Superfamily APOIDEA 1949 



azteca (Vachal). South. Tex.; Mexico. 



Halictus (Oxystoglossa) azteca Vachal, 1911. Misc. Ent. 19: 45, 110. 9. 

 nigrocyanea Cockerell. South. Tex.; Mexico to Panama. 



Augochlora nigrocyanea Cockerell, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 144. 9. 

 pura mosieri Cockerell. South. Fla. Pollen: Polylege, visiting flowers of Bidens, Cattleya, 

 Flaveria, Hanielia, Melaleuca, Psycliotrea, Salix, Sida. 



Augochlora mosieri Cockerell, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60: 15. 9. 

 pura pura (Say). Que. and Maine to Minn., south to Tex. and Fla. Parasite: Rhipiphorus 



sclnvarzi LeC, R. stylopoides Newm.? Pollen: Polylege, visits a wide variety of flowers 

 including Acer, Agastache, Althaea, Amelanchier, Arabis, Aruncus, Asclepias, Aster, 

 Barbarea, Bidens, Blephilia, Cacalia, Caulophyllum, Cercis, Chaerophyllum, Ciciita, 

 Coreopsis, Conius, Cryptotaenia, Diospyros, Dirca, Evonymus, Fragaria, Geranium, 

 Gerardia, Haplopappus, Heliopsis, Helianthus, Houstonia, Hydrangea, Ilex, Lippia, 

 Ludwigia, Mains, Malva, Melilotus, Osmorrhiza, Padus, Polemonium, Polygonum, 

 Prunus, Ranunculus, Rhamnus, Rhus, Rudbeckia, Rubus, Salix, Smilacina, Solidago, 

 Smyphoricarpos, Taenidia, Teucrium, Thaspium, Tradescantia, Vaccinium, Verbena, 

 Verbesina, Vemonia, Vitis, Zizia. Predator: Philanthus gibbosus (Fabr.), P. lepidus 

 Cress., P. solivagus Say. 



Halictus purus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 395. 9,6. 



Augochlora festiva Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 80. 9. 



Augochlora Robertsoni Cockerell, 1897. Canad. Ent. 29: 69. 9. 



Augochlora Banksiella Cockerell, 1907. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 533. 9. 



Halictus astios Vachal, 1911. Misc. Ent. 19: 44. 9. 



Halictus astios xar-C!) fuscatipes Vachal, 1911. Misc. Ent. 19: 45. 9. 



Halictus asaphes Vachal, 1911. Misc. Ent. 19: 49. 9. 



Augochlora palmarum Cockerell, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mas., Proc. 60 (18): 15. 9, <J. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1028, figs. 57-59, 64 (larva). 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24 (7): 32. — Blackman and Stage, 1924. N. Y. 

 State Col. Forestry, Syracuse Univ. Tech. Pub. 17: 197. —Rau, 1934. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 

 Trans. 28: 223. — Stockhammer, 1961. North Central Branch, Ent. Soc. Amer., Proc. 16: 

 17-18. —Stockhammer, 1966. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 157-192 (nesting habits, life cycle). 

 —May and Stockhammer, 1968. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 339-341, 1 fig. (induced nesting 

 in cellulose powder). —May, 1972. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 439-449, 4 figs, (water uptake 

 during larval development). —Barrows, 1973. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 496-499 (induced 

 soil nesting). —May, 1973. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 301-310, 6 tables (brood cell 

 recognition). —Barrows, 1974. Fla. Entomologist 57: 189-193 (aggregation behavior). 

 —May, 1974. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 504-516, 5 figs, (nature and origin of brood cell 

 linings). 



Genus AUGOCHLORA Subgenus OXYSTOGLOSSELLA Eickwort 



Augochlora subg. Oxystoglossella Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 422. 



Type-species: Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) cordiaefloris Cockerell. Grig, desig. 



All the members of this subgenus which have been studied have been found to construct their 

 nests in the ground. 



Taxonomy: Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 422-423. 



Biology: Eickwort and Eickwort, 1972. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 18-45 (life history, larva, 

 pupa). 



aztecula Cockerell. South. Tex.; Mexico. 



Augochlora aztecula Cockerell, 1907. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 534. 9. 



Genus AUGOCHLORA Subgenus UNKNOWN 



obliqua Provancher. B. C. (Vancouver). 



Augochlora obliqua Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 318. 9. 



