Superfamily APOIDEA 1979 



Type-species: Aiidrena haemorrhoidaUs Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Kirbya Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 2, p. 145. Preocc. 



Type-species: Melitta tricincta Kirby. Desig. by Sandhouse, 1943. 

 Melitta subg. Brachycephalapis Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 47. 

 Type-species: Melitta califomica Viereck. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 americana (Smith). Maine to Ga., Miss. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Polycodium and 

 Rubus. 

 Cilissa americana Smith, 1853 Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 123. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1906. Psyche 13: 5. 9. 



americaniformis Viereck. N. J. 



Melitta americanifoiinis Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 50. 9. 

 wilmattae Cockerell. Ariz., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Coreopsis and Larrea. 



Melitta wilmattae Cockerell, 1937. Amer. Mus. Novitates 948: 3. 9. 



Genus MELITTA Subgenus DOLICHOCHILE Viereck 



Dolickochile Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 49. 



Type-species: Doliclwchile melittoides Viereck. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 melittoides (Viereck). Conn, to Ga., Tenn. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Polycodium, 

 Xolis7na and Zenobia. 

 Dolickochile melittoides Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 49. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1911. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 8: 692. 



Subfamily DASYPODINAE 

 Genus HESPERAPIS Cockerell 

 Revision: Cockerell, 1916. Psyche 23: 176-177. 



Genus HESPERAPIS Subgenus HESPERAPIS Cockerell 



Hesperapis Cockerell, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 147. 



Type-species: Hesperapis elegantula Cockerell. Monotypic. 

 Zacesta Ashmead, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 73. 



Type-species: Zacesta nifipes Ashmead. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 arida Michener. Ariz., south. Calif., desert. Pollen: Oligolectic on flowers o{ Lan-ea tridentata. 



Biology: Hurd and Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 32-33 (floral relationships). 

 Hesperapis arida Michener, 1936. Ent. News 47: 183. 6,9. 



elegantula Cockerell. N. Mex. 



Hesperapis elegantula Cockerell, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 148. 9. 

 rufipes (Ashmead). South. Calif. Pollen: Oligolectic on flowers of Hugelia. 



Zacesta rufipes Ashmead, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 73. 6. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1936. Ent. News 47: 182. 6,9. —Michener, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 

 35: 1040, figs. 281-287 (larva). 



Genus HESPERAPIS Subgenus AMBLYAPIS Cockerell 



Amblyapis Cockerell, 1910. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 362. 



Type-species: Halictoides ilicifoliae Cockerell. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 ilicifoliae (Cockerell). Calif. Pollen: Oligolectic on flowers of Adenostoma. 



Halictoides ilicifoliae Cockerell, 1910. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 361. 6. 



Genus HESPERAPIS Subgenus PANURGOMIA Viereck 



Panurgomia Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 48. 



Type-species: Panurgomia fuchsi Viereck. Monotypic. 



