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tribas LaBerge. Calif. (San Diego). 



Melissodes (Callimelissodes) tribas LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 326. 9. 

 tuckeri Cockerell. Mont., S. Dak., Nebr., Kans., Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of 

 Aster, Heterotheca subaxillaris. 



Melissodes Tuckeri Cockerell, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 129. 9. 



Genus MELISSODES Subgenus UNASSIGNED 



scotti Cockerell. Calif. (San Clemente Isl.). 



Melissodes scotti Cockerell, 1939. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 23: 430. 9. 



Unrecognized Species of the Genus Melissodes Latreille 



The types of the below listed are either lost or destroyed (see LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 42: 654). 



americana (Lepeletier). Carolina, 111. 



Macrocera americana Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 2, p. 92. S. 

 intermedia Cresson. Tex. 



Melissodes intermedia Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 278. 9. 

 pennsylvanica (Lepeletier). Pa. 



Macrocera pennsylvanica Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 2, p. 97. 6. 

 philadelphica (Lepeletier). Pa. 



Macrocera Philadelphica Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 2, p. 110. 6. 



Nomina Nuda in the Genus MELISSODES Latreille 



Melissodes maura Bray, 1917. Jour. Ent. Zool. 9: 94. 

 Melissodes pullata Bray, 1917. Jour. Ent. Zool. 9: 94. 



Genus FLORILEGUS Robertson 



Revision: Urban, 1970. Bol. Parana Univ. Federal, Zool. 3 (12): 245-280, 4 figs, (included spp.). 

 Genus FLORILEGUS Subgenus FLORILEGUS Robertson 



Florilegns Robertson, 1900. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 10: 53. 

 Type-species: Melissodes condigna Cresson. Monotypic. 

 condignus (Cresson). N. J. to Fla., west to Nebr., Colo., N. Mex., south to Argentina. Pollen: 

 Polylectic, visits a wide variety of flowers in the United States where it exhibits a 

 preference for those of the Leguminosae and particularly Medicago sativa. 



Melissodes condigna Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 207. 9. 



Melissodes palustris Robertson, 1892. Amer. Nat. 26: 273. 6. 



Tetralonia quadrata Bertoni and Schrottky, 1910. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. Syst. p. 572. 6,9. 



Florilegus pavoninus Cockerell, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 316. 9. 



Florilegus barticanus Cockerell, 1918. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 38: 690. 6. 



Tetralonia ecuadoria Friese, 1923. Arkiv. f. Zool. 15 (13): 3. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 253-255, fig. 78 

 (redescription). —LaBerge and Ribble, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 948-949, figs. 8-11 

 (cocoon, larva). 



Biology: LaBerge and Ribble, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 944-950, 11 figs., 1 table 

 (nesting behavior, nest architecture, floral relationships). 



Genus GAESISCHIA Michener, LaBerge and Moure 



Revision: Urban, 1963. Bol. Parana Univ. Federal, Zool. 3 (4): 79-129, 7 figs., 1 map, 2 tables 

 (Included spp.). 



Taxonomy: LaBerge, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 195-201, 3 figs, (diagnostic characteristics, 

 classification). 



