Hymenoptera
4=Found in Austin area near BFL
Taxonomy follows Bolton (1995)
(symbols at end of lines indicate presence or absence at BFL pre-1989 and 1999 respectively)
Formicidae (Ants)
PONERINAE
Tribe Proceratiini
Proceratium micrommatum (Roger) + -
Tribe Ponerini
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr) + +
Hypoponera opacior (Forel) + +
Leptogenys elongata (Buckley) + +
Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius) + +
Odontomachus clarus Roger + +
CERAPACHYINAE
Tribe Cerapachyini
Cerapachys augustae Wheeler + -
ECITONINAE
Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson) + -
Neivamyrmex texanus Watkins + -
Neivamyrmex sp. A - +
Neivamyrmex sp. B - +
PSEUDOMYRMICINAE
Pseudomyrmex ejectus (F. Smith) + +
Pseudomyrmex pallidus (F. Smith) + +
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
MYRMICINAE
Tribe Myrmicini
Pogonomyrmex barbatus (F. Smith) + +
Tribe Pheidolini
Aphaenogaster texana Emery + +
Pheidole bicarinata Forel + +
Pheidole constipata Wheeler + +
Pheidole dentata Mayr + +
Pheidole floridana Emery + -
Pheidole hyatti Emery + +
Pheidole metallescens Emery + -
Pheidole sp. A (near casta) + -
Pheidole sp. B (near lamia) + -
Pheidole crassicornis
Pheidole pelor
Pheidole mera
Tribe Crematogastrini
Crematogaster laeviuscula Mayr + +
Crematogaster minutissima Emery + +
Crematogaster punctulata Emery + +
Tribe Solenopsidini
Monomorium minimum (Buckley) + +
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) + -
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) + +
Solenopsis invicta Buren + +
Solenopsis texana Emery + +
Solenopsis sp. A + -
Tribe Pheidologetonini
Oligomyrmex longii Wheeler + -
Tribe Myrmecinini
Myrmecina americana Emery + +
Tribe Formicoxenini
Temnothorax subditivus Wheeler + +
Temnothorax obturator Wheeler + -
Temnothorax terrigena Wheeler + -
Tribe Tetramoriini
Tetramorium spinosum Wheeler + -
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Fabricius) + -
Tribe Dacetini
Strumigenys margaritae(Forel) - +
Strumigenys louisianaeRoger + +
Strumigenys silverstriiEmery + +
Pyramica membraniferaEmery - +
Tribe Attini
Atta texana (Buckley) + +
Cyphomyrmex rimosus Forel + +
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Trachymyrmex turrifex(Wheeler) + +
Tribe Stenammini
Stenamma Sp. A
DOLICHODERINAE
Forelius mccooki (Buckley) + +
Dorymyrmex flavusMcCook + +
FORMICINAE
Tribe Brachymyrmecini
Brachymyrmex depilis(Emery) + +
Brachymyrmex sp. A - +
Tribe Camponotini
Camponotus americanusMayr + +
Camponotus festinatus(Buckley) + +
Camponotus vicinus Mayr + -
Camponotus pennsylvanicus(DeGeer) + +
Camponotus sayi Emery + +
Camponotus texanusWheeler + +
Camponotus etiolatusWheeler + +
Camponotus impressus(Roger) + -
Camponotus sansabeanus(Buckley) + +
Tribe Lasiini
Paratrechina terricola(Buckley) + +
Tribe Formicini
Formica pallidefulva(Latreille) + +
Apoidea
Bees of Travis County, Texas
compiled by J. L. Neff
Central Texas Melittological Institute
Austin, TX
jlnatctmi@yahoo.com
This list of 300 species is a combination of literature records and my personal collections over thirty years. No site in Travis County is likely to support all these species and most will have many fewer. Some species are quite rare locally and a significant number may now be locally extinct. Even some previously common species, such as Bombus pensylvanicus, are now scarce. My primary focus has been on establishing a complete list for the Brackenridge Field Lab of the University of Texas, a 60 acre facility along Lady Bird Lake in west Austin. The vast majority of these bees are solitary (a single female constructs her own nest), and excavate their