1948 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Arabis, Aralia, Aronia, Asclepias, Aster, Bidens, Blephilia, Brassica, Cacalia, Cassia, 

 Caulophyllum, Ceaiiothus, Celastrus, Cercis, Chrysanthemum, Cicuta, Circaea, 

 Claytonia, Coreopsis, Conms, Crataegus, Coniuta grandifloria, Cuphea balsamona, 

 Diospyros, Dodecatheon, Erigenia, Eryngium, Eiipatorium, Fragaria, Geranium, 

 Gerardia, Gnaphalium, Gonolobus, Haplopappns, Hydrangea, Hydrophyllum, 

 Hypericum, Ilex, Lepachys, Lippia, Lycopus, Malva, Melilotus, Nepeta, Osmorrhiza, 

 Parthenium, Petalostemon, Polygonum, Polytaenia, Prunus, Pycnanthemum, 

 Rhamnus, Rhus, Ribes, Rosa, Rubus, Sagittaria, Salix, Sanicula, Scrophnlaria, 

 Smilacina, Solidago, Specularia, Smyphoricarpos, Taenidia, Thaspium, Tilia, 

 Trifolium, Verbascum, Verbena, Veronica, Zanthoxyllum, Zizia. Predator: Philanthus 

 gibbosus (Fabr.), P. solivagus Say. 



Andrena metallica Fabricius, 1793. Ent. syst. 2: 309. 9. 



Augochlora cuprea Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 79. 9. 



Augochlora viridula Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 81. S. 



Augochlora fervida Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 81. 6. 



Augochlora cleomis Titus, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 135. 9,6. 



Halictus (Augochlora) chorisis Vachal, 1903. Misc. Ent. 11: 136. 9. 



Halictus (Augochlora) viridissimus Viereck, 1910. In Smith, N. J. State Mus., Ann. Rpt. 

 1909: 688. N. name; proposed to replace viridula Smith, preoccupied in Halictus. 



Augochlora fulvofimbriata Friese, 1916. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 77: 315. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 104: 88-90 (redescription, as 



fulvofimbriata). —Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 465-466, fig. 110 



(tax. characters, synonymy). —Moure, 1960. Studia Ent. 3: 102-103 (notes on type, 



synonymy). 

 sumptuosa (Smith). Maine to Fla., west to S. Dak., Colo., Ariz., and Tex. Pollen: Polylege, 

 visiting flowers of Asclepias, Berla^idiera, Bidens, Clethra, Crataegus, Eriogonum, 

 Eryngium, Helianthus, Hypericum, Melilotus, Silphiu7n, Stachys, Vacciniuni. 



Augochlora su^nptuosa Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 82. 9. 



Augochlora humeralis Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 365. 9, 6. 



Agapostemon caeruleus Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 7. 9. 



Halictus pattoni Vachal, 1903. Misc. Ent. 11: 132. N. name. Preocc. 



Augochlora sumptuosa bolliana Cockerell, 1909. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 31. 9. 



Augochlora lacustris Cockerell, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proe. 60 (18): 14. 9. 



Augochlora floridica Cockerell, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60 (18): 14. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, I960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 466-467, 469, figs. 110, 111 

 (redescription, synonymy). 



Biology: Smith, 1898. Ent. News 9: 157, 320. -Smith, 1901. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 9: 52. 

 —Michener and Lange, 1959. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1924: 36. 



Genus AUGOCHLORA Smith 



Genus AUGOCHLORA Subgenus AUGOCHLORA Smith 



Augochlora Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 73. 



Type-species: Halictus purus Say. Desig. by Cockerell, 1923. 

 Oxystoglossa Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 83. 



Type-species: Oxystoglossa decorata Smith. Monotypic. 

 Odontochlora Schrottky, 1909. La Plata Mus., Rev. 16: 14. 



Type-species: Augochlora muelleri Cockerell. Grig, desig. 



The species of this subgenus nest in dead wood either in pre-existing burrows of other insects 

 or in soft rotting wood. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 104: 59 (generic status). —Mitchell, 

 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 456-458 (spp. of eastern U. S.). — Eickwort, 

 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 420-422 (tax. characters). 



Biology: Eickwort and Eickwort, 1973. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 17-22, figs, (nests). 



