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Species Type Specimen List

  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Aegilipsovelia libasa  Polhemus
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Aegilipsovelia origami  Polhemus
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Agapostemon californicus clementinus  Cockerell 1939
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Agapostemon texanus  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Agapostemon fasciatus  Crawford 1901
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Agapostemon melliventris  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Agapostemon texanus subtilior  Cockerell 1898
    Type: Neotype
    Valid Name (if different): Agapostemon texanus  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena carliniformis  Viereck & Cockerell 1914
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena davidsoni  Viereck & Cockerell 1914
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena hartfordensis  Cockerell 1902
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Andrena nasonii  Robertson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena kristina  UN Lanham
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena lanhami  LaBerge 1980
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena lanhami  LaBerge 1980
    Type: Allotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena pyrrhacita mosina  Cockerell 1908
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena robinsoni  UN Lanham
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Andrena salicifloris  Cockerell 1897
    Type: Lectoallotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthidium rodecki  Schwarz 1934
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthidium rodecki  Schwarz 1934
    Type: Allotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthophora bomboides neomexicana  Cockerell 1900
    Type: Syntype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthophora chlorops  Michener 1936
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Anthophora chlorops chlorops  Michener
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthophora fedorica  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthophora forbesi  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthophora forbesi  Cockerell 1907
    Type: From type lot
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Anthophora gohrmanae coloradensis  Michener 1936
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Anthophora edwardsii gohrmanae  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Asphondylia betheli  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Betheliella calochorti  Cockerell 1924
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Dufourea calochorti calochorti  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Betheliella calochorti sculleni  Cockerell 1937
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Dufourea calochorti sculleni  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Boreus coloradensis  Byers
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Boreus coloradensis  Byers
    Type: Allotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Calliopsis fraterculus  Cockerell 1896
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Pseudopanurgus fraterculus fraterculus  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Calliopsis verbenae (female) Cockerell and Porter 1899
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Calliopsis verbenae (male) Cockerell and Porter 1899
    Type: Type
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Carabus hendrichsi  Boliv., Rotger & Coron.
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Ceratina dupla halophila  Cockerell 1911
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different): Ceratina dupla  Say
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Ceroplastes communis  Hempel
    Type: Type
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Ceroplastes communis  Hempel
    Type: Type
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Chionea nigra  Byers
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Chionea nigra  Byers
    Type: Allotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Chlosyne delamazai  Rotger
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Chlosyne gaudialis wellingi  Rotger
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Coelioxys sayi novomexicana  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different): Coelioxys novomexicana
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Coelioxys wisconsinensis  Cockerell 1925
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different): Coelioxys alternata Say
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Coleomyia alticola  James 1941
    Type: Holotype
    ​Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Coleomyia alticola  James 1941
    Type: Allotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Dasiapis ochraceus  Cockerell 1903
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Diadasia ochracea  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Dialictus cattellae  Ellis 1913
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Diplosis coloradella  Cockerell 1904
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Cecidomyiidae sp.
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Diplosis coloradella  Cockerell 1904
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Cecidomyiidae sp.
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Epeolus lanhami  Mitchell 1962
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Epeolus lanhami  Mitchell 1962
    Type: Allotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Epeolus rufulus  Cockerell 1941
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Eriococcus armatus  Hempel
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Eriococcus brasiliensis  Cockerell
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Eriococcus perplexus  Hempel
    Type: Co-Type
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Euphydryas chalcedona essonitus  Burdick
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Euphydryas chalcedona essonitus  Burdick
    Type: Allotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Evodinus lanhami  Lewis 1976
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus aquilae  Cockerell 1898
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Dialictus aquilae  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus avalonensis  Cockerell 1938
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Evylaeus avalonensis  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus galpinsiae  Cockerell 1903
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Evylaeus aberrans  (Crawford)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus gilensis  Cockerell
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus manitouellus  Cockerell 1908
    Type: Lectotype
    Vaild Name (if different): Lasioglossum manitouellus  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus microlepoides  Ellis 1914
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different): Dialictus microlepoides  (Ellis)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus pallidellus  Ellis 1914
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different): Dialictus pallidellus  (Ellis)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus pectoraloides  Cockerell 1895
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Evylaeus pectoraloides  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus synthyridis  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Type
    Vaild Name (if different): Evylaeus synthyridis  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus umbripennis  Ellis
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Halictus zophops  Ellis 1914
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Hesperapis carinata rodecki  Cockerell 1934
    Type: Holotype
    Vaild Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Heteropogon wilcoxi  James 1934
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Heteropogon wilcoxi  James 1934
    Type: Allotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Icerya zetski  Cockerell
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Laphystia lanhami  James 1941
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Laphystia lanhami  James 1941
    Type: Allotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Lecanium discoides  Hempel
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Lecanium ornatum  Hempel
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Leptogaster arenicola  James 1937
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Leptotes marina burdicki  Henne 1935
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Leptotes marina burdicki  Henne 1935
    Type: Allotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile cleomis  Cockerell 1900
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different): Megachile texana  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile cleomis  Cockerell 1900
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different): Megachile texana  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile cleomis  Cockerell 1900
    Type: Type
    ​Valid Name (if different): Megachile texana  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile coloradensis  Mitchell 1936
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile nelsoni  Mitchell 1936
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile pollicaris pereximia  Cockerell 1900
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Megachile policaris  Say
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Megachile vallorum  Cockerell 1900
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Megachile policaris  Say
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melanoplus olivaceus grandior  Cockerell
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes agilis semiagilis  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes coreopsis  Robertson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes confusiformis  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes coreopsis  Robertson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes fremontii  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes hymenoxidis  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes grandissima  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Svastra grandissima  (Cockerell)
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes Helenae  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes paroselae  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes humilior  Cockerell 1903
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes hymenoxidis  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes intermediella  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes humilior  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes intermediella catalinensis  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes lupina  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes kallstroemiae  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes thelypodii thelypodii  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes kallstroemiae phenacoides  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes thelypodii thelypodii  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes masuca  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes tepaneca  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes menuacha semilupina  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes semilupina  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes mysops (female) Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes rivalis  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes mysops (male) Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes rivalis  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes sphaeralceae  Cockerell 1896
    Type: Lectotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes submenuachus  Cockerell 1897
    Type: Lectotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes submenuacha  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes timberlakei  Cockerell 1926
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes tepida timberlakei  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes tristis malvina  Cockerell 1902
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes tristis  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes wheeleri  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Melissodes wickhami  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Melissodes intorta  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nemomydas wendyae  K. & W.
