1950 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus AUGOCHLORELLA Sandhouse 



Augochlorella Sandhouse, 1937. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 27: 66. 



Type-species: Augochlora gratiosa Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Oxystoglossidia Moure, 1943. Rev. Ent. 14: 473. 



Type-species: Oxystoglossidia uranieUa Moure. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Ordway, 1966. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 509-624, 92 figs., 3 tables (spp. north of 

 Mexico). — Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 424-426 (generic classification). 



Biology: Ordway, 1961. North Central Branch, Ent. Soc. Amer., Proc. 16: 17. —Ordway, 1964. 

 Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 139-152. (parasite). —Eickwort, 1966. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 39: 410-429. (phoretic mite). 



aurata (Smith). N. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., Tex.; Mexico. Pollen: Polylege, visiting flowers of .Aster, 

 Cirsium, Citrus, Crataegus, Lythrum, Opuntia, Polygonum, Rubus, Viburnum. 



Augochlora aurata Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 82. 9. 



Augochlora austrina Robertson, 1893. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 20: 147. 9. 

 bracteata Ordway. Northeast. Tex., south into eastern Mexico (Hidalgo). 



Augochlorella bracteata Ordway, 1966. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 46: 570. 9,6. 

 gratiosa (Smith). N. J. and D. C, south to Fla., east to Tex. Pollen: Polylege, visiting flowers 

 of Aster, Ampelopsis, Asclepias, Berteroa, Bidens, Callicarpa, Cassia, Chrysobalanus, 

 Chrysopsis, Cirsiu^n, Citrus, Clethra, Crataegus, Crotonopsis, Cunila, Erigeron, 

 Eryngium, Galactia, Gerardia, Gossypium, Helianthus, Hypericum, Ilex, Ixora, 

 Jacquemontia, Lepidium, Malva, Melilotus, Oenothera, Opuntia, Piriqueta, Polygala, 

 Polygonum, Pterocaulon, Pycnothymus, Rhus, Rubiis, Sabal, Senecio, Solidago, 

 Taraxacum, Teucrium, Vaccinium, Verbena, Warea. 



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

 neglectula neglectula (Cockerell). Ariz., N. Mex., Tex., south to Panama. Pollen: Polylege, 



visiting flowers oi Acacia, Aesculus, Baccharis, Ceanothus, Chilopsis, Chrysanthemum,, 

 Chrysopsis, Dalea, Descurainia, Echinocactus, Erigeron, Eschscholzia, Fendlera, 

 Gaillardia, Gossypium, Gutierrezia, Helenium, Heterotheca, Lepidium, Manzanita, 

 Melilotus, Opuntia, Penstemon, Prunus, Pyrus, Rosa, Senecio, Sida, Sisymbriuyn, 

 Sphaeralcea, Ungnadia. The subspecies Augochlorella neglectula maritiyna Ordway 

 occurs in the sand dunes along the west coast of Mexico. 



Augochlora neglectula Cockerell, 1897. N. Mex. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 24: 43. 9, i. 



Augochlora dimissa Cockerell, 1923. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 63: 5. 9. 

 persimilis (Viereck). Pa., west to Minn., south to Ga., Ala., La., and Tex. Parasite: 



Myrmilloides grandiceps (Blake), Pseudomethoca frigida (Sm.), Sphecodes pimpiyiellae 

 Robt. Pollen: Polylege, visits a great variety of flowers including Achillea, Agastache, 

 Ailanthus, Alisma, Althaea, Anunannia, Amorpha, Antennaria, Anthemis, Aphanes, 

 Apocynum, Arabis, Asclepias, Asparagus, Aster, Barbarea, Bideyis, Blephilia, Borago, 

 Brassica, Callirhoe, Camassia, Campanula, Capsella, Cardamine, Cassia, Ceanothus, 

 Celastrus, Cerastium, Chrysanthemum, Chrysopsis, Cichorium, Cirsium, Citrullus, 

 Claytonia, Convolvulus, Coreopsis, Comus, Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Cucurbita, Daucus, 

 Descurainia, Diospyros, Echinacea, Erigeron, Erysimum, Eupatorium, Euphorbia, 

 Fragaria, Geranium, Geum, Gnaphalium, Gutierrezia, Hedeoma, Helenium, Helianthus, 

 Heiiopsis, Heterotheca, Heuchera, Houstonia, Hypoxis, Ipomoea, Justicia, Kolkwitzia, 

 Krigia, Lepidium, Lespedeza, Lippia, Lobelia, Lotus, Ludwigia, Lycopus, Malva, 

 Medicago, Melilotus, Monarda, Nepeta, Nothoscordum, Oenothera, Oxalis, Paeonia, 

 Parosela, Parthenium, Passiflora, Pastinaca, Petalostemon, Phacelia, Plantago, 

 Polemonium, Polygonum, Polytaenia, Potentilla, Prunus, Psoralea, Pycnanthemum, 

 Ranunculus, Raphanus, Rhus, Rorippa, Rosa, Rubus, Rudbeckia, Sabatia, Sagittaria, 

 Salix, Salvia, Senecio, Sida, Silphium, Sisyrinchiu7n, Smilacina, Synilax, Solidago, 

 Specularia, Stellaria, Symphoricarpos, Taenidia, Taraxacum, Thaspium, Tradescantia, 

 Trifolium, Valerianella, Verbena, Verbesina, Vemonia, Veronica, Viburnum, 

 Zigadenus, Zizia. Predator: Philanthus bilunatus Cress., P. gibbosus (Fabr.), P. 

 lepidus Cress., P. politus politus Say, P. soiivagus Say. 



Augochlora similis Robertson, 1893. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 20: 146. 9.6. Preocc. 



