Superfamily APOIDEA 1927 



Genus PERDITA Subgenus PROCOCKERELLIA Timberlake 



Perdita subg. Procockerellia Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 402. 

 Type-species: Perdita alboyiotata Timberlake. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 5-7 (key to spp. of subgenera 

 Procockerellia, Allomacrotera). 

 albonotata Timberlake. South. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts), Ariz. (Mohave Cou\nty), 

 Utah (Cache and Washington Counties); Mexico (Sonora). Pollen: Collects pollen from 

 the flowers of Stephano7neria including S. exigua, S. pauciflora, but visits other flowers 

 presumably for nectar including Agave deserti, Chaenactis glahriiiscula, Eriogonum 

 plumatella. 

 Perdita albonotata Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 403, figs. 91, 92, 161. 9, 6. 

 brachyglossa Timberlake. Ariz. (Coconino County). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Thelesperma. 

 Perdita brachyglossa Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 6. 9. 

 exceliens Timberlake. Utah (Grand and Washington Counties), Ariz. (Coconino County). 

 Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Cleome lutea. 

 Perdita exceliens Timberlake, 1958. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 14: 384. 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 22. 6. 

 moabensis Timberlake. Utah (Moab). 



Perdita moabensis Timberlake, 1971. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 66: 7. 9. 



Genus PERDITA Subgenus PSEUDOMACROTERA Timberlake 



Perdita subg. Pseudomacrotera Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 349. 

 Type-species: Perdita turgiceps Timberlake. Orig. desig. 

 turgiceps Timberlake. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts), Ariz., (Maricopa Mts.); Mexico 



(Baja California). Pollen: Apparently an oligolege oi Larrea tridentata, but visits a wide 

 variety of other flowers for nectar including Acacia greggii, Cercidium floridiim, 

 Cowania stansburiana, Cryptantha angustifolia, C. barbigera, Dalea califoniica, D. 

 fremontii, D. schottii, Datura meteloides, Encelia farinosa, Eriodictyon crassifoliuni, 

 Eriogonum inflatum, E. trichopes, Eschscholzia, Eucnide urens, Hyptis emoryi, Larrea 

 tridentata, Lasthenia, Nama hispida, Prosopis juliflora. 



Perdita turgiceps Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 350, figs. 3, 4, 116, 117. d, 9. 



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

 Genus PERDITA Subgenus PYGOPERDITA Timberlake 



Perdita subg. Pygoperdita Timberlake, 1956. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 275. 

 Type-species: Perdita interrupta Cresson. Orig. desig. 



Although several of the species visit flowers of the Compositae, especially Layia and 

 Malacotkrix, most members of this subgenus visit flowers of other famihes, such as the 

 Rosaceae, Papaveraceae, Rhamnaceae and Liliaceae. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1956. CaHf. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 275-284 (key to included spp.). 



Species Group Interrupta 



associata Timberlake. Calif. (San Benito County). 



Perdita associata Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 32. 9. 

 aureovittata aureovittata Cockerell. South. Calif, (cismontane, south of San Gabriel Mts.). 

 Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers oi Layia, Malacotkrix califoniica var. glabrata. 

 Perdita (Cockerellia) aureovittata Cockerell, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 391. 9. 

 Taxonomy Timberlake, 1954. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 391 (tax. status). -Timberlake, 1956. 

 Calif Univ. Pubs. Ent. 11: 276, 281, 285, figs. 221, 222, 311, 337. 9, c5 (redescription, new 

 status, geogr. and floral records). -Timberlake, 1968. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 49: 33 (geogr. 

 range). 



