Superfamily APOIDEA 2151 



crenulis, A. dumosus, A. ericoides, A. e. villosus, A. exiguus, A. grandiflorus, A. laevis, 

 A. lateriflorus, A. multiflonis, A. novaeangliae, A. paniciilatus, A. praeustus, A. 

 sagittifolius, A. salicifolius, A. turbinellus, Bacckaris, Bidens aristosa, B. laevis, B. 

 asteroides, Centaurea jimcea, Chrysopsis, C. mariana, Cirsiicm arvense, C. 

 lanceolatum, Cleome iiitea, C. semdata, Coreopsis tripteris. Cosmos, Epilobium 

 perfoliatum, Gaillardia, Griyidelia squarrosa, Helenmm autiimnale, H. tenuifolium, 

 Helianthus atromhens, H. divaricatus, H. grosse-serrahis, H. maximillianus, H. 

 petiolaris, H. radula, H. tuberosus, Heliopsis helianthoides, Hieracium scabrum, 

 Lycopus americanus, Marrubium viilgare, Melilotus alba, M. officinalis, Mentha, 

 Physostegia parviflora, Polymentha, Ratibida coiumnaris, R. pinnata, Rudbeckia 

 laciniata, R. subtomentosa, R. triloba, Silphium perfoliatum, Solidago altissima, S. 

 canadensis, S. graminifolia, S. juncea, S. nemoralis, S. rigida, S. rugosa, S. serotina. 

 Spiraea alba. Verbena hastata, V. stricta, Verbesina virginica, Vernonia fasciculata, V. 

 glauca. 



Macrocera rustica Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 406. 6, 9. 



Melissodes assimilis Smith, 1879. Descr. n. spp. Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 114. 9. 



Melissodes ambigua Smith, 1879. Descr. n. spp. Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 116. 9. 



Melissodes festinata Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym. v. 2, p. 300. 

 9, (J. 



Melissodes simillima Robertson, 1897. Acad. Sci. St. -Louis, Trans. 7: 355. 9, cJ. 



Melissodes asteris Robertson, 1914. Ent. News 25: 373. 9. 



Taxonomy: Clement, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 521, figs. 3-6 (larva). 



Biology: Clement, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 516-525, 6 figs., 1 table (nest architecture, 

 pollen stores, parasite). 

 saponellus Cockerell. Wash., Oreg., Calif., Utah, Colo. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Bahia oblongifolia, Chaenactis stevioides, Encelia actoni, Sphaeralcea, Trifolium. 

 Melissodes saponellus Cockerell, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 234. 9. 



Biology: LaBerge, 1963. Nebr. Univ. State Mus., Bui. 4: 241 (interspecific copulation). 

 semilupina Cockerell. B. C. south to Calif., east to Colo, and N. Mex. Pollen: Oligolege of 

 Compositae, especially Chrysothamnus and Haplopapptis, visits flowers of 

 Chrysothamnus nauseosus, C. n. consimilis, C. viscidiflorus typicus, Cleome, 

 Gutierrezia califomica, Haplopappus vemonioides. Hemitonia paniculata, Solidago 

 occidentalis. 



Melissodes menuacha semilupina Cockerell, 1905. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 4: 29. 6. 



Melissodes chrysothamni Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 524. 9. 

 snowii Cresson. Alta., Man., Colo., N. Mex., Nebr., N. Dak. Pollen: Probably an oligolege of 

 Compositae, especially Helianthus and Solidago, visits flowers of Aster, Cleome 

 serrulata, Gaillardia, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Helianthus petiolaris, H. sitbrhomboideus, 

 Lacinaria punctata, Medicago saliva, Solidago missouriensis, S. nemoralis, S. rigida. 



Melissodes snowii Cresson, 1872. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 24: 211. d. " 

 subagilis Cockerell. Minn., Alta. and Wash, south to northern Calif., Ariz, and Tex. Pollen: 

 Oligolege of Grindelia including G. naiia, G. squarrosa, but visits other flowers 

 including Aplopappus gracilis, A. spinulosus, A. tenuisectus. Aster adscendens, 

 Baccharis, Baileya multiradiata, Bigelovia wrightii, Chrysopsis hispida, 

 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Cleome serrulata, Erigeron, Gossypiu7n herbaceum, 

 Gutierrezia sarothrae, Haplopappus acradenius, Helianthus annuus, H. maximillianus, 

 H. petiolaris, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Medicago sativa, Pedis papposa, Petalostemon, 

 Prionopsis ciliata, Ratibida tagetes, Salsola pestifer, Silphium, Solidago rigida, S. 

 serotina, Sphaeralcea, Verbena hastata, Verbesina exauriculata. 



Melissodes agilis var. subagilis Cockerell, 1905. Entomologist 38: 145. 6. 



Melissodes pecosella Cockerell, 1905. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 179. 9. 



Tetraloniella excurrens melanaspis Cockerell, 1925. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16: 228. 

 9. 



Xenoglossodes albertensis Cockerell, 1937. Canad. Ent. 69: 87. 9. 



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



