Superfamily APOIDEA 2121 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 201 (flower relationships). 

 -MacSwain, Raven and Thorp, 1973. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 70: 26-29 (flower 

 relationships). 

 australis australis (Cresson). Colo., N. Mex., Tex., Ariz. Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of 

 Opuntia. 

 Melissodes australis Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 214. 9,6. 

 australis californica Timberlake. Calif., Colo., N. Mex., Calif.; Mexico (Zacatecas). Pollen: 

 Collects pollen from flowers of Cactaceae, principally Opuntia. Other subspecies of 

 australis are known from Mexico. 

 Diadasia australis califortiica Timberlake, 1940. Brooklyn Ent. See, Bui. 35: 28. 9, 6. 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 201-203. 

 bituberculata (Cresson). Calif. Parasite: Lytta ytielaena (LeC), Rhipiphorus diadasiae Linsley 

 and MacSwain, Sphaeropthalma auraria (Blake), S. unicolor (Cress.), Villa apicola Cole, 

 V. tricellula Cole. Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of the introduced Convolvulus 

 arvensis as well as from the native species of Calystegia and Convolvulus. 

 Melissodes bituberculata Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 218. 6. 

 DidasiaV.) cinerea Fowler, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 285. 6. 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1952. Pan-Pacific Ent. 28: 131-135. —Linsley and MacSwain, 

 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 203. — Schlising, 1972. Pan-Pacific Ent. 48: 175-188, 1 fig., 3 

 tables (foraging and nest provisioning behavior). 

 consociata Timberlake. Calif., Nev., Ariz. Parasite: Anthrax nidicola Cole, Rhipiphorus 



dammersi Barber, R. smithi Linsley and MacSwain, Villa apicola Cole. Pollen: Collects 

 pollen principally from flowers of Sida and may also collect pollen from flowers of 

 Sphaeralcea. 

 Diadasia consociata Timberlake, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. See, Bui. 34: 11. S, 9. 



Biology: Linsley, MacSwain and Smith, 1952. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 9: 267-290, 6 pis. 

 (bionomics). —Linsley and MacSwain, 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 203, 205, pi. 1, fig. 1 

 (nesting habits, flower relationships, parasites). 

 diminuta (Cresson). B. C. to Calif., east to Nebr., Kans. and Tex.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests are 

 sometimes usurped by Osmia seclusa Sandhouse. Parasite: Dasymutilla foxi (Ckll.), 

 Rhipiphorus sexdens Linsley and MacSwain, Villa perplexa (Coq.). Pollen: Collects 

 pollen from flowers of Sphaeralcea and Kallstroemia grandiflora. 

 Melissodes dimimita Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 215. <J. 

 Melissodes apacha Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 217. 9 . 



Biology: Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57:235-236 (nest usurpation). —Linsley and 



MacSwain, 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 205-211, pi. 2. (nesting habits, flower 



relationships, parasites). — Eickwort, Eickwort and Linsley, 1977. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 



50:1-17, 9 figs., 3 tables (nest aggregation, life history). 

 enavata (Cresson). Kans., Colo., N. Mex., Tex., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Parasite: Anthrax 

 nidicola Cole, Dasymutilla fulvohirta (Cress.). Pollen: Collects pollen from flowers of 

 Compositae, principally those oi Helianthus. Diadasia tricincta listed in synonymy 

 below is almost certainly a synonym of Synhalonia actuosa (Cress.), see Timberlake, 

 1969. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 57: 13. 



Melissodes enavata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 280. 9. 



Melissodes lursina Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 281. 6. 



Melissodes densa Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 282. S. 



Eucera arctos Dalla Torre, 1896. Cat. Hym., v. 10, p. 225. Proposed to replace ursina, 

 preoccupied- in Eucera in Dalla Torre's sense. 



Wiadasia S-cincta Provancher, 1896. Nat. Canad. 23: 28. 9. 



Wiadasia tricincta Fowler, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 286. Emend. 



Taxonomy: Michener, 1953. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 35: 1075, figs. 206-211 (larva). 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 212, pi. 1, fig. 5 (nesting 

 habits, flower relationships, parasites). 



friesei Cockerell. ?Calif., Ariz. 



Diadasia friesei Cockerell, 1898. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 192. 9. 



