Superfamily APOIDEA 2159 



genus Amegilla and the genus Anthophora which occurs on all the continents except Australia. 

 In the New World the tribe is represented by the apparently endemic, North American Deltop- 

 tila and Emphoropsis and by Anthophora which, although present in both North and South 

 America, is especially well represented by numerous species in North America. While most of 

 the studied Anthophorini nest in the ground, at least members of the subgenus Clisodon make 

 their nests in wood. 



Genus ANTHOPHORA Latreille 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 64-72. — Michener, 1936. Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates 876: 1-2 (small group only). —Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 

 152: 323-331, figs. 90-93 (eastern U. S. spp.). 



Genus ANTHOPHORA Subgenus ANTHOPHORA Latreille 



Podalirius Latreille, 1802. Hist. Hat. Fourmis, p. 430. Name suppressed by Intematl. 



Comn. Zool. NomencL, Op. 151, 1944. 

 Anthophora Latreille, 1803. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., v. 18, p. 167. Proposed unnecessarily to 

 replace Podalirius Latreille. 



Type-species: Apis acervorum Linnaeus. Desig. by Intematl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 

 Op. 151, 1944. (=Apis pilipes Fabricius). 

 Lasius Panzer, [1801-1802]. Faunae Ins. German., h. 86, no. 16. Name suppressed by 



Intematl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 151, 1944. 

 Podalirius subg. Paramegilla Friese, 1897. Die Bienen Europas, v. 3, p. 18. 



Type-species: Apis ireos Pallas. Desig. by Sandhouse, 1943. 

 Anthophoroides Cockerell and Cockerell, 1901. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 7: 48. 



Type-species: Podalirius vallorum Cockerell. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Anthemoessa Robertson, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 372. Preocc. 



Type-species: Anthophora abrupta Say. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Melea Sandhouse, 1943. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 92: 526. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1951. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 59: 51-62 (western U. S. spp.). 



—Michener, 1960. Queensland Nat. 16: 63 (status of Amegilla). 

 abrupta Say. N. Y. to Fla., west to Mich., south to La. and Tex. Parasite: Homia m. 



miyiutipennis Riley, M onodontomerus mandibularis Gahan, M. montivagus Ashm., 

 Physocephala sagittaria (Say), Xeromelecta califomica (Cress.)., X. intemipta (Cress.). 

 Pollen: Unknown, but visits a wide variety of flowers including Aescidus, Asclepias, 

 Azalea, Blephilia, Cirsium, Convolvulus, Comus, Delphinium, Dianthera, Diospyros, 

 Fransera, Gillenia, Hydrophyllum, Iris, Leonurus, Melilotus, Mertensia, Monarda, 

 Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemon, Polygonatum, Rosa, Rubus, Scutellaria, Stachys, 

 Teucrium, Trifolium, Triosteum, Vicia. 



Anthophora abrupta Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 409. S. 



Anthophora sponsa Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 339. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1080, figs. 232, 233 (larva). 



Biology: Walsh, 1868. Amer. Ent. 1: 9 (as sponsa). — Ashmead, 1894. Psyche 7: 25. — Frison, 

 1922. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 48: 137-156. -Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24 (7): 

 35. —Rau, 1926. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 166. —Rau, 1929. Jour. Compar. Psychol. 9: 

 53. -Rau, 1929. Psyche 36: 156. 

 abruptella Cockerell. Calif. Parasite: Sphaeropthalma unicolor (Cress.). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Amsinckia intermedia, Eriodictyon califomicum, Phacelia dista7is, P. 

 ramosissima. 

 Anthophora abruptella Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 72. 9. 

 affabilis Cresson. Calif., Utah, Colo., N. Mex., Tex. Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of 

 Camissonia clavaeformis, Oenothera caespitosa, 0. deltoides. 

 A7ithophora affabilis Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc 30: 189. cJ, 9. 

 aterrima Cockerell. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Satureja douglasii, 

 Thermopsis macrophyllus. 

 Anthophora aterrima Cockerell, 1924. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 51. 9, 6. 



