Superfamily APOIDEA 2171 



pacifica pacifica Cresson. Calif. 



Melecta pacifica Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 91. 6. 



Taxonomy: Hurd and Linsley, 1951. Calif. Ins. Survey, Bui. 1: 127, map 4. 

 separata alfredi (Cockerell). N. Mex. 



Bombomelecta alfredi Cockerell, 1895. Psyche 7 (sup.): 11. cJ. 

 separata arizonica (Cockerell). Ariz. Host: Anthophora forbesii Ckll. 



Bombomelecta arizonica Cockerell, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 267. 9. 



Biology: Lutz and Cockerell, 1920. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 42: 574 (host). 

 separata callura (Cockerell). B. C, to Calif., Idaho, Utah, Colo., Ariz., N. Mex. Host: 

 Anthophora edwardsii Cress. Parasite: Sphaeroptlialma unicolor (Cress.). 

 Bombomelecta callura Cockerell, 1926. Pan-Pacific Ent. 3: 58. 6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1969. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2382: 8-10, figs. 2-8 (larva). 



Biology: Thorp, 1969. Amer. Midland Nat. 82: 330-331 (host). —Thorp, 1969. Amer. Midland 

 Nat. 82: 338-345, 7 figs, (behavior, ecology). 

 separata johnsoni (Cockerell). Colo. 



Bombomelecta johnsoni Cockerell, 1905. Ent. News 16: 270. 3. 

 separata mojavensis Linsley. Calif. (Mojave Desert). 



Melecta (Melecta) separata mojaveiisis Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 446. 9, 6. 

 separata separata Cr^son. Calif., Oreg., Wash., Idaho. 



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

 thoracica Cresson. Wash., Oreg., Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.), Nev., Utah, Colo., Wyo., Nebr., S. 

 Dak., Kans. Host: E^nphoropsis cineraria (Sm.). 

 Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875. Rpt. Geog. Geol. Expl. and Survey west of 100th 



Meridian, v. 5, p. 726. 

 Melecta (Melecta) sierrae Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 437. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Linsley, 1945. Ent. News 56: 151, fig. 1. 9. —Hurd and Linsley, 1951. Calif. Ins. 

 Survey, Bui. 1: 126, map. 2. 



Biology: Linsley, 1943. Pan-Pacific Ent. 19: 160 (habits, as M. sierrae). 



Genus MELECTA Subgenus MELECTOMIMUS Linsley 



Melecta subg. Melectomimus Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 448. 

 Type-species: Melecta edwardsii Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 edwardsii Cresson. Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Baja California). Host: lEmphoropsis sp. 

 Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 92. 6. 

 Botnbomelecta zygos Viereck, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 179. 9. 



Genus XEROMELECTA Linsley 



Another subgenus, Nesomelecta, is found in the West Indies. 



Genus XEROMELECTA Subgenus XEROMELECTA Linsley 



Melecta subg. Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 450. 



Type-species: Bombomelecta larreae Cockerell. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 larreae (Cockerell). N. Mex. to Nev., south. Calif. 



Bombomelecta larreae Cockerell, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 361. 9. 

 Bombomelecta azygos Viereck, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 181. 6. 



Genus XEROMELECTA Subgenus MELECTOMORPHA Linsley 



Melecta subg. Melectomorpha Linsley, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 451. 

 Type-species: Melecta califomica Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 californica (Cresson). B. C. to Calif, east to 111., Mo., Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Baja California, 



Puebla and Zacatecas). Host: Anthophora abrupta Say, A. bomboides neomexicana Ckll., 



