Superfamily APOIDEA 2145 



occidentale, P. purpureum, Phacelia, Physostegia parviflora, Platycodon grandiflomm, 

 Pluchea camphorata, Prionopsis, Pycnanthemurn flexuosiim , P. pitosum, 

 Pyrrhopappus multicaulis, Rudbeckia hirta, R. laciniata, R. triloba, Schrankia 

 uncinata, Senecio, Silphium iyitegrifolium, S. laciniahim, S. perfoliatum, S. speciosum, 

 Slum, cicutaefolium, Solidago canadensis, S. serotina, S. trinervata, Teucrium 

 canadense, Verbena hastata, V. striata, Verbesina encelioides, V. exauriculata, V. 

 occidentalis, Venionia baldwini interior, V. baldwini occidentalis, V.fasciculata, 

 Veronica, Vitex agnus-castus, Wislizenia refracta. 



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



Melissodes aurigenia Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 212. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24 (7): 34 (nest site, burrow). —Custer, 1928. 



Canad. Ent. 60: 28-31, 2 figs, (possibly this species using same burrow entrance as Svastra 



obliqua Say). 

 appressa LaBerge. Calif. Pollen: Oligolege of autumnal flowering Compositae, especially 

 Gutierrezia, Haplopappus, Heterotheca, but visits other flowers including Alyssum 

 maritinum. Aster exilis, Centromadia pungens, Croton calif ortiicus, Grindelia 

 califomica, G. camporum, Helianthus annuus, Heliotropium curassavicum, H. 

 oculatum, Hemizonia pungens, Lessingia glandidifera, Melilotus alba, Phacelia 

 crenulata, Pluchea camphorata, Senecio, Solidago confinis, S. occidentalis. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) appressa LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 616. 9,3. 

 bicolorata LaBerge. Northern Calif., Nev., Utah. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 C hrysothamnus, Haplopappus arborescens, Melilotus, Penstemon palmeri. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) bicolorata LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 441. 9,6. 

 bidentis Cockerell. N. Dak. and Minn., east to N. Y., south to Tex. Pollen: Apparently an 

 oligolege of Compositae, visits flowers o{ Bidens, Echinacea pallida, Gossypium 

 herbaceum, Helianthus annuus, H. maximill,ianus, H. tuberosus, Physostegia 

 parviflora, Rudbeckia laciniata, Sonchus terrestris. 



Melissodes bidentis Cockerell, 1914. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 14: 362. 9. 

 bimatris LaBerge. B. C. to Calif., east to Colo, and N. Mex. Pollen: Probably oligolectic, 



obtaining pollen principally from flowers of Chrysothamnus including C. nauseosus, C. 

 n. consimilis, C. n. gnaphalodes, C. n. hololeucus, C. n. ynohavensis, C. n. occidentalis, 

 C. n. speciosus, C. paniculatiis, C. parryi, C. viridulus, C. viscidiflorus viscidiflorus, and 

 Haplopappus acradenius, H. arborescens H. palmeri, but also visits flowers of 

 Artemisia, Aster, Bigelovia, Centromadia pungens, Chaematoris, E riogonum, Grindelia 

 camporum, Gutierrezia califomica, G. lucida, G. sarothrae, Helianthus, Rhamnus 

 califomica, Senecio. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) bimatris LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 431. 9,3. 



boltoniae Robertson. Pa. to Minn, south to Fla. and Tex. Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, 



visiting flowers of Abutilon avicennae, Amphiachyris dracunculoides. Aster ericoides 

 villosus, A. multiflorus, A. novaeangliae, A. praeatus, Bidens involucrata, Boltonia 

 asteroides. Cassia, Chrysopsis, Cirsium, Coreopsis aristosa, Helenium altissimum, H. 

 autumnale, H. tenuifolium, Helianthus annuus, H. grosse-serratus, H. tuberosus, 

 Heterotheca latifolia, Lythrum, Ratibida pinnata, Rudbeckia triloba, Silphium, Solidago 

 canadensis, S. missouriensis. Verbena stricta, Vemonia baldwini interior. In the 

 vicinity of Lawrence, Kansas females have been observed almost invariably collecting 

 pollen from flowers of Amphiachyris dracunculoides. 



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



Melissodes melandri Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 109. 9. 

 brevipyga LaBerge. Ariz., Calif., Idaho. Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, visits flowers of Aster 

 spinulosus, A. tephrodes, Baccharis emoryi, Chi-ysotham7ius, Gutierrezia califomica, G. 

 sarothrae, Haplopappus acradenius, Palafoxia linearis. Pedis papposa. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) brevipyga LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 606, figs. 

 111-112. 9, 3. 

 cerussata LaBerge. Calif. (Blythe, Hopkins Well and Ludlow). Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of G era ea canescens and Hoffmanseggia in the fall. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) cemssata LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 436. 9. 



