2148 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Lanham, 1977. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 50: 312 (holotype). 

 Melissodes fremontii Cockerell, 1907. Entomologist 40: 268. 6. 

 Melissodes keUoggi Cockerell, 1919. Ent. News 30: 293. 6. 

 illata Lovell and Cockerell. P. E. I. to Alta., south to N. C. in the mts. and 111. Pollen: Oligolege 

 of Compositae, especially Solidago and Aster, visits flowers of Aster aznreus, Cirsiurn 

 arvense, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum pinnatifidwm, Grindelia, Helianthus 

 strumosus, Hieracmm auriantiacum , Leontodon, Riidbeckia serotina, Solidago 

 canadensis, S. gigantea leiophylla, S.juncea, Sonchus, Tanacetum vulgare. 

 Melissodes illata Lovell and Cockerell, 1906. Psyche 13: 110. 9, 6. 



limbus LaBerge. Ariz., N. Mex. and Tex., to central Mexico (Jalisco and Hidalgo). Pollen: 



Oligolege of Compositae, especially Verbesina, Aplopappus and Baileya, visits flowers 

 of Aplopappus gracilis, A. spinulosns, A. teniiisectus, Argemone, Aster, Baccharis, 

 Baileya multiradiata, Chrysothamnus, Encelia farinosa, Eriogonum, Gossypium, 

 herbaceiim, Grindelia, Gntierrezia, Hymenothrix wislizenii, Kallstroeniia grandiflora, 

 Marrubium vulgare, Melilotus alba. Pedis papposa, Sphaeralcea, Verbesina encelioides, 

 V. exauriculata, Wedeliella incamata. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) li7nbus LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 585. 9, 6. 

 lutulenta LaBerge. B. C. to Sask., south to Calif. Ariz, and Mexico (Guanajuato). Pollen: 

 Oligolege of Compositae, especially Chrysothamnus, Grindelia and Solidago, visits 

 Achillea millefolia, Anthemis cotulla. Aster spinosus, Centromadia pungens, 

 Chaemataxis, Chrysothamnus, Cleome, Grindelia squarrosa, Gntierrezia, Helianthus, 

 Melilotus alba, Mentzelia veatchiana, Solidago occidentalis. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) lutulenta LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 599. 9,6. 

 manipularis Smith. Fla. to N. C, ?Va. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Chrysopsis, 

 Kuhnistera, Petalostemon. The Virginia record pertains to a collection made at the 

 flowers of Eupatorium in Falls Church and has not been verified since it was published 

 in 1907 by Cockerell. 



Melissodes manipularis Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 312. 6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 329. 

 melanura (Cockerell). Calif., Nev. Pollen: Presumably an oligolege of summer and fall 



flowering Compositae including Aster, Corethrogyne bemardina, Erigeron, Gutierrezia 

 califomica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus linearifolius, Lessingia glandulifera, Solidago 

 elongata, but also visits flowers of Eriogonum virgatum. 



Exoynalopsis melanurus Cockerell, 1916. Pomona Jour. Ent. Zool. 8: 59. 9. 

 menuachus Cresson. B. C, Alta. and N. Dak., south to Calif., Tex., and 111.; Mexico (Chihuahua, 

 Zacatecas). Parasite: Triepeoius occidentalis Cress.? Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, 

 especially Grindelia and Solidago, visits flowers of Argemone intermedia, A. platyceras. 

 Aster laevis, A. multiflora. Cassia chamaecrista, Chrysopsis, Chrysothamnus graveolus 

 glabrata, Cleome serrulata, Eustoma russellianum, Gaillardia, Grindelia inomata, G. 

 squarrosa, Gutierrezia calif ornic^mi, G. sarothrae, Helianthus annuus, H. petiolaris, 

 Hymenothrix wislizenia, Medicago saliva, Melilotus alba, Petalostemon oligocephalum. 

 Polygonum, Rudbeckia laciniata, Sidalcea neomexicana, Solidago canadensis, S. rigida. 

 Verbena, Viguiera, Xanthocephalum gymnospemioides. 



Melissodes Menuachus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 388. 6. 



Melissodes meimacusH) Uhler, 1877. U. S. Geol. Geog. Survey, Bui. 3: 783. 



Melissodes pallida Robertson, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 127. 9. 



Melissodes Mizeae Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 522. 9. 



Melissodes blakei Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 523. 9. 



Melissodes lavata Cockerell, 1924. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 56. 9. 



Melissodes octobris Cockerell, 1934. Ent. News 45: 30. 9. 



Biology: Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ., Studies 15: 225 (nest site). 

 micheneri LaBerge. Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts. and Peninsular Mts. of south. Calif.). Pollen: 

 Oligolege of Compositae, especially Chrysothamnus and Chrysopsis, visits flowers of 

 Bigelovia, Chrysopsis fastigiata, C. villosa, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Haplopappus 

 arborescens, H. bloomeri angustatus, Solidago. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) micheneri LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 642. 9, d. 



