2140 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Melissodes melanosoma Cockerell, 1905. Canad. Ent. 37: 266. 6. 



Biology: Ashmead, 1894. Psyche 7: 25 (nest). -Banks, 1902. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 10: 209 

 (nest). — Folsom, 1922. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 15: 183 (nest). — Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. 

 Louis, Trans. 24: 34 (nest). 

 bimaculata nulla LaBerge. South. Fla. and Keys. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Lythrum lineare. 

 Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculata nulla LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1109. 

 6, 9. 

 blanda LaBerge. Tex., Okla. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers oi Borrichia frutescens, 

 Gaillardia, Opuntia, Spliaeralcea. 

 Melissodes (Melissodes) blaiida LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1084. 6,9. 



coUiciata Cockerell. Ariz., Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas, Puebla, Michoacan, 

 Oaxaca). Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Asclepias, Baccharis glittinosa, 

 Gutierrezia. 



Melissodes coUiciata Cockerell, 1910. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 257. 6. 



Melissodes (Melissodes) elusa LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1061. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 655 (synonymy). —LaBerge, 1963. Nebr. 



Univ. State Mus., Bui. 4: 234-235 (geogr. records). 

 communis alopex Cockerell. South. Calif, to B. C, east to Alta. and Utah. Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits flowers of Asclepias erosa, Cirsium, Clarkia amoena, C. elegans, Cryptantha 

 interynedia. Datura meteloides, Durantia pluynieri, Eyicelia californica, Eriodictyon 

 trichocalyx, Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium, Gilia capitata, Grindelia camporum, 

 Hugelia virgata, Lotus scoparius, Malvastrum fasciculatum, Medicago sativa, 

 Melilotus, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Monardella lanceolata, Opuntia 

 littoralis, Penstemon, Phacelia ramosissima, Salvia apiana, S. camosa, S. clevelandii, 

 Scabiosa, Spliaeralcea fasciculata, Stacliys apargioides, Stephanomeria exigna, 

 Trifolium involucrata. 



Melissodes alopex Cockerell, 1928. Psyche 35: 233. 6. 

 communis communis Cresson. Southeastern Ariz., north through eastern Colo, and Wyo. to 

 N. Dak. and east through 111. and Ind. in the north and through Tex. in the south to the 

 Atlantic. Pollen: Polylectic, appears to prefer pollen from flowers of Leguminosae and 

 Labiatae, but visits a wide variety of flowers including Abutilon theophrasti. Althaea 

 rosea, Amorpha, Asclepias syriaca, A. tuberosa, Baptisia, Befaria racemosa, Blephilia 

 hirsuta, Brazoria truncata. Campanula, Cassia fasciculata, Chrysopsis, angustifolia, 

 Cirsium discolor, C. lanceolatum, Cleome serrulata, Convolvulus, Croton, Cncurbita, 

 Cyrilla parviflora, Dalea multiflora, Dianthera americana, Echium vulgare, 

 Gossypium herbaceum, Grindelia, Helenium tenuifolium, Helianthus annuus, H. 

 lenticularis, Heliotropium, Hyrta, Ipomoea, Lactuca, Lythrum alatum, L. lineare, 

 Malva sylvestris, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, Mentha, Monarda citriodora, M. 

 fistulosa, M. pectinata, M. punctata, Nepeta cataria, Oenothera elliptica, 0. laciniata, 

 Opuntia, Passiflora incamata, Petalostemon occidentale, P. purpureum, P. violaceum, 

 Phaseolus, Platycodon grandiflorium, Prionopsis, Proboscidea louisianica, 

 Pycnanthemuyn flexuosum, Ratibida columnifera, Rudbeckia, Rhus glabra, Salvia, 

 Sidalcea reticulata, Solanuni elaeagnifolium, Solidago serotina, Teucrium canadense, 

 Thelesperma megapotamicum. Verbena stricta, Vernonia baldwini interior, V. glauca. 



Melissodes conununis Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 204. 9,6. 



Melissodes hortivagans Cockerell, 1905. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 180. 6,9. 



Melissodes Martini Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 526. 9. 



Melissodes variabilis Robertson, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 368. 9, 6. 



Melissodes xanthopteralis Cockerell, 1906. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17: 362. 6. 



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



Melissodes hortivagans melanotica Cockerell, 1925. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16: 231. 

 9. 

 comptoides Robertson. N. J. to Fla., west to S. Dak., Colo., Ariz. Pollen: Polylectic, appears to 

 prefer pollen of Euphorbia marginata, Medicago sativa and Melilotus alba, but visits 

 other flowers including Amphiachyris dracunculoides, Asclepias incamatus. Aster, 



