Superfamily APOIDEA 2049 



rostrata Sandhouse. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Amsinckia douglasiana, 

 Grossularia, Pkacelia tanacetifolia. 

 Osmia rostrata Sandhouse, 1924. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 13: 351. 9. 

 sculleni Sandhouse. Oreg., Calif., Utah, Colo. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Hackelia 

 jessicae. 

 Osmia (Nothosviia) scidleni Sandhouse, 1939. Ent. Soc. Wash., Mem. 1: 82. 9. 

 simillima Smith. N. S., west to N. W. T. and B. C, south to Oreg., Ariz., and N. C. Parasite: 

 Leucospis affinis Say, Stelis subemarginata (Cress.). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Althaea, Barbarea, Oxalis, Penstemon, Ranuncuhis, Rubus, Vicia, Viola. 

 Osmia simillima Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 142. 9, <J. 

 Osmia canadensis Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 33. cJ. 

 Osmia cognata Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 33. 6. 

 Osmia major Robertson, 1902. Ent. News 13: 79. 9 (cJ misdet). 

 Osmia chlorops Cockerell and Titus, 1902. Amer. Nat. 36: 816. 6. 

 Osmia stasima Lovell, 1909. Ent. News 20: 125. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 332. —Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Bui. 22: 448. 6. -MitcheU, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 80-81, 

 figs. 28, 32, 35 (redescription, synonymy). 



Biology: Packard, 1867. Amer. Nat. 1: 377 (nest). —Saunders, 1872. Canad. Ent. 4: 237 (nest, 

 as canadensis). — Graenicher, 1935. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 28: 285 (nest, parasite). 



Genus OSMIA Subgenus TRICHINOSMIA Sinha 



Osmia subg. Trichinosmia Sinha, 1958. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 39: 244. 



Type-species: Osmia latisulcata Michener. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 latisulcata Michener. Ariz., Nev., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Amsinckia, 

 Arctostaphylos glandidosa, Astragalus douglasii, Chaetopappa aurea, Dalea, 

 Cryptantha intermedia, Eriodictyon califomicxcm, Lottis scoparius, L. strigosus, 

 Lupimis, Salix, Salvia camosa, S. cohimbariae. 

 Osmia latisulcata Michener, 1936. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 35: 86. 9. 



Genus OSMIA Subgenus DICERATOSMIA Robertson 



Diceratosmia Robertson, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 166. 



Type-species: Osmia conjuncta Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. {=Osmia 

 quadridentata Cresson). 



Revision: Michener, 1949. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 42: 258-264 (Nearctic spp.). 



Taxonomy: Kurd and Michener, 1955. Calif. Ins. Surv., Bui. 3: 215-217, fig. 4, pi. 11, map 112 

 (Calif, spp.). -Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 81-85, figs. 29, 31-32, 

 table 4 (eastern U. S. spp.). 



botitena (Cockerell). Tex. 



Osmia botitena Cockerell, 1909. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 30. 9. 



Osmia conjuncta marilaunidii Cockerell, 1914. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 14: 363. 6. 

 conjuncta (Cresson). Ont. to Minn., south to N. C. and Tex. Ecology: Nests in snail shells. 

 Pollen: Polylectic, visits flowers of many families, especially Leguminosae and 

 Scrophulariaceae, including Anemonella, Blephilia, Cardamine, Cercis, Collinsia, 

 Dentaria, Fragaria, Geranium, Hydrophyllum, Lupinus, Osmorrhiza, Polemonium, 

 Psoralea, Ranunculus, Rubus, Scutellaria, Stellaria, Trifolium, Viola. 



Osmia conjuncta Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. PhUa., Proc. 3: 31. 9. 



Osmia i-den'tata Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 107. 6. Preocc 



Osmia cressoni Dalla Torre, 1896. Cat. Hym., v. 10, p. 392. N. name. 



Osmia quadridentata Dalla Torre, 1896. Cat. Hym., v. 10, p. 392. Emend. 



Biology: Rau, 1937. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 30: 330 (nest). 



