Superfatnily APOIDEA 2043 



Osmia parallela Michener, 1936. Amer. Mus. Novitates 875: 19. 6. 



dolerosa Sandhouse. B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers o{ Clarkia 

 rhomboidea, Collinsia tinctoria, Horkelia fiisca, Livinayithes douglasii, Lotus 

 argophylius, Rosa, Stachys, Trifoliinii mkrocephalum, T. gracilentum. 



Osmia dolerosa Sandhouse, 1939. Ent. Soc. Wash., Mem. 1: 123. 9. 

 exigua Cresson. South. Colo., N. Mex., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers oi AUiniii 



parvum, Anagallis arvensis, Brodiaea elegans, B. laxa, B. lutea, Centaurea uielitensis, 

 Cirsium vulgare, Clarkia imguiculata, Diplacus aurantiacus, Epilobium minutum, 

 Eriodictyon califomicum, Eriophyllum confertiflonim, Geranium niolle, Helianthella 

 califomica, Hesperochiron, Lepechinia calycina, Lotus scoparius, L. subpinnatus, 

 Lupinus densiflorus, Miyuulns guttatus, Monardella viltosa, Navarretia heterodoxa, 

 Penstemon speciosus, Phacelia cicutaria, P. distans, Plectritis macrocera, Satureja 

 douglasii, Streptantkus tortuosus, Trifolium microcephalum, T. variegatum. Verbena 

 lasiostachys, Viola purpurea. 



Osmia exigua Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 107. 6. 



Os7nia granulosa Cockerel], 1911. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 8: 767. 9, 6. 



Osmia exiguuaO) Cresson, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 1: 118. 



Os7nia vana Sandhouse, 1924. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 13: 349. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 253-254 (tax. characters, geogr. 



records). 

 gaudiosa Cockerell. N. Mex., Colo., Ariz., Calif. Pollen: Analyzed pollen masses from two cells 

 revealed 96 per cent Papillionoideae (cf. Astragalus, Vicia, or Lathyrus) and 4 per cent 

 probably Scrophulariaceae (cf. Stemodia); visitation records include Arctostapliylos 

 patula. Astragalus, Dalea califomica, Fragaria califomica, Gilia multicaulis, Lathyrus, 

 Lotus davidsonii, L. scoparius, Mirabilis laevis, Nemophila integrifolia, Phacelia 

 davidsonii, P. distans, Rhus tiilobata, Ribes indecorum. Salvia columbariae, Sambucus 

 caerulea. Predator: Metaponium sp., Telabis sp. 



Os7nia gaudiosa Cockerell, 1907. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 538. 6. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 253-254 (tax. characters, geogr. 

 records). 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 318-320 (nest architecture, life 

 history, larval food, supersedure, predators). 

 hemera Sandhouse. Calif. 



Os7nia (Nothosynia) hemera Sandhouse, 1939. Ent. Soc Wash., Mem. 1: 114. 6. 

 illinoensis Robertson. South. 111., Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Astragalus, 

 Fragaria, Hypoxis, Lithospermum, Ranunculus. 

 Osmia illiyioensis Robertson, 1897. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 7: 347. 6. 

 indeprensa Sandhouse. Idaho, Nev., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Calyptridium umbellatum, Clarkia pulchella, Collinsia torreyi, Limnanthes douglasii, 

 Lotus nevadensis, Phacelia hydrophylloides. 

 Osmia {Nothosmia) ijideprensa Sandhouse, 1939. Ent. Soc. Wash., Mem. 1: 115. 9, 6. 

 inermis (Zetterstedt). Holarctic; Labrador, Que., N. B., Ont, Maine, Mass., Wis., Colo., N. W. 

 T., Alta., Mont., B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Eurasia. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Kalmia polifolia. Ledum glandulosuyu, Phyllodoce breweri, Rubus, Salix, Vaccinium. 

 Anthophora (Osmia) inerinis Zetterstedt, 1838. Ins. Lapponica, v. 1, p. 466. 9. 

 Osmia parietina Smith, 1844. Zoologist 2: 743. 9. 

 Osmia globosa Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 3: 36. 9. 

 Osmia vulpecula Gerstaecker, 1869. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 30: 335. 9. 

 Osmia globosiformis Cockerell, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 311. 6. 

 inurbana Cresson. Wyo., Colo., Idaho, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Que.?, Man., Alta.?, B. C? Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Gilia multicaulis, Lotus davidsonii, Nemophila 

 integrifolia, Potentilla glandulosa, Senecio lugens, Streptanthus tortuosus. 

 Osmia inurbana Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 107. 6. 

 Osmia eutrichosa Cockerell, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 312. 6. 



