Superfamily APOIDEA 2083 



fulviventris (Cresson). Calif. Host: Dufourea dentipes Bohart? 



Phileremus fulviventris Cresson, 1873. Amer. Ent. Sec, Trans. 8: 83. 6. 



sierrae (Linsley). Calif. 



Gnathopasites {Gyiatkopasites) sierrae Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Sec, Trans. 6: 144. 9,6. 



Genus NEOPASITES Subgenus MICROPASITES Linsley 



Gnathopasites subg. Micropasites Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 130. 



Type-species: Neopasites cressoiii Crawford. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



An undescribed species of this subgenus has been reared from Dufourea {Halictoides) 

 trochantera Bohart. 



cressoni Crawford. Calif., Ariz. Host: Dufourea mulleri (Ckll.). 



Neopasites cressoni Crawford, 1916. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 136. 6. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2244: 33-36, figs. 72-83 (larva). 



Biology: Torchio, Rozen, Bohart and Favreau, 1967. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 75: 143-145, figs. 

 7-9 (adult activity, oviposition, egg, host). 

 mojavensis (Linsley). Calif. 



Gnathopasites (Micropasites) mojavensis Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 69: 148. 9. 



timberlakei (Linsley). Calif. 



Gnathopasites (Micropasites) timberlakei Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 69: 147. 9, 

 6. 



Tribe TOWNSENDIELLINI 



Townsendiella is the only genus included in this tribe and, so far as known, the species are 

 cleptoparasites in the nests of Conanthalictus and Hesperapis. 



Genus TOWNSENDIELLA Crawford 



Revision: Linsley, 1943. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 69: 93 (included spp.). 



Genus TOWNSENDIELLA Subgenus TOWNSENDIELLA Crawford 



Townsendiella Crawford, 1916. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 138. 

 Type-species: Townsendiella pulchra Crawford. Monotypic. 

 pulchra Crawford. N. Mex., south. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Townsendiella pulchra Crawford, 1916. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 138. 9 . 



Genus TOWNSENDIELLA Subgenus XEROPASITES Linsley 



Townsendiella subg. Xeropasites Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 130. 



Type-species: Townsendiella (Xeropasites) rufiventris Linsley. Monotypic and orig. 

 desig. 



rufiventris Linsley. South. Calif. 



Townsendiella (Xeropasites) rufiventris Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 130. 9,6. 



Genus TOWNSENDIELLA Subgenus EREMOPASITES Linsley 



Townsendiella subg. Eremopasites Linsley, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 131. 



Type-species: Townsendiella califomica Michener. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 californica Michener. South. Calif. Host: Hesperapis rufipes (Ashm.). 

 Townsendiella califomica Michener, 1936. Ent. News 47: 181. 9,6. 



Tribe NEOLARRINI 



This tribe contains only the Nearctic genus Neolarra whose species are parasitic in the nests 

 of the andrenid genus Perdita and possibly also Nomadopsis. 



Taxonomy: Rozen, 1966. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2244: 36-37, figs. 79-83 (larva). 



