Superfamily APOIDEA 2029 



rufitarsis Michener. Calif. Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Eriogonum, including E. 



fasciculatum, E. gracile, E. vimineum, but also visits other flowers presumably for 

 nectar including Euphorbia. 

 Ashmeadiella (AshmeadieUa) rufitarsis Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 37. 9, 6. 



sonora Michener. Calif., Ariz., Utah; north. Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Asclepias, Baileya multiradiata, Dalea, Eriastrum virgatum, 

 Eriogonum trichopes, Euphorbia polycarpa var. hirtella, Fouquieria splendens, 

 Gutierrezia sarothrae, Lepidium alyssoides, Olneya fesota, Pedis papposa. 

 Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) sonora Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 35. 6, 9. 

 stevensi Michener. N. Dak. 



Ashmeadiella stevensi Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 405. 9. 

 titusi Michener. Calif. Pollen: Possibly an oligolege of Lotus including L. scoparius, but visits 

 other flowers presumably for nectar including Helianthus gracilentus, Phacelia 

 ramosissima. 

 Ashmeadiella (Ashyneadiella) titusi Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 25. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 230 (geogr. and floral records). 

 truncativentris Michener. Tex. (Sanderson). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Dalea. 

 Ashmeadiella {Ashmeadiella) truncativentris Michener, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 68. 9, 

 6. 

 vandykiella Michener. Tex. 



Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) vandykiella Michener, 1949. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 46. 9, 

 6. 



Genus ASHMEADIELLA Subgenus AROGOCHILA Michener 



Ashmeadiella subg. Arogochila Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 58. 



Type-species: Ashmeadiella timberlakei Michener. Orig. desig. 

 Ashmeadiella subg. Corythochila Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 74. 



Type-species: Ashmeadiella iyiyoensis Michener. Orig. desig. 

 Rhamphorhina Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 8. Republished by Michener and 

 Sokal, 1957. Evolution 11: 135 and 159, lapsus for Corythochila Michener. 

 australis (Cockerell). Calif., Nev., Utah. Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Penstemon 



including P. breviflorus, P. grinnellii, P. palmeri, but visits other flowers presumably 

 for nectar including Geranium, Monardella linoides var. stricta, Solidago califomica, 

 Streptanthus tortuosus. 

 Chelostoma australis Cockerell, 1902. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 1: 139. 9. 

 Chelostomopsis australis nanus Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 206. 9. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 234 (geogr. and floral records). 



barberi Michener. Ariz. 



Ashmeadiella (Arogochila) barberi Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 61. 9. 

 breviceps Michener. South. Calif., Ariz., Nev.; Mexico (Baja Calif., Sonora). Parasite: Chrysura 

 sp., Stelis sp. Pollen: Apparently polylectic, visits a wide variety of flowers including 

 Cercidium floridum, Dalea mollis, Dipetalia linifolia, Hyptis emoryi, Larrea tridentata, 

 Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyanuyn, Stephanomeria. Predator: Cymatodera sp. 

 Ashmeadiella (Corythochila) breviceps Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 77. 9, 6. 



Biology: Kurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 36 (floral relationships). 

 cazieri Michener. South, and east. Calif., Ariz., deserts. Parasite: Nemognatha nigripennis 



LeC, Stelis sp. Pollen: Apparently polylectic, visits flowers of Cercidium torreyanum, 

 Dalea califomica, D. fremontii, D.johnsonii, Larrea tridentata. 

 Ashmeadiella (Arogochila) cazieri Michener, 1939. Amer. Midland Nat. 22: 72. 9, S. 

 clypeodentata clypeodentata Michener. Ariz., south. Calif., north. Mexico, deserts. Pollen: 

 Apparently polylectic, visits flowers of Cercidium floridum, C. torreyanum, Dalea 

 emoryi, Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum, Phacelia hispida, Prosopis 

 glandulosa var. torreyanum. 

 Ashmeadiella clypeodentata Michener, 1936. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 57. 9. 