nests in soil. Others may be communal (several females occupy a single nest without any obvious division of labor) or may show some level of sociality (multiple females coexist with some division of reproductive effort). Some species nest in pre-existing cavities (renting species), excavate cavities in wood (carpenter bees) or build freestanding nests of mud or mortar (potter bees or true mason bees). A wide array of material is used by different bees for nest construction. These include materials they collect such as mud, pebbles, resin, feces, sawdust, wood fibers, plant hairs, whole or chewed leaves or leaf or petal pieces. Various substances secreted by bees, such as waxes and various complex lipids, are also used in nest construction. Some bees, like bumble bees and honey bees, visit and collect pollen from a wide range of flowers (polylecty) while others are quite host specific (oligolecty), restricting their pollen collection to a few related species. Common local examples of the latter phenomenon are the squash bees (Peponapis and Xenoglossa spp) associated with Cucurbita species, Diadasia afflicta with winecups (Callirhoe spp.) and Svastra petulca and Svastra obliqua on various members of the sunflower family. An unusual phenomenon among local bees is the collection of floral oils (fatty acids) by female Centris bees. Locally, these oils are produced by the flowers of rhatany (Krameria), Alophia and various introduced Malpighiaceae. In addition, many bee species (23.8% of the Travis County fauna) are professional parasites (or cuckoos).Such species do not construct their own nests but rather specialize in laying eggs in nests of other bee species. Many of these parasitic bees are quite wasp-like in appearance and often may not be recognized as bees by the casual observer.
Colletidae
Colletidae: Our species belong to either Colletes, hairy short-tongued bees sometimes called plasterer bees, and Hylaeus -small, usually hairless, black bees sometimes called white-faced bees after the pale facial markings of the males. The nests of all species have transparent, "baggie" like cells made of secreted polycyclic lactones. The Colletidae is particularly diverse in the Southern Hemisphere.
Colletinae
|
|
Taxon |
Locale |
Floral Host Specificity |
|
1. |
Colletes birkmanni Swenk |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
2. |
Colletes brevicornis Robertson |
BFL |
Campanulaceae: Specularia |
|
3. |
Colletes intermixtus Swenk |
|
|
|
4. |
Colletes inuncantipedis Neff |
BFL |
Sapotaceae: Sideroxylon |
|
5. |
Colletes latitarsis Robertson |
BFL |
Solanaceae: Physalis |
|
6. |
Colletes mandibularis Smith |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
7. |
Colletes mitchelli Stephen |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
8. |
Colletes scopiventer Swenk |
BFL |
Solanaceae: Chamaesaracha |
|
9. |
Colletes swenki Stephen |
BFL |
Solanaceae: Chamaesaracha |
|
10. |
Colletes texanus texanus Cresson |
BFL |
Solanaceae: Physalis |
Hylaeinae
|
1. |
Hylaeus (Hylaeus) fedorica (Cockerell) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
2. |
Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) aff. floridanus (Robertson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
3. |
Hylaeus (Prosopis) modestus Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
Halictidae
Halictidae: A large group of short-tongued bees with many social and solitary species as well as some cuckoos. Most are black or dull brown or green but Agapostemon, Augochlora, Augochlorella and Augochloropsis are bright metallic green. Species of Halictus and Lasioglossum are often known as sweat bees.
