Superfamily APOIDEA 1895 



lenis Timberlake. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. (Indio). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Baileya viultiradiata, Chamaesaracha conioides, Physalis heterophylla, Verbesina 

 enceUoides. 

 Perdita leiiis Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 372, figs. 452, 453, 510. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mas. Novitates 2259: 19, figs. 47-49 (larva). —Timberlake, 

 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 58, 59 (key). —Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 

 66: 22 (geogr. and floral records). 

 levigata Timberlake. Colo. (Fremont County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Physalis. 

 Perdita levigata Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 60, figs. 1225, 1226, 1316. 6. 

 missionis Timberlake. Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Chamaesaracha conioides, Lesquerella, Physalis lobata. 

 Perdita ynissionis Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 369, figs. 446, 447, 507. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 58 (key). 

 physalidis Timberlake. Calif. (Riverside County), Ariz. (Continental). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Physalis, including P. crassifolia. 

 Perdita physalidis Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 374, figs. 454, 455, 511. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 58, 59, 61 (key, geogr. and floral 

 records). 

 rozeni Timberlake. Calif. (Colorado Desert); Mexico (Baja California and Sonora). Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Boerhaavia, Dalea mollis. 

 Perdita rozeni Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 61, figs. 1227, 1228, 1317. 9,6. 

 sexmaculata sexmaculata Cockerell. Ariz., N. Mex., Tex., Kans., Colo.; Mexico (Chihuahua, 



Durango, Hidalgo). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Astragalus, Chamaesaracha 

 conioides, C. coronopus, Phacelia piperi, Physalis lobata, Prosopis, Scutellaria, 

 Sphaeralcea albicaulis, Thelesperma gracile. Another subspecies, Perdita sexmaculata 

 octonaria Timberlake, occurs in Baja California, Mexico. 

 Perdita sexmaculata Cockerell, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 12. 9. 

 Perdita anograe Cockerell, 1902. Amer. Nat. 36: 812. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell and Porter, 1899. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4: 416. 9,6. 



—Timberlake, 1929. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 118. c^. —Timberlake, 1951. In Muesebeck, 



Krombein and Townes, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 1095 (synonymy). —Timberlake, 



1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 366, 367-369, figs. 444, 445, 506 (key, redescription). 



—Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 101 (tax. gtatus). —Rozen, 1966. Amer. 



Mus. Novitates 2259: 20-21, fig. 51 (larva, as sexmaculataO. —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. 



Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 58 (key). 

 Biology: Rozen, 1967. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2297: 38-40, figs. 16, 18, table 1 (nest 



architecture, life history). 



Species Group Octomaculata 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 1-22 (tax. characters, key to 



included spp.). —Timberlake, 1968. CaHf. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 62-67 (suppl. key to included 

 spp.). -Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 22-25 (suppl. key to included spp.). 

 abdominalis Timberlake. South. Calif. (Colorado Desert); Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: 

 Unknown, but visits flowers of Aplopapjms, Heliotropium curassavicum, Pectis 



papposa. 

 Perdita abdominalis Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 38, figs. 550, 551, 667. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 26 (geogr. and floral records). 

 affinis Cresson. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Aplopappus 

 gracilis, Grindelia inomata, G. squarrosa, Helianthus petiolaris, Solidago. 

 Perdita affiyiis Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 69. 9, d. 



