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subillata LaBerge. Que. to Sask., south to N. C. and 111. Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, visits 

 flowers of Aster azureus, Clirysantliemum leucanthemum, Ciclioriuni mtybiis, Cirsium 

 arvense, Coreopsis ffrandiflora, C. lanceolata, Echinacea pallida, Epilohiuin 

 angustifolium, Eupatorium macidatum, Gaillardia aristafa, Helianthus 

 maximillianKS, H. petiolaris, Hieraceum auriantiacum, Latuca pulchella, Petalostemon 

 oligophylium, Platycodon grandiflorium, Psoralea lanceolata, Ratibida columnaris, 

 Rudbeckia hirta, R. laciniata, Solidago graviinifolium, So7ichus arvensis glabrescens, 

 Teucrium occidentalis, Vernonia fasciculata. 

 Melissodes (Eumelissodes) subillata LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 568, figs. 

 99-101. 9, d. 



submenuacha Cockerell. Colo., Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex. Pollen: Probably an oligolege of 

 Compositae, visits flowers oi Aplopappus gracilis, Bidens, Cleome serrulata, 

 Haplopappus heteropbylla, Helianthus annuus, H. petiolaris, Hymenothrix wislizeni, 

 Medicago sativa, Verbesina encelioides, V. oreophila. 



Melissodes menuacha var. submenuacha Cockerell, 1897. Entomologist 30: 137. S. 



Melissodes Heivetti Cockerell, 1905. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15: 527. 9. 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1963. Nebr. Univ. State Mus., Bui. 4: 241-242 (geogr. and floral 

 records). 



tincta LaBerge. Minn, and Mich, south to Tex. and Fla. Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, seems 

 to prefer Chrysopsis and Aster, visits flowers oi Aster longicaulus, Chrysopsis 

 microcephala, Helianthus maxiynilliaiius, Verbesina encelioides. 

 Melissodes (Euvielissodes) tincta LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 493. 9,3. 



trinodis Robertson. Southeast. Canada, Kans. and N. Dak. east to Maine and Ga. Parasite: 

 Triepeolus helianthi (Robt.). Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, especially Helianthus 

 including H. annuus, H. a. coronarius, H. atrorubens, H. divaricatus, H. grosse-serratus, 

 H. maxiniillianus, H. mollis, H. salicifolius, H. tuberosus, but also visits flowers of 

 Arctium, Asclepias incarnata, Aster anomalus, A. praeatus, Bidens aristosa, B. laevis, 

 Blephilia hirsuta, Carduus crispus, Cassia chaniaecrista, Cirsimn lanceolata. Coreopsis 

 palmata, C. tripteris, Dichophyllum marginatum, Grindelia, Helenium altissimum, H. 

 autumnale, Heliopsis helianthoides, Lepachys pinnata, Liatris, Monarda fistulosa, 

 Pepo, Petalostemon purpureum, Ratibida columnaris, Rudbeckia hirta, R. laciniata, R. 

 subnieiitosa, R. triloba, Solidago canadensis, S. rupestris, S. ulmifolia, Syniphoricarpos, 

 Teucrium canadense. Verbena hastata, V. stricta, Vernonia glauca, V. baldwini interior, 

 Veronica. 

 Melissodes trinodis Robertson, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 231. 9, d. 



Biology: Graenicher, 1905. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 3: 164 (nest). 

 tristis Cockerell. Nebr. to Calif., south through Tex. and Ariz, to southern Mexico (Puebla). 



Pollen: Most polylectic of all the species of the subgenus Eu)uelissodes, seems to prefer 

 flowers of the Leguminosae, Compositae and Malvaceae, visits flowers of Acacia, 

 Actinea acaulis, A. richardsonii, Allionia incarnata, Arabis, Argemone, Asclepias 

 galloides, A. verficillata. Aster canescens, A. spinosa, A. tayiacetifolium, Astrgalus, 

 Baccharis, Bahia, Baileya multiradiata, Berberis trifoliata, B. wilcoxii, Canotia 

 holocantha, Ceanothus fendleri, C. greggii, Celtis pallida, Cercidium texanum, Cevalia 

 sinuata, Chilopsis linearis, C. saligua, Chrysopsis hispida, Chrysothamnus, Cirsium 

 ochrocentrnm, C. undulatum, Cleome luteum, C. serrulata. Convolvulus, Croton 

 luteovirens, Dalea lasianthera, Dasylirion wheeleri, Encelia, Engelmannia pinnatifida, 

 Erigeron canadensis, Eriogonum trichopes. Euphorbia albo))iarginata, Eysenhardtia 

 polystacha, E. spinosa, Gaillardia pinnatifida, G. pulchella, G. suavis, Gaura, Gilia 

 calcarea, Gossypium herbaceum, Grindelia, Gutierrezia califoniica, Haplopappus 

 gracilis, H. laricifolius, Helenium autumnale, H. hoopesii, H. laciniatum, Helianthus 

 anyiuus, H. ciliaris, H. petiolaris, Hoffmanseggia densiflora, H. jamesii, Hymenothrix 

 wislizenii. Iris mios, Kallstroemia grandiflora, Larrea tridentata, Lepidium, 

 Lesquerella ovalifolia, Lippia cuneifolia, L. ligustrina, Lotus, Lupinus, Lygodesmia 

 juncea, Malvastrum cockerelli, Marrubium vulgare, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, M. 

 officinalis, Mentzelia multiflora, Mertensia franciscayia. Mimosa borealis, Monarda 

 citriodora, M. pectinata, Mortonia scabrella, Nepefa cataria, Nolina microcarpa. 