Halictinae
|
1. |
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) angelicus Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
2. |
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
3. |
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) texanus Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
4. |
Agapostemon (Notagapostemon) leunculus Vachal |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
5. |
Augochlora (Augochlora) pura (Say) |
|
polylectic |
|
6. |
Augochlorella aurata (Smith) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
7. |
Augochlorella bracteata Ordway |
|
polylectic |
|
8. |
Augochlorella karankawa Coelho |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
9. |
Augochloropsis (Paraugochloropsis) metallica (Fabricius) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
10. |
Halictus (Odontolictus) ligatus Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
11. |
Halictus (Nealictus) parallelus Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
12. |
Halictus (Seladonia) tripartitus Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
13. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) bruneri (Crawfordi) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
14. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) coactum (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
15. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) connexum (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
16. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) disparile (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
17. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) hunteri (Crawford) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
18. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) illinoense (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
19. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) hudsoniellum (Cockerell) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
20. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) imitatum (Smith) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
21. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) mitchelli Gibbs |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
22. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) nymphale (aff/?) |
|
polyletic |
|
23. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) semicaeruleum (Cockerell) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
24. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. B (JLN) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
25. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX 18 |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
26. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-12) |
|
polylectic |
|
27. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-13 |
|
polylectic |
|
28. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-14 |
|
polylectic |
|
29. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-16 |
|
polylectic |
|
30. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-2 (Eickwort) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
31. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-3 (Eickwort) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
32. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp. TX-6 |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
33. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) vierecki (Crawford)) |
|
polylectic |
|
34. |
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) zephyrum (Smith) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
35. |
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) birkmanni (Crawford) |
|
polylectic? |
|
36. |
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) pectorale (Smith) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
37. |
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) sp. C |
|
polylectic? |
|
38. |
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) sp. TX-1 |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
39. |
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) sp. TX-2 |
|
polylectic? |
|
40. |
Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) lustrans( Cresson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae:Pyrrhopappus |
|
41. |
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) bardum (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
42. |
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) morrilli (Cockerell) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
43. |
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) lusorium (Cresson) |
BFL |
Onagraceae: Oenothera |
|
44. |
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) texanum (Cresson) |
|
Onagraceae: Oenothera |
|
45. |
Sphecodes (Arctosphecodes) minor Robertson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
46. |
Sphecodes (Arctosphecodes) heraclei Robertson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
47. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) manni Cockerell |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
48. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) stygius Robertson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
49. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) sp. 1 (Arduser) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
50. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) sp. 3 (Arduser) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
51. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) sp. 4 (Arduser ) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
52. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) sp. 5 (Arduser) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
53. |
Sphecodes (Sphecodium) sp. 7 (Arduser) |
BFL |
parasitic |
Nomiinae
|
1. |
Dieunomia (Dieunomia) heteropoda heteropoda (Say) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
2. |
Dieunomia (Epinomia) micheneri Cross |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
3. |
Nomia (Acunomia) nortoni nortoni Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
Rhophitinae
|
1. |
Sphecodosoma (Sphecodosoma) pratti Crawford |
|
Boraginaceae: Nama |
Andrenidae
Andrenidae: A large group of short-tongued, ground nesting bees, sometimes forming large nest aggregations. Species of Andrena are sometime called mining bees, a name often extended to other ground-nesting groups. Most species of Andrena are more or less honey bee sized and fairly hairy, while panurgines are typically much smaller (the subfamily includes some of the smallest of all bees-some less than 2 mm long), more colorful and less hairy.
