2118 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus EXOMALOPSIS Subgenus ANTHOPHORISCA Michener and Moure 



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

 112: 433. 



Type-species: Melissodes pygmaea Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 asteris Mitchell. Tex., Ind. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Aster. 



Exomalopsis (Anthophorisca) asteris Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 

 236, fig. 68. 9, c5. 

 chionura Cockerell. Cent. Calif. Pollen: Stores pollen of Grindelia camporum. 



Exomalopsis (Anthophorula) chionura Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 203. 

 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1957. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 50: 469-475 (larva). 



Biology: Rozen and MacNeill, 1957. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 50: 522-529 (nest, life history). 

 chlorina Cockerell. N. Mex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Sphaeralcea. 



Exomalopsis chlorina Cockerell, 1918. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2: 477. 9. 

 micheneri Timberlake. Miss. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Gerard ia. 



Exomalopsis (Anthophorula) micheneri Timberlake, 1947. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 55: 105. 

 9, 6. 

 morgan! (Cockerell). Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Helianthus. 



Anthophorula morgani Cockerell, 1914. Entomologist 47: 114. 9. 

 nitens Cockerell. South. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Aster, Calochortus 



splendens, Calycadenia multiglandulosa, C hlorogalum parviflorum, Brodiaea crocea, B. 

 isioides, Grindelia camporum, G. rubriflorum, Hemizonia fasciculata, Lessingia 

 germanorum, Lotus scoparius, Malacothamnus arcuatus, Malvastrum, fasciculatum, 

 Navarretia heterodoxa, Opuntia littoralis, 0. parryi. 

 Exomalopsis nitens Cockerell, 1915. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. Zool. 7: 231. 9. 

 pygmaea (Cresson). Nebr., Colo., Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Helianthus 

 annuus. 

 Melissodes pygmaea Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 279. 9. 

 Exomalopsis Bruneri Crawford, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 238. 9,6. 



Biology: Schwarz, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 24-26 (sleeping habits). 

 sidae Cockerell. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., South. Calif., Mexico (Baja California). Pollen: Apparently 

 an oligolege of the Malvaceae, visiting flowers of Sida hederacea, Sphaeralcea. 

 Predator: Philanthus arizonicus Bohart. 

 Exomalopsis sidae Cockerell, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 160. 9,6. 

 texana Friese. Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Helenium tenuifolium. 

 Exomalopsis texana Friese, 1899. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 14: 264. 9,6. 



Genus ANCYLOSCELIS Latreille 



Ancyloscelis Latreille, 1829. In Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, ed. 2, v. 5, p. 355. 



Type-species: Ancylosceles ursinus Haliday. First included species. 

 Ancylosceles{\) Haliday, 1837. Linn. Soc. London, Trans. 17: 320. 

 Dipedia Friese, 1906. Flora og Fauna, v. 8, p. 92. 



Type-species: Ancyloscelis armatus Smith. Desig. by Lutz and Cockerell, 1920 

 (=Chalcis apifortnis Fabricius). 



All species visit flowers of Ipomoea for pollen and nectar, but also visit flowers of other plants 

 for nectar. 



Revision: Michener, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 108-113. 

 apiformis (Fabricius). Brazil to Tex. Parasite: Anthrax limatulus Say, Monodontom.erus 

 mexicanus Gahan, Trophocleptria schraderi Mich.? 

 Chalcis apiformis Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System., p. 195. 6. 

 Ancyloscelis armatus Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 367. 6. 

 Nomia tarsalis Westwood, 1875. Ent. Soc. London, Trans, p. 221, pi. 5, fig. 5. 

 Melissodes toluca Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 219. 9 ( 6 misdet.). 



