Superfamily APOIDEA 1925 



vittata tricolor Timberlake. South. Calif. (Mojave Desert and south. San Joaquin Valley). 



Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Cleomella obtusifolia, WislizeJiia refracta. The 

 typical subspecies, Perdita vittata vittata Cockerell, occurs in Mexico (Baja California). 

 Perdita vittata tricolor Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 283. 6,9. 

 werneri Timberlake. Ariz. (Springerville). 



Perdita wenieri Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 154, figs. 1297, 1298, 1352. 6. 

 wilmattae miricornis Cockerell. Wyo. (Green River), Colo. (Mesa and Moffat Counties), Utah 

 (Carbon County), Ariz. (Grand Canyon). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Cleome, 

 Engehnannia pinnatifida, Phacelia, Stanleya pinnata. 

 Perdita miricornis Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 33: 9. 6, 9. 

 Perdita miricornis var. leucorhina Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 33: 10. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 310, 314, 360. 6, 9 (key, 

 redescription, tax. status, geogr. and floral records). —Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. 

 Ent. 28: 245 (tax. status). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 145 (key). 

 wilmattae stanleyae Timberlake. Utah (Grand, Uintah and Washington Counties), Nev., Calif. 

 (Inyo County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Asclepias, Cleome lutea, 

 Mentzelia, Pninus, Stanleya pinnata, Thelypodium laciniatum. 

 Perdita stanleyae Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 253, figs. 48, 1017, 1018, 

 1152. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 145 (key, tax. status, geogr. record). 

 wilmattae wilmattae Cockerell. Colo., Utah, Nev. (Humboldt County). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Cleome lutea, Engehnannia, Phacelia alba, Stanleya pinnata. 

 Perdita wilmattae Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, Bui. 22: 441. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 310, 314, 359-360, figs. 436, 437, 502. 

 6, 9 (key, redescription, tax. status, geogr. and floral records). —Timberlake, 1964. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 137, 245 (key, floral records). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. 

 Ent. 49: 145 (key). 

 wislizeniae Timberlake. N. Mex. (Luna County), Ariz. (Cochise County); Mexico (Chihuahua). 

 Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Wislizeriia refracta, but also visits flowers of Cleome, 

 Eriogonuyn thomasii, Lepidium. 

 Perdita wislizeniae Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 284, figs. 57, 1049, 1050, 

 1168. 9, 6. 

 zebrata flavens Timberlake. Nev., Oreg., Idaho, Wyo., Utah, Colo., Calif. (Inyo County). Pollen: 

 Apparently collects pollen only from the flowers of Cleome including C. lutea, C. 

 serrnlata, but visits other flowers for nectar including Engehnannia pinnatifida, 

 Phacelia, Salsola kali. 

 Perdita zebrata flavens Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 357. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 138, 153, 262 (key, geogr. and floral 

 record). 

 zebrata zebrata Cresson. N. Dak., Nebr. and N. Mex., west to Idaho, Nev. and Ariz. Parasite: 

 Neolaira pi'uinosa Ashmead. Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of Cleome 

 including C. serrnlata, but visits other flowers presumably for nectar including 

 Haplopappus heterophyllus, Helianthus petiolaris, Nolina microcarpa, Solidago. 

 Perdita zebrata Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 69. 9 (part). 

 Perdita caimia Cockerell, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 17. 6. 

 Perdita bakerae Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 69. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1903. In Viereck, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 51. —Timberlake, 1958. 

 CaHf. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 310, 313, 356-357, figs. 434, 435, 501 (key, tax. characters, tax. 

 status, synonymy, geogr. and floral records). —Timberlake, 1964. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 28: 138, 153, 262 (key, geogr. range). — Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2259: 17-19, figs. 

 41-46 (larva). -Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 118, 150, figs. 1295, 1296, 

 1351. 6 (key, variation, geogr. records). 



Biology: Custer, 1929. Canad. Ent. 61: 49 (nesting habits with description of larva). —Rozen, 

 1967. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2297: 34-38, figs. 2, 4, 11, 14, tables 1-2 (nest architecture, life 

 history, pollen source, parasite). 



