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seminigra seminigra Timberlake and Michener. South. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia. 

 Proteriades seminigra seminigra Timberlake and Michener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 

 403. 3, 9. 

 seminigra yosemitensis Timberlake and Michener. Cent. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha sp. 



Proteriades seminigra yosemitensis Timberlake and Michener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 33:404. <J, 9. 

 semirubra (Cockerell). Coastal south, and cent. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia, but also 

 visits Eriophyllum multicaule for nectar. 

 Heriades semirubra Cockerell, 1898. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 198. S. 

 shoshone Parker. Nev. (Elko County). Ecology: Nests in elderberry trap-stems. Parasite: 

 Stelis coarctatus Cwfd. Pollen: Stores pollen of Cryptantha. 

 Proteriades shoshone Parker, 1976. Pan-Pacific Ent. 52: 73, figs. 1-8. <J, 9. 



Biology: Parker, 1976. Pan-Pacific Ent. 52: 75-79, figs. 9-14 (nest, sex ratio, cocoon, 



supersedure, parasite). 

 similis Timberlake and Michener. South. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia. 



Proteriades similis Timberlake and Michener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 406. 9. 

 tristis Michener. South. Calif. Pollen: Cryptantha intermedia, C. micrantha, C. muricata. 



Proteriades tristis Michener, 1936. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 35: 92. 9 . 

 truicauda Timberlake and Michener. Calif. (San Jacinto Mts.). Pollen: Cryptantha micrantha. 



Proteriades truicauda Timberlake and Michener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 33: 423. S, 9. 



Genus PROTERIADES Subgenus XEROSMIA Michener 



Anthocopa subg. Xerosmia Michener, 1943 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 81. 

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

 xerophila (Cockerell). South. Calif. Ecology: Reared from old nests of Anthophora linsleyi 



Timberlake dug from ground. Parasite: Nemognatha scuteilaris Say. Pollen: Oligolege of 

 Cryptantha including C. barbigera, but also visits flowers of Larrea tridentata and 

 Malva parviflora for nectar. Predator: Cymatodera. 

 Osmia xerophila Cockerell, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 45. 9, (J. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1055, figs. 146-148, 150 (larva). 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 27: 408 (nest). 



Genus PROTERIADES Subgenus PENTERIADES Michener and Sokal 



Proteriades subg. Penteriades Michener and Sokal, 1957. Evolution 11: 158. 

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

 incanescens incanescens (Cockerell). Ariz. 



Hoplitina incanescens Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 40: 7. 9 . 

 incanescens nevadensis Timberlake and Michener. S. Dak., Wyo., Nev., Calif. Pollen: 

 Cryptantha bradburiana. 

 Proteriades incanescens nevadensis Timberlake and Michener, 1950. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 33:399. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 27: 71. S. — LaBerge, 1973. Ent. News 84: 

 160. (geog. and floral recs.). — Tepedino, 1974. Ent. News 85: 146 (geogr. record). 

 incanescens iota Michener. Calif. (Tuolumne Co.). 



Proteriades incanescens tola Michener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 72. 9. 

 remotula (Cockerell). Calif. Ecology: Observed entering hole in the ground. Pollen: Oligolege 

 of Cryptantha including C. intermedia, C. micrantha, but also visits flowers of 

 Asclepias and Eriophyllum confertiflorum for nectar. 

 Osmia remotula Cockerell, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 170. 9. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 228-229 (geogr. and floral records). 

 Genus PROTERIADES Subgenus HOPLITINA Cockerell 



Hoplitella Cockerell, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 169. Preocc. 



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