Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
South. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts), Ariz. (Yuma); Mexico (Baja California and Sonora).
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
South. Calif. (Colorado and Mojave Deserts), Ariz. (Yuma); Mexico (Baja California and Sonora).
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Perdita (Perdita) punctulata Timberlake
This is the most abundant vernal species of Larrea-visiting Perdita in the southern California deserts. It also occurs in Arizona and northern Mexico (Baja California and Sonora). Females actively gather Larrea pollen but both sexes also visit Prosopis. Timberlake (1958a) provides detailed collection data from a wide range of localities from Imperial and San Diego counties to Death Valley, the northern Mojave Desert and the Owens Valley. It belongs to the Sphaeralceae group and like the preceding species is a member of the Zebrata subgroup.
- bibliographic citation
- Hurd, Paul D., Jr. and Linsley, E. Gorton. 1975. "The principal Larrea bees of the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-74. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.193
