Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Tex. to Ariz. (Ariz., N. Mex., and Tex.); Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila).
- 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
Tex. to Ariz. (Ariz., N. Mex., and Tex.); Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila).
- 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) semicaerulea Cockerell
This species, which is a member of the Sphaeralceae group, is the only representative included in the Semicaerulea subgroup. Described originally from Larrea flowers at San Marcial, Socorro County, New Mexico, it has since been collected at various localities from Terrell County, Texas, through New Mexico to Arizona and northern Mexico (Timberlake, 1964). Collection records for females are almost exclusively from Larrea. Flight activity involves both the spring and autumn blooming period of Larrea in regions characterized by both winter and summer rainfall. This was by far the most abundant species of Perdita encountered by us in southeastern Arizona in both the spring and fall.
- 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
