Superfamily APOIDEA 2011 



jacintana (Cockerell). Calif., Oreg. Pollen: Oligolege of Cryptantha including C. intermedia, C. 

 micrantha, C. m. var. lepida, C. muricata var. denticulata, but also visits flowers of 

 Ceanothus and E riogonum for nectar. 

 Chelostoma jacintanum Cockerell, 1910. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 23. 6. 



Genus PROTERIADES Subgenus PROTERIADES Titus 



Proteriades Titus, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 25. 



Type-species: Heriades seyn (rubra Cockerell. Monotypic. 

 basingeri Timberlake and Miehener. Calif. (Riverside). Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia. 



Proteriades basingeri Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 413. 6, 9. 

 bidenticauda Timberlake and Miehener. Calif. (Inyo and Kern Cos.). Pollen: Cryptantha sp., 

 but also visits flowers of Mentzelia presumably for nectar. 

 Proteriades bidenticauda Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 420., 

 figs. 4, 11. cJ, 9. 

 boharti Timberlake and Miehener. Calif. (Carrville, Trinity Co.). 



Proteriades boharti Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 429, figs. 2, 



14. 6. 



caudex Timberlake and Miehener. Calif. (San Jacinto Mts.). Pollen: Oligolege of Cryptantha 

 intermedia, C. lepida, C. micrantha. 

 Proteriades caudex Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 418, figs. 3, 



15. 6, 9. 



cryptanthae Timberlake and Miehener. South. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia. 



Proteriades cryptanthae Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 416. 6, 

 9. 

 deserticola Timberlake and Miehener. South. Calif. Ecology: Nests in burrows in ground. 

 Pollen: Cryptantha angustifolia, C. barbigera. 

 Proteriades deserticola Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 430. cJ, 9. 

 evansi Miehener. Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.). Pollen: Cryptantha flaccida. 



Proteriades evansi Miehener, 1936. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 35: 92. 9. 

 hamulicornis Timberlake and Miehener. Calif. (Inyo Co.). Pollen: Cryptantha spp. 



Proteriades hainulicortiis Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 425, 

 figs. 5, 13. (J, 9. 

 nanula nanula Timberlake and Miehener. South. Calif, lowlands. Pollen: Cryptantha 

 intermedia. 

 Proteriades nanula nanula Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 409. 



5, 9. 



nanula sparsa Timberlake and Miehener. Centr. Calif., south. Calif, mts. Pollen: Cryptantha 

 angustifolia, C. flaccida, C. micrantha var. lepida. 

 Proteriades nanula sparsa Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bu). 33: 410. 



6, 9. 



nigrella attonita Miehener. Calif. (Inyo Co.). Pollen: Cryptantha raceinosa. 



Proteriades nigrella attonita Miehener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 27: 73. 9, 6. 

 nigrella nigrella Miehener. South. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha angustifolia. 



Proteriades nigrella nigrella Miehener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 27: 73. 9. 

 palmarum (Cockerell). South. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha angustifolia, C. barbigera. 



Osmia palmarum Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 48. 9. 



Proteriades nigra Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 405. 9. 



Taxonomy: Miehener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 71. 6. — Hurd and Miehener, 1955. 

 Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 3: 139 (synonymy). 

 pygmaea Timberlake and Miehener. South. Calif. Pollen: Oligolege of Cryptantha including C. 

 angustifolia, C. barbigera, but also visits flowers of Eriogonum and Nama deiuissuni. 

 Proteriades pygmaea Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 411, figs. 6, 



16. 6, 9. 



reducta Timberlake and Miehener. Calif. (Riverside Co.). Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia. 

 Proteriades reducta Timberlake and Miehener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 414. <J, 9. 



