1952 Hyitienoptera in America North of Mexico 



Vicia, Viola, Vitis, Waldsteinia, Xanthoxylum, Zizia. Predator: Philantlius bilimatus 

 Cress., P. gibbosus (Fabr.), P. lepidus Cress., P. politiis politus Say, P. solivagus Say. 



Augochlora striata Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 317. 9,6. 



Angocblora matilida Robertson, 1893. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 20: 147. 9. 



Augochlora confusa Robertson, 1897. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 7: 324. 9,8. 



Augochlora Coloradeiisis Titus, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 133. 9,3. 



Augochlora pseudopurella Strand, 1914. Arch. Naturgesch. 80 (Abt. A, Heft 1): 163. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 32 (as covfusus). —Hicks, 1931. Canad. 

 Ent. 63: 176 (as coloradensis). —Evans and Lin, 1959. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 17: 120, 123, 

 127, 131 (as aurata and striata). — Michener and Wille, 1961. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 

 1130. — Knerer and Atwood, 1962. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Proc. 92: 174. — Ordway, 1964. Kansas 

 Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 139-152. (parasite). —Evans, 1964. Psyche 71: 142, 147. —Michener, 

 1964. Amer. Zool. 4: 233. (nests). -Ordway, 1965. Ins. Sociaux 12: 291-308 (caste 

 differentiation). —Ordway, 1966. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 270-313 (bionomics). 

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



Genus PSEUDAUGOCHLOROPSIS Schrottky 



Augochloropsis subg. Pseudaugochloropsis Schrottky, 1906. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 6: 

 313. 



Type-species: Halictus nigromarginatus Spinola. Desig. by Schrottky, 1909. 

 Caenaxigochlora subg. Pseudaugochlora Michener, 1954. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 104: 

 77. 



Type-species: Halictus nigromarginatus Spinola. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 429-432 (generic classification). 



Biology: Michener and Kerfoot, 1967. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 214-232 (nests, social 

 behavior). 

 graminea (Fabricius). Tex. to Argentina; West Indies. Pollen: Possibly restricted to the pollen 

 of Solanum (including S. wendlandii) and Cassia. 

 Megilla graminea Fabricius, 1804. Syst. Piez., p. 334. 



Halictus nigromarginatus Spinola, 1841. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 10: 137. 9. 

 Augochlora camure Holmberg, 1884. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 18: 213. 9. 

 /Augochlora chapadae Cockerell, 1900. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 361, 375. 



Taxonomy: Moure, 1960. Studia Ent. 3: 105-106 (synonymy, notes on type). —Eickwort, 1967. 

 Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 232-237 (tax. characters and status). 



Biology: Michener and Kerfoot, 1967. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 214-232 (nests, sex ratio, 

 social behavior). 



Genus TEMNOSOMA Smith 



Temnosoma Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 238. 



Type-species: Temnosoma metallicum Smith. Monotypic 

 Micro ugochlora Schrottky, 1909. Rev. Mus. La Plata, 16: 138. 



Type-species: Micraugochlora sphaerocephala Schrottky. Monotypic. 

 Temnosoma subg. Temnosomula Ogloblin, 1953. Soc. Ent. Argentina, Bol. 2: 2. 



Type-species: Ternnosoma {Temnosomula) platensis Ogloblin. Monotypic and orig. 

 desig. 

 Taxonomy: Eickwort, 1969. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui. 48: 446-448 (generic classification). 

 smaragdinum Smith. Ariz. (Tucson); Mexico, Centr. Amer. 



Temnosoma smaragdinum Smith, 1879. Descr. New Species Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 29. 6. 



Tribe HALICTINI 



Taxonomy: Eickwort, 1969. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 62: 654-656 (classification and nest 

 architecture). 