Andreninae
|
1. |
Andrena (Andrena) macoupensis Robertson |
BFL |
polylectic/Salix |
|
2. |
Andrena (Belandrena) sagittagalea Ribble |
BFL |
Boraginaceae |
|
3. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) afimbriata LaBerge |
|
Asteraceae: Pyrrhopappus |
|
4. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) crawfordi Viereck |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Pyrrhopappus |
|
5. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) fulvipennis Smith |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
6. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) melliventris Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Gaillardia |
|
7. |
Andrena (Callandrena) reflexa Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Rudbeckia/Ratibida |
|
8. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) sitiliae Viereck |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Pyrrhopappus |
|
9. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) rudbeckiae Robertson |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Rudbeckia/Ratibida |
|
10. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) tonkaworum Viereck |
|
Asteraceae: Engelmannia |
|
11. |
Andrena (Callandrena-B) verecunda Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Pyrrhopappus |
|
12. |
Andrena (Gonandrena) avulsa LaBerge & Ribble |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
13. |
Andrena (Gonandrena) platyparia Robertson |
BFL |
Cornaceae: Cornus |
|
14. |
Andrena (Holandrena) cressonii cressonii Robertson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
15. |
Andrena (Larandrena) miserabilis Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
16. |
Andrena (Melandrena) dollomellea Lanham |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
17. |
Andrena (Melandrena) commoda Smith |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
18. |
Andrena (Melandrena) illini? Robertson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
19. |
Andrena (Micrandrena) illinoiensis Robertson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
20. |
Andrena (Micrandrena) nigrae Robertson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
21. |
Andrena (Rhacandrena) coruscata LaBerge |
|
? |
|
22. |
Andrena (Scaphandrena) primulifrons Casad |
BFL |
Brassicaceae: Lesquerella |
|
23. |
Andrena (Scrapteropsis) ilicis Mitchell |
BFL |
polylectic |
24. |
Andrena (Scrapteropsis) imitatrix Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
25. |
Andrena (Simandrena) nasonii Robertson |
|
polylectic |
|
26. |
Andrena (Trachandrena) forbesii Robertson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
27. |
Andrena (Trachandrena) sp. TX-10 |
BFL |
polylectic? |
|
28. |
Andrena (Tylandrena) jessicae Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
29. |
Andrena (Tylandrena) perplexa Smith |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
30. |
Andrena (Tylandrena) scotoptera Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
Panurginae
|
1. |
Anthemurgus passiflorae Robertson |
BFL |
Passifloraceae: Passiflora |
|
2. |
Calliopsis (Calliopsima) coloradensis Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
3. |
Calliopsis (Calliopsis) hondurasica Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
4. |
Calliopsis (Hypomacrotera) callops (Cockerell & Porter) |
BFL |
Solanaceae: Physalis |
|
5. |
Macrotera (Macrotera) texana Cresson |
BFL |
Cactaceae |
|
6. |
Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell |
|
polylectic |
|
7. |
Perdita (Cockerellia) albipennis albipennis Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Helianthus |
|
8. |
Perdita (Cockerellia) coreopsidis coreopsidis Cockerell |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Gaillardia |
|
9. |
Perdita (Cockerellia) perpulchra punctatissima Timberlake |
|
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
10. |
Perdita (Cockerellia) shinnersi Timberlake |
|
Asteraceae: |
|
11. |
Perdita (Hexaperdita) bishoppi planorum Timberlake |
|
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
12. |
Perdita (Hexaperdita) foveata brachycephala Timberlake |
|
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
13. |
Perdita (Hexaperdita) ignota isopappi Timberlake |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
14. |
Perdita (Hexaperdita) xanthisma Cockerell |
|
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
15. |
Perdita (Pentaperdita) nigroviridis Timberlake |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Heliantheae |
|
16. |
Perdita (Perdita) beameri Timberlake |
|
Solanaceae: Chamaesaracha |
|
17. |
Perdita (Perdita) maculigera Graenicher |
BFL |
polylectic-emph. Salix |
|
18. |
Protandrena (Heterosarus) illinoiensis (Cresson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Astereae |
|
19. |
Protandrena (Metapsaenythia) abdominalis abdominalis (Fox) |
BFL |
Lamiaceae: Monarda |
|
20. |
Protandrena (Pterosarus) albitarsis (Cresson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
21. |
Protandrena (Pterosarus) sp. B-1 |
|
Asteraceae |
|
22. |
Protandrena (Pterosarus) ornatipes (Cresson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
23. |
Protandrena (Pterosarus) nr. renimaculatus (Cockerell) |
|
Asteraceae |
|
24. |
Protandrena (Protandrena) bancrofti Dunning |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
25. |
Pseudopanurgus aethiops (Cresson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
26. |
Pseudopanurgus rugosus (Robertson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
27. |
Pseudopanurgus texanus Timberlake |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
Melittidae
Dasypodinae
|
1. |
Hesperapis sp. ("infuscata" Stage ms.) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
Megachilidae
Megachilidae: A diverse, long-tongued group of bees in which the pollen collecting females carry pollen exclusively on brushes of hairs on their abdomens, rather than on the legs as in most other bees. Sometimes lumped together as "leafcutter" bees even though leaf cutting is restricted to some species of Megachile, Osmia and Hoplitis. Other common names used for members of this family are potter bees - for some anthidiines who build pot-like mud nests, carder bees - for some species of Anthidium which line their nests with plant hairs, and mason bees - a name properly used in the narrow sense for the few species of Megachile, Hoplitis and Osmia which build freestanding nests, but now more commonly used for species of Osmia which use mud or chewed leaves to build nests in cavities.
