Superfamily APOIDEA 1919 



linsleyi Timberlake. South. Calif. (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Chaenactis, Euphorbia albomargmata, Lasthenia chrysostoma. 

 Perdita linsleyi Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 199, figs. 21, 947, 948, 1117. 

 9,6. 



luciae decora Timberlake. Ariz. (Maricopa, Pima and Yuma Counties), Nev. (Clark County), 

 south. Calif. (Colorado Desert); Mexico (Baja California and Sonora). Pollen: Polylectic, 

 especially flowers of Larrea tridentata and Prosopis juliflora, but also visits a wide 

 variety of other flowers including Acacia greggii, Baileya pleniradiata, Cercidium 

 floridum, Cryptantha angustifolia, C. intermedia, Naina hispidum, Psilostrophe 

 cooperi, Sphaeralcea emoryi. 

 Perdita luciae decora Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 336, fig. 73. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Hurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 25 (floral relationships). 

 luciae luciae Cockerell. Tex. (Pecos County), N. Mex. (Las Cruces), Ariz. (Cochise, Maricopa 

 and Pima Counties); Mexico (Sonora). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Medicago 

 sativa, Mimosa, Prosopis. 

 Perdita luciae Cockerell, 1899. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 8: 494. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 141, 156, 157, 334-336, figs. 72, 1083, 

 1084, 1185 (key, tax. status, redescription, geogr. and floral records). 

 lycii Timberlake. Ariz. (Pima County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Lycium. 



Perdita lycii Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 305, fig. 65. 9. 

 macneilli Timberlake. Calif. (Santa Clara County). 



Perdita macneilli Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 312. 9. 

 macswaini Timberlake. Tex. (Cameron and Harligen Counties), N. Mex. (Eddy County). 

 Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Coreopsis douglasii, Gaillardia, Monarda 

 citriodora, Prosopis. 

 Perdita macswaini Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 289, figs. 1053, 1054, 1170. 

 9,6. 

 macswaini var. flavolineata Timberlake. Tex. (Hidalgo County). 



Perdita macswaini var. flavolineata Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 290. 6. 

 martini Cockerell. West. Tex., N. Mex. (Dona Ana County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Sesuvium vemicosum. 

 Perdita martini Cockerell, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 14. 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 140, 155, 287, figs. 58, 1051, 1052, 

 1169. 9, 6 (key, tax. status, redescription, geogr. and floral records). 

 melanogastra Timberlake. Calif. (Tulare County). 



Perdita melanogastra Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 313, fig. 67. 9. 

 mimosae Timberlake. Tex., N. Mex. (Eddy County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Mimosa, Phacelia popei, Prosopis. 

 Perdita mimosae Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 270, figs. 1035, 1036, 1161. 

 9,6. 

 modestissima Timberlake. Nev. (Battle Mountain). Pollen: Unknown, but holotype is labeled 

 from an undetermined species of Cruciferae. 

 Perdita modestissima Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 147, fig. 28. 9. 

 munita Timberlake. Ariz. (Cochise County); Mexico (Durango). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Chamaesaracha coronopns, Eriogonum, Physalis. 

 Perdita munita Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 205, figs. 24, 957, 958, 1122. 

 9, 6. 

 nigricornis Timberlake. Ariz. (Cochise and Pima Counties); Mexico (Sonora). Pollen: 

 Apparently may collect pollen from the flowers of Prosopis. 

 Perdita nigricomis Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 331, figs. 1077, 1078, 1182. 

 6. 

 nigroaenea Timberlake. Utah (Kane County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Gutierrezia microcephala. 

 Perdita nigroaenea Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 158. 9. 



