Superfamily APOIDEA 215S 



Opuntia basilaris, 0. lindheimeri, 0. macrorhiza, Parkinsonia, Pedis papposa, 

 Penstemon superba, Petalostemon candidnm, P.flavescens, P. occidentatum, Phacelia 

 glandulosa, P. popei, Philadelphus microphyUus, Polemonium, Prionopsis, Prosopis 

 juliflom, Psoralea tenuiflora, Pyracantha, Ratibida columnaris, R. tagetes, Rhus, Rosa, 

 Salix, Salsola kali, S. pestifer. Salvia lemmoni, Sapindxis drummondii, S. sapinarius, 

 Senecio longilobiis, S. werneriaefolius, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Solidago annua, S. 

 stetiolobus, Sphaeralcea angustifolia, S. coccinea, S. enioryi, S. laxa, S. lobata, S. 

 marginata, Stephanomeria, Tamarix gallica, Thurberia thespesioides. Verbena stricta, 

 Verbesina encelioides, Vemonia, Vicia, Wislize^iia refracta, Zexnienia podocephala. 

 Zinnia grandiflora. 



Melissodes tristis Cockerell, 1894. Ent. News 5: 234. 6. 



Melissodes pallidicincta Cockerell, 1896. Entomologist 29: 306. 9. 



Melissodes tristis var. malvina Cockerell, 1902. Entomologist 35: 177. 6. 



Melissodes semitristis Cockerell, 1905. Psyche 12: 102. 6. 



Melissodes pallidicincta erythrina Cockerell, 1925. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16: 231. 6. 



Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 161, fig. 8 (sleep). —Kurd and Linsley, 1975. 



Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 193: 41-42, fig. 17 (intrafloral relationships with Larrea). 

 utahensis LaBerge. Utah and Nev., south to south. Calif, and Ariz., Nebr. Pollen: Unknown, 

 but visits flowers of Chrysothamnus including C. nauseosus, Chaemataxis, Eriogonum 

 heermannii, Gutierrezia califomiica. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) utahensis LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 602, figs. 

 109-110. 9, cJ. 

 velutina (Cockerell). South, and cent. Calif. Pollen: Poly lege, especially of Polemoniaceae and 

 Compositae, visits flowers of Acanthopappus sphaerocephalus. Aster abatus, 

 Chorizanthe staticoides, Cirsium, Coreopsis lanceolata, Cryptantha intermedia, Encelia 

 actoni, Eremocarpus setigerus, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Gutierrezia califomica, G. 

 sarothrae, G. stricta, Helianthus gracilentus, Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum, 

 Hugelia ambigua, H. virgata, Lotus scoparius^, Marrubium vulgare, Mirabilis laevis, 

 Monarda lanceolata, Prosopis, Salvia columbariae, Trichostema lanatum. 



Exomalopsis vehitinus Cockerell, 1916. Pomona Jour. Ent. Zool. 8: 58. 9. 

 verbesinarum Cockerell. Wash, to southern Calif., east to Nev. and Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua to 

 Jalisco). Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, visits flowers of Actijiea, Argemone 

 platyceras, Aster canescens, A. tanacetifolius, Baileya multiradiata, Bigelovia, Cevallia 

 sinuata, Chaenactis, Chrysothamnus, Croton califomicus, Encelia califomica, 

 Erigeron, Eysenhardtia polystachya, Geraea canescens, Grindelia, Gutierrezia lucida, 

 Haplopappus acradenius, Lygodesmia juncea. Pedis papposa, Psilostrophe cooperi, 

 Sphaeralcea, Tamarix, Verbesina encelioides. 



Melissodes pecosella verbesinarum Cockerell, 1905. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 180. 9 . 

 vernalis LaBerge. Wash, and Nev. to southern Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California, 



Sonora, and Hidalgo). Pollen: Oligolege of Compositae, especially Encelia and Geraea, 

 visits flowers of Aster abatus, A. agnatus, Baileya multiradiata, Bebbia juncea, 

 Chilopsis linearis, Encelia farinosa, Geraea canescens, Hyptis emoryi, Melilotus, 

 Prosopis, Psilostrophe cooperi, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Viguiera deltoides. 



Melissodes (Eumelissodes) vernalis LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 608, figs. 

 113-114. 9, 6. 

 vernoniae Robertson. Ind., and N. Dak., west to Idaho, south to N. Mex. and Tex. Pollen: 



Polylectic, collects pollen of Vemonia, also probably uses pollen from Helianthus and 

 possibly Ipomoea, visits flowers oi Bideyis, Gaillardia pulchella, Grindelia, Helianthus 

 tuberosus, Heliopsis helianthoides, Ipomoea pandurata, Lacinaria, Laduca pulchella, 

 Liatris, Monarda fistulosa. Polygonum, Rudbeckia hirta, Silphium laciniatum, S. 

 speciosum. Verbena stricta, Vemonia altissima, V . fasciculata, V. baldwini interior, V. 

 longifolia, V. texana. 



Melissodes vernoniae Robertson, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 323. 9,6. 



Melissodes confusiformis incondita Cockerell, 1925. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16: 230. 

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