Megachilinae
|
1. |
Anthidiellum (Loyolanthidium) gilense (Cockerell) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
2. |
Anthidiellum (Loyolanthidium) notatum notatum (Latreille) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
3. |
Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) bucconis bucconis (Say) |
|
polylectic |
|
4. |
Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) maxima Michener |
|
polylectic |
|
5. |
Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) insita Cresson |
|
parasitic: Megachile |
|
6. |
Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) octodentata Say |
BFL |
parasitic: Megachile |
|
7. |
Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) rufitarsis Smith |
|
parasitic: Megachile |
|
8. |
Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) sayi Robertson |
BFL |
parasitic: Megachile |
|
9. |
Coelioxys (Cyrtocoelioxys) scitula? Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Chalicodoma |
|
10. |
Coelioxys (Haplocoelioxys) mexicana Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
11. |
Coelioxys (Synocoelioxys) apacheorum Cockerell |
BFK |
parasitic |
|
12. |
Coelioxys (Synocoelioxys) texana Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Sayapis |
|
13. |
Coelioxys (Xerocoelioxys) bisoncornua Hill |
BFL |
parasitic: Megachiloides |
|
14. |
Coelioxys (Xerocoelioxys) edita Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: ?Megachiloides |
|
15. |
Dianthidium (Adanthidium) texanum (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
16. |
Dianthidium (Dianthidium) heterulkei fraternum Timberlake |
|
polylectic? |
|
17. |
Dianthidium (Dianthidium) subrufulum Timberlake |
|
Asteraceae |
|
18. |
Heriades (Neotrypetes) carinata Cresson |
|
|
|
19. |
Heriades (Neotrypetes) leavitti Crawford |
|
polylectic |
|
20. |
Heriades (Neotrypetes) texana Michener |
|
Asteraceae? |
|
21. |
Heriades (Neotrypetes) variolosa variolosa (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
22. |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) producta producta (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
23. |
Hoplitis (Andronicus) spoliata (Provancher) |
|
polylectic |
|
24. |
Hoplitis (Robertsonella) simplex (Cresson) |
BFL |
Boraginaceae |
|
25. |
Lithurgus (Lithurgopsis) gibbosus Smith |
BFL |
Cactaceae |
|
26. |
Lithurgus (Lithurgopsis) littoralis Cockerell |
|
Cactaceae |
|
27. |
Megachile (Acentron) albitarsis Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
28. |
Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Smith |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
29. |
Megachile (Chelostomoides) exilis Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
30. |
Megachile (Chelostomoides) georgica Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
31. |
Megachile (Chelostomoides) prosopidis Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
32. |
Megachile (Chelostomoides) rugifrons (Smith) |
|
polylectic |
|
33. |
Megachile (Eutricharea) concinna Smith |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
34. |
Megachile (Litomegachile) brevis Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
35. |
Megachile (Litomegachile) gentilis Cresson |
|
polylectic |
|
36. |
Megachile (Litomegachile) lippiae Cockerell |
|
polylectic |
|
37. |
Megachile (Litomegachile) mendica Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
38. |
Megachile (Litomegachile) texana Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
39. |
Megachile (Megachiloides) amica Cresson |
BFL |
Onagraceae: Oenothera |
|
40. |
Megachile (Megachiloides) casadae Cockerell |
BFL |
Cactaceae |
|
41. |
Megachile (Megachiloides) deflexa Cresson |
|
polylectic |
|
42. |
Megachile (Megachiloides) soledadensis Cockerell |
(*) |
unknown |
|
43. |
Megachile (Melanosarus) xylocopoides Smith |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
44. |
Megachile (Phaenosarus) fortis Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae: Helianthus |
|
45. |
Megachile (Sayapis) inimica inimica Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
46. |
Megachile (Sayapis) policaris Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
47. |
Megachile (Xanthosarus) comata Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
48. |
Osmia (Helicosmia) georgica Cresson |
BFL |
Asteraceae? |
|
49. |
Osmia (Helicosmia) chalybea Smith |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
50. |
Osmia (Diceratosmia) botitena Cockerell |
|
polylectic? |
|
51. |
Osmia (Diceratosmia) conjuncta Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
52. |
Osmia (Diceratosmia) subfasciata Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
53. |
Osmia (Osmia) lignaria lignaria Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
54. |
Osmia (Osmia) ribifloris ribifloris Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
55. |
Stelis (Dolichostelis) costalis Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
56. |
Stelis (Heterostelis) texana (Thorp) |
(*) |
parasitic: Trachusa |
|
57. |
Stelis (Stelis) diversicolor Crawford |
|
parasitic: Osmia? |
|
58. |
Stelis (Stelis) lateralis Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Hoplitis |
|
59. |
Stelis (Stelis) sp. A (Parker) |
BFL |
parasitic: (Robertsonella) |
|
60. |
Trachusa (Heteranthidium) cordaticeps (Michener) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
61. |
Trachusa (Heteranthidium) zebrata (Cresson) |
|
Asteraceae? |
Apidae
Nomadinae
Nomadinae: A large group consisting entirely of parasitic bees, often called cuckoo bees.
