Superfamily APOIDEA 2027 



femorata (Michener). South, and east. Calif., Nev., Ariz., deserts. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Baileya, Cercidium florid luri, C. torreyanum, Croton califoniicus, Dalea 

 fremontii, Haplopappus interior, Hyptis emoryi, Larrea tridentata, Prosopis pubescens. 

 Predator: Cymatodera sp. 

 Osmia femorata Michener, 1936. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 35: 91. 9. 

 floridana (Robertson). N. C. to Fla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Lupinus. 

 Heriades floridanus Robertson, 1897. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 7: 348. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 55-56, fig. 18, table 3 

 (redescription). 



foveata Michener. Cent, and east. Calif., Ariz., Nev., Utah. Ecology: Nests under stones. 



Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Collinsia torreyi, Cryptantha intermedia, Dalea, 

 Diplacus anriantiacus, Encelia, Erigeron miser, Haplopappus interior, Helianthus 

 gracilentus, Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum, Lotus scoparius, Monardella 

 lanceolata, Phacelia platyloba, Prosopis, Salvia pilosa. 

 Ashmeadiella (A shmeadiella) foveata Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 39. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 74. <J. 

 gillettei cismontanica Michener. Calif. (Riverside, Fresno, Contra Costa Cos.). Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Cryptantha intermedia, Eriastrum virgatum, 

 Eriogonum, Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatuvi, Melilotus. 

 Ashmeadiella {Ashmeadiella) gillettei cismontanica Michener, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 

 67. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 24: 52. S. 

 gillettei gillettei Titus. Colo., N. Dak., S. Dak., Nebr. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Sedum ste7iopetalu7)i. 

 Ashmeadiella gillettei Titus, 1904. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 6: 100. 9. 

 Ashmeadiella coloradensis Cockerell, 1934. Amer. Mus. Novitates 732: 4. 6. 

 gillettei rubra Michener. Tex., N. Mex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Dalea formosa. 

 Ashmeadiella (Ashyneadiella) gillettei rubra Michener, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 67. 9, 3. 

 gillettei rufiventris Michener. South, and east. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Parasite: 



Anthrax irroratus Say, Chrysura sp., Lencospis affinis Say, Stelis sp. Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits flowers of Aster abatus. Astragalus fremontii, Baileya pleniradiata, 

 Cercidium floridum, C. torreyanum, Chaenactis carphoclinia, Cryptantha, Dalea 

 mollis, Geraea canescens, Heliotropium curassavicum, Lupinus, Malacothrix, Palafoxia 

 linearis, Phacelia dista^is, Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyanum, Stephayiomeria. 

 Predator: Cymatodera sp. 

 Ashmeadiella {Ashmeadiella) rufiventris Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 32. 9, S. 

 leucozona Cockerell. South. Calif., Ariz.; north. Mexico, deserts. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Cercidium torreyamim, Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum, Nama 

 hispidum, Teucriuni depressum. 

 Ashmeadiella leucozona Cockerell, 1924. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 12: 556. S, 9. 

 maxima Michener. Tex. 



Ashmeadiella maxima Michener, 1936. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 61. 9, 6. 

 meliloti meliloti (Cockerell). South. Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.; north. Mexico; deserts. 



Parasite: Anthrax irroratus Say, Chrysura sp., Epistenia sp., Leucospis affinis Say, 

 Nemognatha nigripennis LeC, Sapyga pnmila Cress., Stelis sp. Pollen: Apparently 

 polylectic, analyzed pollen masses (2) ranged from 100 per cent Prosopis to a mixture of 

 several pollens consisting of 74 per cent Sternodia and 26 per cent Chenopodiaceae with 

 traces of pollen from Acacia, Krameria, entomophilous Compositae and Pinus; visits a 

 wide variety of flowers including Acacia greggii, Acamptopappus sphaerocephaius, 

 Baileya yriultiradiata, Chilopsis linearis, cleome, Cryptantha, Crusea subulata, Dalea 

 argyraea, D. formosa, D. pogonathera, Eriogonum gracile, E. inflatH)n, Eriastrutu 

 virgatum, Gutierrezia califoiiiica, G. lucida, Haplopappus interior, Heliotropium 

 curassavicum var. oculatum, Lepidium alyssoides, L. montanuni, Lotus davidsonii, 

 Melilotus alba, Opuntia megacarpa, Penstemon, Phacelia cicutai'ia, P. ramosissima, 

 Prosopis glandulosa var. ton-eyanum, Pyrrhopappus multicaulis, Rhus trilobata. 



