Superfamily APOIDEA 1973 



Biology: Michener, 1966. Kansas Ent. See, Jour. 39: 193-217 (bionomics). 

 vierecki (Crawford). Minn, to New England, south to La. and Ga. 

 Halictus vierecki Crawford, 1904. Ent. News 15: 97. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graenicher, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 158. S. 



viridatulus (Cockerell). Colo., Calif. 



Halictus viridatulus Cockerell, 1919. Ent. News 30: 290. 9. 



viridatus (Lovell). Minn, to N. S., south to La. and Ga. 



Halictus viridatus Lovell, 1905. Canad. Ent. 37: 300. 9. 



Dialictus lepidus Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 438. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 547. 



Biology: Atwood, 1933. Canad. Jour. Res. 9: 453. 

 weemsi Mitchell. N. C, Ga. 



Dialictus weemsi Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 431, fig. 99. 9. 



wheeleri Mitchell. Mass. (Forest Hills). 



Dialictus wheeleri Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 445. 3. 

 zephyrus (Smith). Maine to Ga., west to Minn., Colo, and Tex., Utah, Oreg. Parasite: Paralictus 

 cephalotes (Dalla Torre), Pseudomethoca frigida (Sm.). Predator: Philanthus gibbosus 

 (F.). 

 Halictus zephyrus Smith, 1853. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 68. 6. 



Taxonomy: Robertson, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 117. 9. —Cockerell, 1905. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 352. S. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24 (7): 1. — Rau, 1926. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 

 Trans. 25: 157. — LaBerge and Isakson, 1963. Ent. News 74: 113-116. —Lin, 1964. Ins. 

 Sociaux 11: 187-192 (reaction to mutillid parasitism). — Batra, 1964. Ins. Sociaux 11: 

 159-186, 20 figs, (behavior). —Batra, 1965. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 367-389 (associated 

 organisms). —Batra, 1966. Kansas Univ. Sci. Bui 46: 359-423 (life cycle, behavior). 

 —Michener and Brothers, 1971. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 236-239. —Michener, Brothers 

 and Kamm, 1971. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 276-279 (queen-worker relationships). 

 -Michener, Brothers and Kamm, 1971. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., Proc 68: 1241-1245 

 (interactions within colonies). —Bell, 1973. Ins. Sociaux 20: 189-196. -Bell, 1973. Ins. 

 Sociaux 20: 253-260 (factors controlling initiation of vitellogenesis). —Barrows and Snyder, 

 1973. Ent. News 84: 314-316. —Kamm, 1974. Kansas Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 8-18 (effects of 

 temperature, day length and number of adults on size of cells and offspring). —Brothers 

 and Michener, 1974. Jour. Compar. Physiol. 90: 129-168 (ethometry of division of labor). 

 -Brothers, 1974. Acad. Natl. Sci. U. S. A., Proc. 71: 671-674 (origin of altruism). -Bell, 

 Breed, Richards and Michener, 1974. Jour. Compar. Physiol. 93: 173-181 (nest defense). 

 —Bell and Hawkins, 1974. Jour. Compar. Physiol. 13: 183-193 (nest defense). —Bell, 1974. 

 Jour. Compar. Physiol. 13: 195-202 (intraspecific defense of nests). —Barrows, 1975. 

 Behavioral Biol. 15: 57-64 (female odor production, male response). —Kumar, 1975. Kansas 

 Ent. Soc, Jour. 48: 374-380, 3 tables (cell size). —Barrows, Bell, and Michener, 1975. Natl. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. A., Proc. 72: 2824-2828 (individual odor differences and their social 

 functions). —Breed and Gamboa, 1977. Science 195: 694-696, 2 figs, (behavioral control of 

 workers by queens). 



zophops (Ellis). Colo. 



Halictus zophops Ellis, 1914. Ent. News 25: 97. 9. 



Genus PARALICTUS Robertson 



Paralictus Robertson, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 299. 



Type-species: Halictus cephalotes Dalla Torre. Orig. desig. {=Halictus cephalicus 

 Robertson). 

 Members of this genus are believed to be inquilines in the nests of the genus Dialictus. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1960. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 141: 445-450, figs. 103, 104, table 

 13 (included species). 