|
1. |
Brachynomada aff. grindeliae (Cockerell) |
|
parasitic: Anthophorula? |
|
2. |
Epeolus (Epeolus) australis Mitchell |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
3. |
Epeolus (Epeolus) compactus Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
4. |
Epeolus (Epeolus) erigeronis Mitchell |
BFL |
Parasitic: Colletes |
|
5. |
Epeolus (Epeolus) pusillus Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Colletes |
|
6. |
Epeolus (Epeolus) nr. scutellaris Say |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
7. |
Epeolus (Epeolus) sp. C-2N |
|
parasitic |
|
8. |
Epeolus (Trophocleptria) bifasciatus Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Colletes |
|
9. |
Holcopasites calliopsidis (Linsley) |
BFL |
parasitic: Calliopsis |
|
10. |
Holcopasites eamia (Cockerell) |
|
parasitic: Protandrena (Metapsaenythia) |
|
11. |
Holcopasites heliopsis (Robertson) |
BFL |
parasitic: Pseudopanurgus |
|
12. |
Holcopasites sp. A |
BFL |
parasitic: Pseudopanurgus |
|
13. |
Holcopasites sp. C |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
14. |
Nomada sp. 102 |
|
parasitic |
|
15. |
Nomada sp. A |
BFL |
parasitic: Andrena (Callandrena) crawfordi |
|
16. |
Nomada sp. B-1 |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
17. |
Nomada sp. N |
BFL |
parasitic: Andrena sagittagalea? |
|
18. |
Nomada sp. Q (=lepida?) |
|
parasitic |
|
19. |
Nomada (Micronomada) garciana Cockerell |
|
parasitic |
|
20. |
Nomada (Micronomada) guttiereziae Cockerell |
BFL |
parasitic: Exomalopsis |
|
21. |
Nomada (Micronomada) texana Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
22. |
Nomada (Phelonomada) belfragei Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Andrena (Callandrena) rudbeckiae |
|
23. |
Nomada (Phelonomada) wheeleri Cockerell |
|
parasitic: Andrena (Callandrena) tonkaworum? |
|
24. |
Nomada sp. CS-1 |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
25. |
Nomada sp. S2 |
|
parasitic |
|
26. |
Nomada sp. S2-T |
|
parasitic |
|
27. |
Paranomada aff. nitida Linsley & Michener |
BFL |
parasitic: Exomalopsis solani |
28. |
Triepeolus concavus (Cresson) |
BFL |
parasitic: Svastra obliqua |
|
29. |
Triepeolus cressonii (Robertson) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
30. |
Triepeolus dilutus Rightmyer |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
31. |
Triepeolus helianthi (Robertson) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
32. |
Triepeolus lunatus (Say) |
BFL |
parasitic: Svastra petulca |
|
33. |
Triepeolus nigrihirtus Mitchell |
BFL |
parasitic: |
|
34. |
Triepeolus pencilliferus (Brues) |
BFL |
parasitic |
|
35. |
Triepeolus remigatus (Fabricius) |
BFL |
parasitic: Peponapis, Xenoglossa |
|
36. |
Triepleolus rhodontus Cockerell |
|
parasitic |
|
37. |
Triepeolus rufoclypeus (Fox) |
BFL |
parasitic: Melissodes? |
|
38. |
Triepeolus scelestus (Cresson) |
|
parasitic |
|
39. |
Triepeolus simplex Robertson |
BFL |
parasitic: Svastra? |
|
40. |
Triepeolus subnitens Cockerell & Timberlake |
BFL |
parasitic |
Apinae
Apinae: A very diverse group of long-tongued bees including the true honey bees (Apis spp.), bumble bees (Bombus spp.), orchid bees. (Euglossini) and stingless bees (Meliponini) and a large group of ground-nesting species sometimes lumped together as digger bees as well as associated cuckoo bees.
