1926 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Species Group Valida 



This species may be better placed in a new genus related to Perdita. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 106 (tax. characters). 

 valida Timberlake. N. Mex. (Mesilla). 



Perdita valida Timberlake, 1962. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 28: 106. 9. 



Genus PERDITA Subgenus PERDITELLA Cockerell 



Perdita subg. Perditella Cockerell, 1899. Psyche 8: 312. 



Type-species: Perdita larreae Cockerell. Orig. desig. (=Perdita laneae Cockerell). 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 348 (key). —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 267-268 (redescription, key to included spp.). 

 cladothricis Cockerell. West. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California, San Luis Potosi, 

 Sonora and Zacatecas). Pollen: Possibly an oligolege of Tidestromia including T. 

 lanuginosa, but visits other flowers presumably for nectar including Gutierrezia 

 microcephala, Haplopappus wrightii, Medicago sativa, Pedis papposa. 

 Perdita cladothricis Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 82. 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 268, 270, figs. 207, 208, 305 (male 



genitalia, geogr. and floral records). —Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 30 



(geogr. records). 

 larreae Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz., South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua and 



Coahuila). Pollen: Collects pollen from the flowers of Larrea tridentata, but visits these 

 and other flowers for nectar including Aplopappus heterophylius, Asclepias, Baccharis 

 glutinosa, Croton califomicus, Dalea, Dicraurus, Eriogonum reniforme. Euphorbia 

 polycarpa, Pedis papposa, Tamarix. 



Perdita larreae Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 62. 6. 



Perdita larrearum Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 63. 9. 



Perdita larreae var. modesta Cockerell, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 355. S. 



Perdita laneae Cockerell, 1899. Psyche 8: 312. Error for larreae. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1928. Amer. Mus. Novitates 321: 11. 9. —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. 

 Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 268, figs. 203, 204, 304 (tax. characters, synonymy, geogr. and floral 

 records). —Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 134 (variation, geogr. and floral 

 records). 



Biology: Kurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 25-26, fig. 7 (floral 

 relationships). 

 marcialis Cockerell. West. Tex. to south. Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora). Pollen: 

 Collects pollen from the flowers of Larrea tridentata and possibly also from other 

 flowers including Aloysia wrightii, Chrysothanmus paniculatus, Eriogonum 

 fasciculatum var. polifolium, Phacelia, Salvia vaseyi. 

 Perdita marcialis Cockerell, 1896. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 48: 62. 6. 

 Perdita phaceliae Cockerell, 1898. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 2: 450. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 268, 269-270, figs. 205, 206 (key, 

 redescription, geogr. and floral records). —Timberlake, 1960. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 17: 

 134-135 (synonymy). 



Biology: Hurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 26 (floral relationships). 

 minima Cockerell. Ariz., South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Collects pollen from 

 the flowers of Euphorbia including E. albomarginata, E. polycarpa, E. p. var. hirtella, 

 but visits these and other flowers for nectar including Croton califomicus, Eriogonum 

 gracile, Gutierrezia. 

 Perdita minima Cockerell, 1923. Amer. Mus. Novitates 66: 4. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1925. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 179. 6. —Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. 

 Ent. 11: 268, 270, figs. 209, 210 (key, redescription, geogr. and floral records). 



