ELLIOTT ET AL.: THE CAVE FAUNA OF CALIFORNIA 
249 
Apis mellifera Linnaeus (trogloxene) 
Records: Fresno Co.: Cliff Cave. Los Angeles Co.: *Vanowen Cave. Siskiyou Co.: *small cave near Etna; *vertical fis¬ 
sure at Gazelle; Skull Ice Cave. Tulare Co.: *small caves in Cave Cliff. Unknown Co.: *cave utilized as nest site by the 
California condor. 
Comment: The first cave above was reportedly used by “honey bees.” Gurnee reported three colonies in small caves in 
Sequoia National Park. One of the colonies was estimated to number ten to fifteen thousand. 
Bibliography: Danehy (1951b); Gumee (1957); Quick (1998c); Reynolds (1948); Snyder, Ramey, and Sibley (1986); 
Wolff, J. (1990a). 
Bombus sp. (bumblebee) 
Record: Unknown Co.: *cave utilized as nest site by the California condor. 
Bibliography: Snyder, Ramey, and Sibley (1986). 
Family Braconidae 
Undetermined 
Record: Calaveras Co.: O’Neil’s Cave. 
Family Diapriidae (parasitic wasps) 
Undetermed 
Record: Tulare Co.: Cedar Cave. 
Bibliography: Krejca (2006); Lee, V.F. (1985a). 
Family Formicidae (ants) 
Undetermined 
Records: Amador Co.: Lulu Bell Cave; Mushroom Cave; Root Cellar Cave; Santa Claus Cave; White Room Cave. Calav¬ 
eras Co.: Crystal Stanislaus Cave; Diane’s Cave; Grapevine Gulch Cave; Heater Cave; Wool Hollow Cave. Contra Costa 
Co.: rockshelters on Carquinnez Strait shoreline. Fresno Co.: Children’s Cave; Church Cave; Saturday Cave; Windy Cliff 
Cave. Inyo Co.: Upper Shoshone Cave. Kern Co.: *Harrington Cave. Mariposa Co.: Indian Cave; Spider Cave. Napa 
Co.: Clay Cave. San Bernardino Co.: Dusty Cave; Medicine Cave; Mitchell Caverns; Peggy 5 Cave. Santa Clara Co.: 
Joaquin Murrieta’s Cave. Shasta Co.: Ancient Palace Cave; Bat Cave; Bat Mummy Cave; Dead Wood Cave; *Samwel 
Cave. Siskiyou Co.: Apogee Cave; *Burgermeister Bridge Cave; Coda Cave; Coral Reef Cave; Fossil Cave; Frozen Falls 
Cave; Maze Cave; NSS No. 8851; Red Tape Cave; Spider Cave; Trail Junction Cave; *Tree Cast Pillar Cave. Trinity Co.: 
Paul Gibson Cave. Tulare Co.: Carmoe Crevice; Eighteenth Hole; Hidden Cave; Hurricane Crawl Cave; Jordan Cave; Lil- 
bum Cave; Overhang Cave; Paradise Cave; Rattlesnake Cave; Salamander Cave; Stand Up Cave; Upper Bryant Cave. 
Bibliography: Anonymous (1970b); Broeckel, B. (2002c, 2008g); Graening (2010, 2011c); Hardaker (1970); Krejca (2006, 
2007); Lee, V.F. (1985a); Leissring (2001c); McEachem and Grady (1978); Taylor and Krejca (2006); Zara Environmental 
(2009). 
Subfamily Dolichoderinae 
Liometopum luctuosum Wheeler 
Records: Amador Co.: Fem Frond Cave. Tuolumne Co.: Confluence Cave. 
Bibliography: Reddell and Cokendolpher (2001). 
Liometopum occidentale Emery 
Record: Tuolumne Co.: Confluence Cave. 
Bibliography: Reddell and Cokendolpher (2001). 
Tapinoma sessile (Say) 
Record: Tuolumne Co.: McNamee’s Cave. 
Bibliography: Reddell and Cokendolpher (2001). 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: Fem Cave. 
Bibhography: Taylor and Krejca (2006). 
Subfamily Formicinae 
Undetermined 
