2116 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



pulchella Cresson. Southern Fla.; Cuba. 



Exomalopsis pulchella Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 191. 9, 6. 

 similis Cresson. Southern Fla.; Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica. Pollen: Polylectic, visits a wide 



variety of flowers for nectar and pollen including Antigonum leptopus, Borreria laevis, 

 Citrus, Cleome, Cocos nucifera, Coynelina, Kallstroemia, Ludwigia, Malpighia 

 punicifolia, Mimosa pudica, Piriqueta cistoides, Psidiuin guajava, Rhynchospora 

 nervosa, Sida, Solanuin, Stachytarpheta, Teliostachya alopecuroidea, Trimezia. 



Exomalopsis similis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 191. 9. 



Exomalopsis penelope Cockerell, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 161. 9, cJ. 



Exomalopsis ogilviei Cockerell, 1938. Entomologist 71: 281. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 104: 109 (synonymy). 



Biology: Raw, 1977 (1976). Biotropica 8:270-277, 2 figs., 2 tables (seasonal changes in 

 numbers and foraging activities). 

 zexmeniae Cockerell. South. Tex. to Panama. Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of grasses, 

 composites and Solanaceae. 

 Exomalopsis zexmeniae Cockerell, 1912. Ent. News 23: 447. 9. 

 Exomalopsis azulensis Cockerell, 1949. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 98: 451. 9. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 104: 108, figs. 62-64 (synonymy, 

 taxonomic characters, floral relationships). 



Genus EXOMALOPSIS Subgenus PHANOMALOPSIS Michener and Moure 



Exomalopsis subg. Phanomalopsis Michener and Moure, 1957. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 

 112:430. 



Type-species: Exomalopsis jenseni Friese. Orig. desig. 

 snowi Cockerell. South. Tex. 



Exomalopsis snowi Cockerell, 1906. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18: 73. S. 

 solani Cockerell. Tex., N. Mex., Colo (Pueblo), Ariz.; Mexico (Zacatecas). Pollen: Polylege of a 

 wide variety of flowers including Acacia, Baileya, Cassia, Chrysothamnus, Chilopsis 

 linearis, Cleome, Croton, Eriogonum, Flaveria, Haplopappus, Kallstroemia, Larrea, 

 Petalostemon, Sola7iu7n, Sphaeralcea, Verbesiyia. 

 Exomalopsis solani Cockerell, 1896. Canad. Ent. 28: 25. 9. 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Smith, 1954. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 55: 83-101. 

 — Linsley, MacSwain and Smith, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 263-264 (nest). —Michener, 

 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 315-317 (cooperative nest provisioning). — Hurd and 

 Linsley, 1975. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 40 (nest sites, floral relationships). 

 solidaginis Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz., south. Calif., desert. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers 

 of Gutierrezia lucida, Heterotheca, Lippia wrightii, Solidago canadensis arizonica. 

 Exomalopsis solidaginis Cockerell, 1898. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 2: 452. 6. 

 Exomalopsis verbesinae Cockerell, 1904. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 14: 21. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1907. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 539. 9,6. 



Genus EXOMALOPSIS Subgenus ANTHOPHORULA Cockerell 



Anthophorula Cockerell, 1897. N. Mex. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 24: 44. 



Type-species: Anthophorula compactula Cockerell. Monotypic 

 Diadasiella Ashmead, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 64. 



Type-species: Synhalonia albicans Provancher. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 (=Diadasiella coquilletti Ashmead). 

 Exomalopsis subg. Pachycerapis Cockerell, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 47: 4. 

 Type-species: Exomalopsis comigera Cockerell. Orig. desig. 

 albata Timberlake. Utah., Ariz., south. Calif., desert. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. reniforme, E. trichopes, Gutierrezia lucida. 

 Exomalopsis (Anthophorula) albata Timberlake, 1947. N. Y.Ent. Soc, Jour. 55: 92. 9, 6. 



