_- Superfamily APOIDEA 2169 



soredatus, Eriodictyon calif ornicum, Lupinus albifrons, Phacelia, Ribes indecorum. 

 Salvia columbariae, S. mellifera, S. sonomensis, Vicia. 

 Habropoda depressa Fowler, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 283. 9,6. 



Biology: Fowler, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 283 (nest, adult habits). 

 excellens Timberlake. Calif. (Kern Co.). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Cfirysothamnus. 

 Eviphoropsis excellens Timberlake, 1962. Ent. News 73: 36. 9, S . 

 interspersa Cockerell. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Amsinckia douglasiana, A. 

 intermedia. Astragalus, Salvia mellifera. 

 Emphoropsis interspersa Cockerell, 1905. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 4: 99. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1924. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 50. 

 laboriosa fedorensis Cockerell. Tex. 



Emphoropsis floridana \ar. fedorensis Cockerell, 1905. Canad. Ent. 37: 265. 6,9. 

 laboriosa laboriosa (Fabricius). 111. to New England, south to Miss, and Fla. Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits flowers of Cercis, Cirsiuni, Dicentra, Gelsemium sempei-virens, Lupinus, 

 Mains, Melilotus, Pnmus, Vaccinium, Vicia. 

 Bombus laboriosus Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 352. 

 Anthophora floridana Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 339. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 332-333, fig. 95 

 (redescription, synonymy). 



Biology: Ornduff, 1970. Arnold Arboretum, Jour. 51: 1-17 (floral visitation). 

 miserabilis (Cresson). Wash., Oreg. Calif.; Mexico (Baja Calif.). Pollen: Stores pollen of 

 Abro7iia, Convolvulus, L«pmas, but visits flowers of Arctostaphylos, Cirsium, 

 Erysimum, Lantana, Lotus, Lupinus, Phacelia, Raphanus for nectar. 

 Anthophora miserabilis Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 191. 6 . 



Taxonomy: Torchio and Stephen, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 54: 683-687, 7 figs, (larva and 

 pupa). 



Biology: Stephen and Torchio, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 54: 687-692, 2 figs, (nest, life 



history). 

 morrisoni (Cresson). Colo. 



Anthophora morrisoni Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 192. 6. 

 murihirta Cockerell. B. C, Calif. 



Emphoropsis murihirta Cockerell, 1905. Ent. News 16: 81. 6. 

 murina Cockerell. Calif. 



Emphoropsis murihirta murina Cockerell, 1909. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 36: 414. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1924. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 49. 6, 9. 

 pallida Timberlake. South. Calif., Ariz., Utah, deserts. Parasite: Lytta magister Horn, Zonitis 

 (Neozonitis) n. sp. Pollen: Apparently an oligolege of Larrea tridentata, but visits 

 flowers of other plants including Compositae, Lupinus, Camissonia, Phacelia Crenulata 

 for nectar and sometimes for pollen. 

 Emphoropisis pallida Timberlake, 1937. Amer. Mus. Novitates 958: 1. 9, 6. 



Biology: Bohart, Torchio, Maeta and Rust, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 381-392, 14 figs, 

 (life history). —Kurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 44 (pollen 

 relationships). 

 pascoensis (Cockerell). Wash. 



Habropoda floridana var. pascoensis Cockerell, 1898. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 50: 54. 

 9. 

 rugosissima Cockerell. Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Collects pollen from 



flowers of Camissonia clavaeformis, C. kemensis, but also visits flowers of Abronia 

 maritima, Amsinckia intermedia, Lupinus bicolor, L. iianus, Lotus scoparius, Phacelia 

 distans, Salvia mellifera, Stanleya pinnata. 

 Emphoropsis rugosissima Cockerell, 1905. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 182. 9. 



