2170 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Raven, 1963. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 33: 46 (floral 



relationships). 

 salviae Michener. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers oi Salvia. 



Emphoropsis salviae Michener, 1936. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 31: 95. 6. 

 salviarum (Cockerell). N. Mex., Ariz. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Salvia. 



Habropoda salviarum Cockerell, 1898. N. Mex. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 24: 42. 6, 9. 



semifulva Cockerell. Calif. 



Emphoropsis semifulva Cockerell, 1905. South. Cahf. Acad. Sci., Bui. 4: 99. i. 

 tristissima Cockerell. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Amsinckia intermedia, 

 Arctostaphylos patula, Collinsia bicolor, Lupinus bicolor, L. nanus, Phacelia distaiis. 

 Salvia sonomensis. 

 Emphoropsis infemalis tristissima Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 161. 9. 



vierecki Cockerell. Colo., N. Mex. 



Emphoropsis vierecki Cockerell, 1909. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 36: 414. 9. 



Tribe MELECTINI 



All the members of this tribe are cleptoparasites in the nests of other anthophorid bees. The 

 Melectini occur on all the continents except Australia. 



Revision: Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 429-468, 9 figs. (Nearctic spp.). —Kurd and 

 Linsley, 1951. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 1: 119-140, 1 pi., 5 maps (U. S. spp.). — Lieftinck, 

 1972. Tijdschr. Ent. 115: 253-324, 57 figs., 2 pis., 2 maps, 1 table (generic revision of 

 smaller genera of Old World melectines, distribution and host relationships, comments on 

 N. Amer. genera). 



Taxonomy: Hurd, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 35-37, 1 map (generic distribution in 

 Americas). — Rozen, 1969. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2382: 1-24, 56 figs, (larva). 



Genus MELECTA Latreille 



Genus MELECTA Subgenus MELECTA Latreille 



Melecta Latreille, 1802. Hist. Nat. Fourmis, p. 427. 



Type-species: Apis albifrons Forster. Desig. by Latreille, 1810 (=Apis punctata 

 Fabricius), see Day and Fitton, 1977. Biol. Jour. Linn. Soc. 9: 40. 

 Symmorpha Klug, 1807. Mag. f. Insektenk. 6: 198, 227. 



Type-species: Apis albifrons Forster. Monotypic {=Apis punctata Fabricius). 

 Bombomelecta Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Bui., p. 370. 



Type-species: Melecta thoracica Cresson. Monotypic. 



bohartorum Linsley. Calif., Nev. 



Melecta (Melecta) bohartorum Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 442. 9. 

 pacifica atlantica Linsley. Kans. and Nebr., to N. J., south to Ga. and Ala. Host: Anthophora 

 ursina ursina Cress.? 



Melecta (Melecta) atlantica Linsley, 1943. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 51: 225. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1948. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 50: 17. 9, cJ. —Michener, 1954. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 27: 66. -Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 492-493, fig. 117 

 (redescription). 

 pacifica fulvida Cresson. Wash., Oreg. northeast. Calif., Idaho, Wyo., Colo., Utah, Nev., Ariz., 

 N. Mex., Tex. Host: Anthophora pacifica infemalis (Dalla Torre), Emphoropsis 

 cineraria Smith. 

 Melecta fulvida Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 204. 9. 

 Bombomelecta semifulva Cockerell, 1921. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 7: 212. 3. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 17. 6. —Hurd and Linsley, 1951. Calif. 

 Ins. Survey, Bui. 1: 128, map 4. 



Biology: Torchio and Youssef, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 30 (induced parasitization; as 

 M. pacifica). 



