Superfamily APOIDEA 1951 



Halictus (Oxystoglossa) persimilis Viereck, 1910. In Smith, N. J. State Mus., Ann. Rpt. 



1909: 688. N. name. 

 Halictus xystris Vachal, 1911. Misc. Ent. 19: 50. 9. 



Biology: Pearson, 1933. Ecol. Monog. 3: 386, 396 (as Oxystoglossa similis). — Ordway, 1965. 



Insectes Sociaux 12: 291-308 (caste differentiation). — Eickwort, 1966. Kansas Ent. Soc, 



Jour. 39: 410-429 (phoretic mite). —Ordway, 1966. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 270-313 



(bionomics). 

 pomoniella (Cockerell). Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz. N. Mex. (Willow Creek); Mexico (Baja 



California, south along west coast to Chiapas and Yucatan), Guatemala and Costa Rica. 

 Ecology: Nests in abandoned cells of Sceliphron. Pollen: Polylege, visits a great variety 

 of flowers including Acacia, Achillea, Agoseris, Arctostaphylos, Arenaria, Argemone, 

 Asclepias, Aster, Astraglus, Baccharis, Baileya, Bebbia, Brassica, Brodiaea, 

 Calandrinia, Calochortiis, Camegiea, Centaurea, Cercidium, Chaenactis, Chrysopsis, 

 Chrysothamnus, Cirsium, Cissus, Clarkia, Cleome, Convolvulus, Coreopsis, 

 Corethrogyne, Croton, Cryptantha, Dalea, Datura, Diplacus, Encelia, Enceliopsis, 

 Eremocarpus, Eriastrum, Eriodictyon, Eriogonum, Eriophyllum, Erodium, Eryngium, 

 Eschscholzia, Eucnide, Fendlerella, Gazania, Gilia, Gnaphalium, Gossypium, 

 Grossularia, Gutieyrezia, Haplopappus, Helianthus, Heliotropium, Hemizonia, 

 Heterotheca, Hymenothrix, Isomeris, Kallstroemia, Lantana, Layia, Lessingia, 

 Lomatium, Lotus, Malacothamnus, Marrubium, Melilotus, Mentha, Mirabilis, 

 Monardella, Oenothera, Opuntia, Osmoronia, Penstemon, Perideridia, Petalonyx, 

 Peucephyllum, Phacelia, Platystemon, Ranunculus, Raphanus, Rhus, Salix, Salvia, 

 Sanicula, Scrophularia, Senecio, Sisymbrium, Sisyrinchium, Solanum, Solidago, 

 Sphaeralcea, Stanleya, Stephanomeria, Tamarix, Trichostema, Wyethia Zauschneria. 



Augochlora pomoniella Cockerell, 1915. Pomona Jour. Ent. Zool. 7: 232. 9. 



Augochlora utahensis Michener, 1937. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 19: 314. 9. 

 striata (Provancher). Southern Canada to south. Fla., west to Rocky Mountains. Parasite: 



Myrmilloides grandiceps (Blake), Pseudomethoca frigida (Sm.); Sphecodes pimpinellae 

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

 Agastache, Agoseris, Althaea, Amelanchier, Amorpha, Anemone, Anemonella, 

 Antennaria, Apocynum, Aquilegia, Arabis, Aralia, Argemone, Aruncus, Asclepias, 

 Aster, Astragalus, Barbarea, Berteroa, Bidens, Brassica, Callirhoe, Calopogon, 

 Camassia, Camelina, Campanula, Capsella, Cardamine, Carduus, Cassia, 

 Caulophylhim, Ceanothiis, Celastrus, Centaurea, Cephalanthus Cercis, Chaerophyllum, 

 Chrysanthemum, Chrysopsis, Cichorium, Cicuta, Circaea, Cirsium, Citrullus, 

 Claytonia, Clethra, Convolvulus, Coreopsis, Comus, Crataegus, Cryptantha, 

 Cryptotaenia, Cubelium, Cucumis, Cucurbita, Cunila, Daucus, Dentaria, Diervilla, 

 Dodacatheon, Echinacea, Echium, Ellisia, Erigenia, Erigeron, Erysimum, Evonymus, 

 Eupatorium, Euphorbia, Fragaria, Gaillardia, Geranium, Gerardia, Glechoma, 

 Gnaphalium, Gossypium, Grindelia, Gutierrezia, Haplopappus, Hedeonia, Heiraciuin, 

 Helenium, Helianthus, Heliopsis, Heracleum, Heterotheca, Heuchera, Houstonia, 

 Hybanthus, Hydrangea, Hydrocotyle, Hydrolea, Hydrophyllum, Hypericum, Impatiens, 

 Inula, Ipomoea, Iris, Isopyrum, Kolkwitzia, Krigia, Lactu,ca, Lathy nis, Lepidium, 

 Lespedeza, Lesquerella, Linum, Lippia, Lobelia, Lomatium, Lonicera, Lotus, 

 Lycopersicum, Lycopus, Lythrum, Malus, Malva, Medicago, Melilotus, Mentha, 

 Mertensia, Mikania, Monarda, Myosoton, Nigella, Nothoscordurn, Oenothera, 

 Onopordum, Opuntia, Osmorrhiza, Oxalis, Paeonia, Parthenium, Parthenocissus, 

 Paspalum, Pastinaca, Penstemon, Perideridia, Petalostemon, Phryma, Physalis, 

 Polemonium, Polygonatum, Polygonum, Polymnia, Polytaenia, Pontederia, Potentilh, 

 Prenanthes, Prunella, Prunus, Psoralea, Ptelea, Pteridium, Pycnanthemum, 

 Pyrrhopappus, Pyrus, Ranunculus, Ratibida, Rhamnus, Rhus, Ribes, Rorippa, Rosa, 

 Rubus, Rudbeckia, Sagittaria, Salix, Salvia, Sanicula, Sapindus, Satureja, 

 Scrophularia, Scutellaria, Sedum, Senecio, Sericocarpus, Sida, Silphium, Sisymbrium, 

 Sisyriiichium, Smilacina, Smilax, Solanum, Solidago, Sonchus, Specularia, 

 Sphaeralcea, Spiraea, Stellaria, Stokesia, Strophostyles, Symphoricarpos, Syringa, 

 Taenidia, Tanacetujn, Taraxacum, Teucrium, Thaspium, Tradescantia, Tragopogon, 

 Trifolium, Trillium, Triosteum, Vaccinium, Verbascum, Verbena, Verno7iia, Viburnum, 



