Superfamily APOIDEA 2161 



californica texana Cresson. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Tex.; Mexico (Zacatecas). Pollen: Unknown, 

 hilt visits flowers of Caesalpinia falcaria, Chilopsis linearis, Larrea tridentata. 

 Anthophora texana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 282. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1905. Canad. Ent. 37: 335. 6. 

 capistrata Cresson. Tex.; ?Mexico (Baja Calif.). 



Anthophora capistrata Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 187. 6. 

 centriformis centriformis Cresson. Nev., Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.). 



Anthophora centriformis Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 212. 6. 

 centriformis vierecki Cockerell. N. Mex., Nev., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Beloperone californica, Hyptis emoryi, Lotus scoparius, Lupinus odoratus, Nama 

 parryi, Penstemon spectabilis, Scutellaria angustifolia. 

 Anthophora centriformis vierecki Cockerell, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 69. S. 

 chlorops chlorops Michener. Wash. 



Anthophora chlorops Michener, 1936. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 31: 92. 9. 

 chlorops utahensis Michener. Utah. 



Anthophora chlorops utahensis Michener, 1936. Amer. Mus. Novitates 876: 2. 9. 

 citreostrigata Dours. North America. (No recent records; doubtless not Nearctic). 



Anthophora citreo-strigata Dours, 1868. Soc. Linn. Nord France, Mem. 71: 95. 9. 

 coptognatha Timberlake. Ariz., Calif, deserts. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Dalea 

 fremontii, Lantana, Larrea tridentata, Lycium, Prosopis, Salvia pilosa. 

 Anthophora coptognatha Timberlake, 1951. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 59: 54. S, 9. 

 crotchii Cresson. B. C, Wash., Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits a wide variety of flowers 



including Amsinckia douglasiana, A. eastwoodae, A. intermedia, Astragalus, Brassica, 

 Brodiaea capitata, Caulanthus heterophyllus. Delphinium parryi, Eriodictyon, Lantana 

 montevidensis, Lupinus, Mamibium vulgare, Oenothera, Orthocarpus purpurascens, 

 Raphanus sativus. Salvia carduacea, S. columbariae, Trichostema parishii. 

 Anthophora crotchii Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 192. 6. 

 Anthophora Washingtoni Cockerell, 1905. In Viereck, Canad. Ent. 37: 313. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 161. 6. 



dammersi Timberlake. Calif. Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of Camissonia kemensis, but 

 also visits flowers of Amsinckia douglasiana, A. intermedia, Beleperone californica, 

 Chaenactis fremontii, Salazaria m,exicana. Salvia carduacea. 

 Anthophora dammersi Timberlake, 1937. Amer. Mus. Novitates 958: 15. S , 9. 



edwardsii edwardsii Cresson. Wash, to Calif., Nev. and Utah. Parasite: Anthrax sp. near fur 

 0. S., Dasymutilla aureola (Cress.), M electa separata callura (CklL), Meloe fransiscana 

 Van Dyke, Mythicomyia sp. near pusilla Melander, Nemognatha scutellaris LeC, 

 Sphaeropthalma unicolor (Cress.), Tricrania stansburyi Hald., Xeromelecta californica 

 (Cress.). Pollen: Collects pollen from Amsinckia and Astragalus, but visits these and a 

 wide variety of other flowers for nectar including Brassica, Brodiaea, Cryptantha, 

 Erodium, Eriogonum, Lantana, Layia, Lupinus, Mentzelia, Orthocarpus, Phacelia, 

 Plagiobothrys, Prunus, Raphamis. Ribes, Salix, Salvia, Solanum. Predator: Anthrenus 

 scrophulariae (L.). Ptinus califomicus Pic. 

 Anthophora edwardsii Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 190. 9, cj. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1958. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1082, figs. 228, 234, 235 (larva). 

 —Timberlake, 1951. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 59: 62. 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 130. —Thorp, 1969. 

 Amer. Midland Nat. 82: 321-337, 7 figs., 1 map, 2 tables (nest, flight behavior, flower 

 relationships, «nemies). 

 edwardsii gohrmanae Cockerell. Colo., N. Mex., Calif. 



Anthophora gohrmanae Cockerell, 1903. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 454. S. 

 Anthophora gohrmanae var. coloradensis Michener, 1936. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 31: 92. 

 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1951. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 59: 62. 