|
1. |
Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius) |
BFL |
Convolvulaceae |
|
2. |
Ancyloscelis sejuncta Cockerell |
|
Convolvulaceae |
|
3. |
Anthophora (Anthophoroides) californica Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
4. |
Anthophora (Lophanthophora) affabilis Cresson |
|
Onagraceae: Oenothera |
|
5. |
Anthophora (Lophanthophora) fedorica Cockerell |
|
polylectic |
|
6. |
Anthophora (Melea) abrupta Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
7. |
Anthophora (Melea) occidentalis Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
8. |
Anthophora (Mystacanthophora) capistrata Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
9. |
Anthophorula (Anthophorula) completa (Cockerell) |
|
polylectic |
|
10. |
Anthophorula (Anthophorisca) micheneri (Timberlake) |
BFL |
Scrophulariaceae: Agalinis |
|
11. |
Anthophorula (Anthophorisca) pygmaea (Cresson) |
|
polylectic |
|
12. |
Anthophorula (Anthophorisca) texana (Friese) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
13. |
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus |
BFL |
polylectic (introduced) |
14. |
Bombus (Cullumanobombus) griseocollis (Degeer) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
15. |
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus (Degeer) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
16. |
Bombus (Fervidobombus) sonorus Say |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
17. |
Bombus (Fraternobombus) fraternus (Smith) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
18. |
Bombus (Psithyrus) variabilis (Cresson) |
BFL |
social parasite: Bombus |
|
19. |
Centris (Paracentris) atripes Mocsary |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
20. |
Centris (Paracentris) lanosa Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
21. |
Diadasia afflicta (Cresson) |
BFL |
Malvaceae: Callirhoe |
|
22. |
Diadasia diminuta (Cresson) |
BFL |
Malvaceae |
|
23. |
Diadasia enevata (Cresson) |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
24. |
Diadasia ochracea (Cockerell) |
|
Malvaceae |
|
25. |
Diadasia piercei Cockerell |
|
Cacataceae |
|
26. |
Diadasia rinconis rinconis Cockerell |
BFL |
Cactaceae |
|
27. |
Ericrocis lata Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Centris |
|
28. |
Eucera (Synhalonia) belfragei (Cresson) |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
29. |
Eucera (Synhalonia) chrysobotrae (Cockerell) |
|
polylectic |
|
30. |
Eucera (Synhalonia) speciosa (Cresson) |
|
polylectic |
|
31. |
Exomalopsis (Stilbomalopsis) solani Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
32. |
Melecta (Melecta) pacifica Cresson |
BFL |
parasitic: Anthophora |
|
33. |
Melissodes (Apomelissodes) baileyi Cockerell |
BFL |
Malvaceae: Callirhoe |
|
34. |
Melissodes (Callimelissodes) tuckeri Cockerell |
|
Asteraceae |
|
35. |
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) agilis Cresson |
|
Asteraceae |
|
36. |
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) bidentis Cockerell |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
37. |
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) coreopsis Robertson |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
38. |
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) dentiventris Smith |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
39. |
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) elegans LaBerge |
BFL |
Asteraceae |
|
40. |
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) tristis Cockerell |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
41. |
Melissodes (Heliomelissodes) rivalis Cresson |
|
Asteraceae: Cirsium |
|
42. |
Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculata bimaculata (Lepeletier_ |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
43. |
Melissodes (Melissodes) communis communis Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
44. |
Melissodes (Melissodes) comptoides Robertson |
|
polylectic |
|
45. |
Melissodes (Melissodes) tepaneca Cresson |
BFL |
polylectic |
|
46. |
Melissodes (Psilomelissodes) intorta Cresson |
BFL |
Malvaceae: Callirhoe |
|
47. |
Melissoptila otomita (Cresson) |
|
polylectic? |
|
48. |
Melitoma marginella (Cresson) |
BFL |
Convolvulaceae |
|
49. |
Peponapis pruinosa (Say) |
BFL |
Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita |