. 9, i. 

 panamintensis Michener. Calif. (Panamint Mts.). 



Anthocopa (Atoposmia) panamintensis Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 65. 9, S. 

 pycnognatha pycnognatha Michener. East. Calif. Pollen: Oligolege of Penstemon including P. 

 brevifloriis. 

 Anthocopa (Atoposmia) pycnognatha Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 64. 9, 6. 

 pycnognatha solata Michener. Calif. Pollen: Oligolege of Penstemon including P. 



antirrhinoides, P. spectabilis, but also visits flowers of Euphorbia alboviarginata, 

 Salvia colnmbariae presumably for nectar. 

 Anthocopa (Atoposmia) pycnognatha solatus Michener, 1949. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 48. 

 9, (J. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 228 (geogr. and floral records). 

 triodonta shastensis (Cockerell). Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.), Nev., Oreg. Pollen: Oligolege of 

 Penstemon including P. cinereus. 

 Osmia shastensis Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 46. 9. 

 triodonta triodonta (Cockerell). Calif. (Mt. Diablo, Sierra Nevada and White Mts.). Pollen: 

 Oligolege of Penstemon including P. heterophyllus. 

 Osmia (Atoposmia) triodonta Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 50. S, 9. 

 triodonta usingeri Michener. South. Calif. Pollen: Oligolege of Penstemon including P. 



grinnellii, P. labrosus, P. spectabilis, but also visits other flowers presumably for nectar 

 including Na m a pa rry i. 

 Anthocopa triodonta usingeri Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 63. 6, 9. 



Genus ANTHOCOPA Subgenus HEXOSMIA Michener 



Anthocopa subg. Hexosmia Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 74. 

 Type-species: Osmia copelandica Cockerell. Orig. desig. 

 copelandica albomarginata (Cockerell). Calif, west. Oreg. Parasite: Chrysnra sonorensis 

 Cam., Epistenia sp., Nemognatha scutellaris LeC, Sapyga puinila Cress. Pollen: 

 Apparently an oligolege of Phacelia including P. ciliata, P. davidsonii, P. distans, P. 

 heterophylla, P. hydrophylloides, P. ramosissima, but also visits other flowers including 

 Collinsia wrightii, Mi7)iulus rubellns, Nemophila integrifolia, N. menziesii. 

 Osmia albomarginata Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 49. 9, S. 



Biology: Parker, 1975. Pan-Pacific Ent. 51: 116-119, figs. 7-8, table 1 (nest, cocoon, parasites). 

 copelandica arefacta (Cockerell). South. Calif., deserts. Parasite: Leucospis affinis Say. Pollen: 

 Apparently an oligolege of Phacelia including P. distans, but also visits other flowers 

 presumably for nectar including Cryptantha intermedia, Malacothrix glabrata. 

 Predator: Cymatodera sp. 

 Osmia arefacta Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 42. 9, 6. 



Biology: Parker, 1975. Pan-Pacific Ent. 51: 116, 117, 119, fig. 9, table 1 (nest, cocoon, nest 

 associates). 

 copelandica copelandica (Cockerell). Colo., Utah, Wyo., Mont., Idaho, east. Oreg., Wash., B. C. 

 Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Phacelia. 

 Osmia copelandica Cockerell, 1908. Entomologist 41: 59. 9. 

 Osmia besseyae Cockerell, 1910. Entomologist 43: 92. 9, 6. 



Biology: Parker, 1975. Pan-Pacific Ent. 51: 116 (Idaho nests only). 



