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phaceliarum (Cockerell). South. Calif. Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Phacelia including P. 

 distans. 

 Osmia phaceliarum Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 45. 9. 



Genus ANTHOCOFA Subgenus EREMOSMIA Michener 



Anthocopa subg. Ereviosmia Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 66. 



Type-species: Osmia robust ula Cockerell. Orig. desig. 

 Anthocopa subg. Phaeosmia Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 77. 



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



Revision: Michener, 1949. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour 22: 53 (spp. formerly placed in Phaeosmia). 

 beameri Michener. Tex. (Big Bend Natl. Park, Marathon). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Nama, Phacelia. 

 Anthocopa (Eremosmia) beameri Michener, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 64. 9, 6. 

 daleae Michener. Tex. (Big Bend Natl. Park, Sanderson). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Dalea, Phacelia. 

 Anthocopa (Phaeosmia) daleae Michener, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 62. 9,6. 



enceliae enceliae (Cockerell). South. Calif., desert border. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Baileya, Encelia farinosa. 

 Osmia enceliae Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 43. 9. 

 enceliae mortua (Cockerell). Ariz., Calif., Nev. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Encelia 

 actoni, E.fari7iosa. 

 Osmia vignierae var. mortua Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 44. 9, 6. 

 Anthocopa {Ereynosynia/) mallognatha Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 67. 9. 

 hemizoniae (Cockerell). South. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Helianthus 

 gracilentus, Hemizonia pa7iicutata. 

 Osmia hemizoniae Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 47. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 50. 6. 

 hypostomalis Michener. CaHf. Ecology: Nests in preexisting burrows in wood including 

 prebored elderberry trap stems. Parasite: Leucospis affinis Say, Sphaeropthalma 

 amphion (Fox), Stelis sp. Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Dalea including D. 

 fremontii, D. schottii, but also visits other flowers including Cryptantha barbigera, 

 Palafoxia linearis. Predator: Cymatodera sp. 

 Anthocopa (Phaeosmia) hypostoyualis Michener, 1949. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 50. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 49. 6. 



Biology: Parker, 1975. Pan-Pacific Ent. 51: 113-116, figs. 1-6, table 1 (nest, cocoon, sex ratio, 

 nest associates). 

 maryae Michener. Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Dalea. 



Anthocopa (Phaeosmia) maryae Michener, 1949. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 50. 9. 

 mirifica Michener. Calif. (Inyo and Riverside Cos.). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 Chaenactis brachypappa, C. carphociinia, Cryptantha, Encelia farinosa. 

 Anthocopa mirifica Michener, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 51. 9, S. 

 namatophila Michener. Calif. (Twentynine Palms). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers Nama 

 demissmn. 

 Anthocopa namatophila Michener, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 47. 9. 

 nitidivitta Michener. South, and east. Calif., desert. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 



Astragalus fremontii, Dalea fremontii, Mentzelia.albicaulis, Nama deynissum, Phacelia. 

 Anthocopa (Eremosmia) nitidivitta Michener, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 70. 9, S. 

 robustula (Cockerell). South, and east. Calif., Nev. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 



Astragalus coulteri, Cercidium floridum, Cryptantha barbigera, Dalea californica, D. 

 fremontii, D. polyadenia, D. saundersii, D. schottii, Geraea canescens, Lotus scoparius, 

 Lupinus odoratus, Palafoxia linearis, Senecio. 

 Osmia robustula Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 44. 9. 



