Superfamily APOIDEA 2141 



Blephilia hirsuta, Campanula americana, Cassia fasciculata, Cleome serrulata, Cicuta 

 maculata, Cirsium lanceolatum, Diodea teres, Gossypium herbaceum, Helenium 

 tenuifolium, Heliantkus annuus, H. petiolaris, Lepachys pinnata, Lespedeza virginica, 

 Lndwigia altemifoHa, Lycopus americanus, Lythnim alattim, L. lineare, L. salicaria, 

 Monarda citriodora, M . fistulosa, M. punctata, Petalostemon purpureum, Prunella 

 vulgaris, Pcynanthemum flexuosum, P. pilosum, P. virgianum, Ratibida, Solidago 

 serotina, Symplioricarpos, Taxaracuni officinale, Teucrium canadense. Verbena hastata, 

 V. stricta, Vemonia fasciculata, V. longifolia, V. noveboracensis. 



Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 8: 52. 9, 6. 



Melissodes martini hitei Cockerell, 1908. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2: 331. 9. 

 gilensis gilensis Cockerell. Ariz., N. Mex., Colo. Pollen: Polylectic, visits flowers of Arabis, 

 Asclepias tuberosa, Cercidium torreyanum, Cirsium, Lippia lyciddea, Lotus brightii, 

 Lupinus, Malva, Melilotus alba, M. officinalis, Monarda menthaefolia, M. stricta, 

 Nolina, Robinia neomexicana. Another subspecies, Melissodes gilensis crenata 

 LaBerge, occurs in Mexico. 



Melissodes gilensis Cockerell, 1896. Entomologist 29: 306. 9,6. 



Melissodes epicharina Cockerell, 1905. Psyche 12: 99. 9. 

 maesta LaBerge. Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas). Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits flowers of Helenium, Monarda citriodora, Phacelia. 



Melissodes (Melissodes) maesta LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1095. 6, 9. 

 paroselae Cockerell. South. Calif, to southwest. Tex.; Mexico (Baja Calif., Sonora, Chihuahua, 

 Nayarit). Pollen: Polylectic, visits flowers of Acacia greggii, Argemone, Asclepias 

 subulata. Aster canescens, Cucurbita, Cleome luteum, Dalea albifrons, Dasylirion 

 wheeleri, Eriogonum trichopes, Franseria eriocentra, Gaillardia, Gossypium herbaceum, 

 Haplopappus keterophylla, Heliantkus annuus, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Kallstroemia 

 grandiflora, Larrea tridentata, Leucophyllum frutescens, Lippia, Lygodesmia juncea, 

 Medicago sativa, Opuntia, Parosela scoparia, Pedis papposa, Petalostemon, Prosopis 

 glandulosa, Psilostrophe cooperi, Pyrrhopappus multicatdis, Rhus, Salix, Senecio 

 longilobus, Thurberia thespesioides, Verbesina e7icelioides, V. exauriculata, Wedelia 

 incamata, Wislizenia pahneri, W. refracta, Ziiinia grandiflora. 



Melissodes parosetae Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 528. 6. 



Melissodes paroselae Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 16: 477. Justified 

 emendation of parosetae. 



Melissodes Helenae Cockerell, 1906. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17: 365. 9. 



Melissodes communis gratior Cockerell, 1923. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 12: 85. 9. 



Biology: Mathewson and Daly, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 120. — Linsley, 1962, Ent. Soc. 



Amer., Ann. 55: 161, fig. 8. —Butler, Todd, McGregor and Werner, 1962. Ariz. Univ. Agr. 



Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 139: 1-11. — Hurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 41 



(floral relationships with Larrea). 

 tepaneca Cresson. Kans., 111. and N. C. south through Tex. and Mexico to Panama. Pollen: 

 Polylectic, visits flowers oi Abutilon aviceymes, A. theophrasti, Agastache breviflora, 

 Asclepias syriaca, A. tuberosa. Aster tanacetifolium, Baccharis, Bonichia frutescens, 

 Brazoria truncata, Callirhoe involucrata, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Cercidium 

 texanum. Coreopsis palmata, Comuta grandifloria, Cuphea balsamona, Dalea grisea, 

 Davilla knuthii, Donnellsmithia hintonii, Eryngium leavenworthii, Eysenhardtia 

 polystacka, Gaillardia stiavis, Gossypium herbaceum, Grindelia, Helenium 

 microcephalum. Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea longifolia, L murucoides, /. triloba, 

 Lactuca pulcbella, Lindheimeria texana, Lippia, Lythrum alatum, L. lanceolatum, 

 Marrubium vulgare, Medicago, Monarda punctata, Opuntia lindheimeri, Parkinsonia, 

 Petalostemon multiflorium, P. purpureum, P. violaceum, Phacelia, Phlox, Prosopis, 

 Ratibida columnifera pulcherrima, Rubus, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sida acuta, Sphaeralcea, 

 Sisyrinchium campestre, Teucrium canadense, Verbesina encelioides. Verbena 

 officinalis, V. stricta, Vemonia aschenbortiiana. 



Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 210. 9 in part (6 

 misdet.). 



Melissodes petalostemonis Robertson, 1900. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 10: 53. 9. 



Melissodes galvestonensis Cockerell, 1905. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 181. 9, i. 



