Superfamily APOIDEA 2135 



Species Group Sila 



pallidior LaBerge. Calif. (Riverside Co.). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Hoffmanseggia. 

 Svastra (Epimelissodes) pallidior LaBerge, 1963. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 52. 9, S. 

 sila (LaBerge). Ariz., Tex.; Mexico (Baja California and Chihuahua). Pollen: Oligolege of 

 Compositae especially Baileya pleniradiata and Heterotheca psammophila, but also 

 visits flowers of Heterotheca subaxillaris, Kallstroemia grandiflora, Psilostrophe 

 cooperi. 

 Melissodes (Epimelissodes) sila LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1002. 3,9. 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1963. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 36: 54 (geogr. and floral records). 



Biology: Cazier and Linsley, 1974. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2546: 14-15 (floral relationships). 



Species Group Petulca 



petuica petulca (Cresson). Eastern Tex. north through Kans. to 111., east to Fla., and north 

 along coast to N. J. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Borrichia fndescens. 

 Coreopsis cardaminefolia, Gaillardia pulchella, Gossypium herbacenm, Helenium 

 tenuifolium, Helianthus, Lepachys pinnata, Lithospei-^num canescens, Monarda 

 citriodora, M. punctata, Pycnanthemum flexuosum, Pyrrhopappus geiseri, Ratibida 

 columnaris, R. columnifera pulcherrima, Rudbeckia amplexicaulis, R. bicolor, R. 

 submentosa, Verbesi^ia helianthoides. 



Melissodes petulca Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 201. 9. 



Melissodes illiiioeiisis Robertson, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans 22: 126. 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 261-262, fig. 80 



(redescription). 

 petulca suffusa (Cresson). Tex. and Kans. west to Colo, and Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Nuevo 

 Leon, Tamaulipas). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Baccharis, Borrichia 

 fndescens, Chrysopsis hispida. Coreopsis, Gaillardia pulchella, G. suavis, Helenium 

 autumnale, H. microcephaluyn, Helianthus annuus, Medicago sativa, Monarda 

 citriodora, M. punctata, Nepeta cataria, Opuntia, Phacelia, Ratibida cohminaris, R. 

 tagetes, Rudbeckia hirta, Sphaeralcea, Tetragonothera ludoviciana, Thelesperrrw 

 megapotamicum. 



Melissodes suffusa Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc 30: 203. 9,6. 



Melissodes townsendi Cockerell, 1896. Entomologist 29: 304. S. 

 sabinensis laterufa (Cockerell). Tex., N. Mex., ?Ariz. (Baboquivari Mts.); Mexico (Coahuila, 

 Durango). 



Melissodes suffusa var. laterufa Cockerell, 1934. Amer. Mus. Novitates 697: 10. 9. 

 sabinensis nubila (LaBerge). South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Bebbia juncea. Chrysanthemum segetum, Chrysothamnus, Coreopsis 

 lanceolata, Corethrogyne filaginifoiia, Encelia farinosa, Gutierrezia califomica, G. 

 sarothrae, Haplopappus vemonioides, Helianthus annuus, Hemizojiia paniculata, 

 Heterotheca grandiflora, Senecio douglasii, Stephanomeria exigua. 



Melissodes (Epimelissodes) sabinensis nubila LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 

 1024. 6,9. 

 sabinensis sabinensis (Cockerell). South Calif., Ariz., N. Mex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 



flowers of ^Icaci'a, Dalea albiflora, Haplopappus, Heterotheca, Kallstroemia grandiflora, 

 Petalostemon, Psilostrophe cooperi, Sida diffusa, Sphaeralcea, Verbesina, Viguiera. 



Melissodes sabineiisis Cockerell, 1924. Amer. Mus. Novitates 113: 1. 6. 



Genus SVASTRA Subgenus IDIOMELISSODES LaBerge 



Melissodes subg. Idiomelissodes LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1027. 



Type-species: Melissodes diiplocincta Cockerell. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1957. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1837: 5, 7, 23-25 (generic status). 

 —LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 284 (as subgenus of Svastra). 



