Superfamily APOIDEA 2143 



thelypodii thelypodii Cockerell. West Tex. to southeast. Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, 

 Durango). Pollen: Polylectic, takes pollen from a wide variety of plants including 

 Carthamnus, Gossypium, Kallstroemia grandiflora, but also visits the flowers of 

 Asclepias, Astragalus cottonii, Baccharis ghitinosa, C hamaesaracha coronopus, 

 Cirsium, Convolvulus, Gaillardia, Helianthus annuus, Hoffmanseggia jamesii, Ipomoea 

 mexicana, Larrea tridentata, Lipjria cuneifolia, Lygodesmia juncea, Medicago sativa, 

 Melilotus, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Sphaeralcea, Thelypodium linearifolium, Thurberia 

 thespesioides, Wedeliella incamata. Another subspecies, Meiissodes thelypodii stulta 

 LaBerge, occurs in Mexico (Colima, Durango, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca and San Luis 

 Potosi), Guatemala and Honduras. 



Meiissodes thelypodii Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 527. 9. 



Meiissodes kallstroemiae Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 16: 216. 6. 



Meiissodes kallstroemiae var. phenacoides Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 

 16:217. 6. 



Meiissodes thurheriae Cockerell, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 31. 9. 



Biology: Butler, Todd, McGregor and Werner, 1962. Ariz. Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 

 139: 1-11. — Cazier and Linsley, 1974. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2546: 14 (floral relationships). 



Genus MELISSODES Subgenus APOMELISSODES LaBerge 



Meiissodes sxihg. Apomelissodes LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1175. 

 Type-species: Meiissodes fimbriata Cresson. Orig. desig. 



apicata Lovell and Cockerell. Maine to Fla. Pollen: Oligolectic, obtains both pollen and nectar 

 from flowers of Pontederia, but visits other flowers for nectar including Cirsium, 

 Hydrocotyle umbellata, Melilotus alba, Oenothera speciosa, Stachys floridana, 

 Trifolium hybridum. 

 Meiissodes apicata Lovell and Cockerell, 1906. Psyche 13: 111. 9. 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1963. Nebr. Univ. State Mus., Bui. 4: 233-234 (geogr. and floral 

 records). 

 baileyi Cockerell. Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Callirhoe and Gaillardia. 

 Meiissodes Baileyi Cockerell, 1906. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17: 361. 9. 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1963. Nebr. Univ. State Mus., Bui. 4: 231-233. 6 (geogr. and floral 

 records). 

 fimbriata Cresson. Va. to Ga., west to Tex., Kans. Pollen: Oligolectic, obtains both pollen and 

 nectar from flowers of Oenothera, but visits other flowers for nectar including 

 Helianthus petiolaris, Kneiffia. 

 Meiissodes fimbriata Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 203. 9, cJ. 

 mitchelli LaBerge. N. C, Ga., Fla. Pollen: Apparently oligolectic, visits flowers of Opuyitia. 

 Meiissodes (Apomelissodes) mitchelli LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui 38: 556, fig. 7. 

 cJ, 9. 



Genus MELISSODES Subgenus HELIOMELISSODES LaBerge 



Meiissodes subg. Heliomelissodes LaBerge, 1956. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 37: 1172. 

 Type-species: Meiissodes desponsa Smith. Orig. desig. 

 desponsa Smith. N. S. to N. C, Ala., west to N. Dak. and Okla. Pollen: Oligolectic, obtains 

 pollen from flowers of Cirsium, but visits other flowers for nectar including Aster 

 novaeangliae, Brauneria purpurea, Carduus crispus. Cassia, Centaurea jacea, Coreops 

 aristosa, Helianthus annuus, H. grosse-serratus. Inula helenium, Monarda fistula sa, 

 Pontederia cordata, Pycnanthemum, Riidbeckia laciniata, Silphium, perfoliatum, 

 Solidago canadensis, S. puberula. Verbena striata. 



Meiissodes desponsa Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 310. 9 . 



Meiissodes daponsa{\) Bridwell, 1899. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 16: 211. 



Meiissodes nigripes Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 311. 9 (6 misdet.). 



Meiissodes cnici Robertson, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 230. 9,6. 