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada americana dacotana  Cockerell 1903
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Nomada articulata  Smith
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada avalonica  Cockerell 1938
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada banksi  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada brewsterae  Broemeling
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada depressicauda  Cockerell 1908
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Nomada depressa  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada flammigera  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada fragilis mesosticta  Cockerell 1939
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada infantula  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Nomada parva  Robertson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada infantula  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Nomada parva  Robertson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada malonella  Cockerell 1910
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada malonella  Cockerell 1910
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada modesta vegana  Cockerell 1903
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada orcusella  Cockerell 1910
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada packardiella  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada pseudops  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada pyrrha  Cockerell 1916
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada semisuavis  Cockerell 1910
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada skinneri  Cockerell 1908
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada taraxacella  Cockerell 1903
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada timberlakei  Rodeck
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada truttarum  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomada wootonella  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomia heteropoda subvalidior (female) Blair 1935
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Nomia heteropoda kirbii  Smith
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomia heteropoda subvalidior(female) Blair 1935
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Nomia heteropoda kirbii  Smith
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Nomia heteropoda validescens  Blair 1935
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia bennettae  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia bruneri  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia ednae  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia calla  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia erecta  Michener 1936
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia physariae  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia eutrichosa  Cockerell 1910
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia inurbana  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia exigua diminuta  Michener
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia gaudiosa  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia integrella  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia pikei  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia kenoyeri  Cockerell 1915
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia nigrobarbata  Cockerell 1916
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia pentstemonis  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia pseudamala  Cockerell 1910
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia atrocyanea atrocyanea  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia subtrevoris  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia trevoris  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Osmia willmattae  Cockerell 1906
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Osmia brevis brevis  Cresson
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Perdita baileyae  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different): Perdita perpulchra perpulchra  Cockerell
  • Species epithet, Author & Year: Perdita cleomellae  Cockerell 1925
    Type: Holotype
    ​Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Perdita fedorensis  Cockerell 1916
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Perdita layiae basalicola  Cockerell 1938
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Perdita layiae layiae  Cockerell
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Perdita lepidii  Cockerell 1907
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Perdita florissantella  Cockerell
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Perdita mentzeliarum  Cockerell 1897
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Perdita pectidis  Cockerell 1896
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Perdita sphaeralceae ridens  Cockerell 1922
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Perdita sphaeralceae sphaeralceae  Cockerell
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Phyllaphis coweni  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Type
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Phyllaphis coweni  Cockerell 1905
    Type: Type
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Polygonia nigrozephyrus (female) James Scott
    Type: Allotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Polygonia nigrozephyrus (male) James Scott
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Psithyrus bicolor  Franklin 1913
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Psithyrus variabilis  (Cresson)
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Pteromicra perissa  Steyskal 1958
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Pulvinaria eugeniae  Hempel
    Type: Type
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Rhopalomyia betheliana  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Type
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Rhopalomyia betheliana  Cockerell 1909
    Type: Type Lot
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Tacharoia glomerella
    Type: Type (?)
    Valid Name (if different):
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Tetralonia robertsoni  Cockerell 1914
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Synhalonia atriventris  (Smith)
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Tetralonia rotgeri  Cockerell 1937
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Synhalonia fulvitarsis annae  (Cockerell)
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Xenoglossa cucurbitarum  Cockerell 1896
    Type: Holotype
    Valid Name (if different): Xenoglossa strenua  (Cresson)
  • Species epither, Author & Year: Xerophilaspis parkinsonia  Cockerell
    Type: Type
    Valid Name (if different):