Perditini

Subgenus Perdita (5 taxa) and unassigned species (1 sp.)

Key to taxa of subgenus Perdita and unassigned male of P. krombeini

Females

1. Abdominal maculations very small and inconspicuous or entirely lacking, if present, limited to terga 2 and 3….2

----Abdominal terga 2-4 with distinct yellowish or whitish, lateral maculations….3



2. Face, including clypeus, entirely dark; clypeus protuberant, nearly as long as broad; mandibles bright yellow…P. halictoides

----Clypeus more or less extensively cream colored; large (7mm); clypeus whitish in large part, dark along upper margin; lateral facial maculae broad but very small.. P. gerardiae

3. Thorax entirely lacking maculations, but front tibiae with an anterior yellow stripe…P. bradleyi (Alloperdita-lacking intercalary cell).



---Tubercles and pair of spots on pronotal collar bright yellow…4.



4. Fifth abdominal terga without maculae, and scape entirely dark…P. octomaculata



----Fifth abdominal terga conspicuously maculated, and scape yellow anteriorly…5



5. Supraclypeal area dark or with a pair of small, yellow spots, and clypeus with a pair of rather large, elongate, oblique, dark bands..P. consobrina consobrina

----Supraclypeal area yellow, the facial maculae larger, broadly truncate above, and clypeus almost entirely yellow, the dark bands reduced…P. consobrina lepida

Males

1. Abdomen dark, with at most one pair of very small and inconspicuous pale maculae…2



---Abdomen conspicuously maculated….4



2. Larger (6mm); supraclypeal area not maculated; clypeus and face marks ivory, the latter filling area between clypeus and each eye, abruptly truncate above and not extending above upper margin of clypeus…P. gerardiae

----Smaller; supraclypeal area maculated; clypeus largely yellow; facial maculae filling area between clypeus and eyes, and extending nearly or quite to level of antennae…3



3. Face broad, eyes slightly divergent below; facial maculae ending acutely on eye margin slightly above level of antennae…P. halictoides



--Face not so broad, eyes subparallell; facial maculae broadly truncate above, ending at level of lower margin of antennal fossa….P. krombeini

4. Supraclypeal and subantennal area largely greenish…P. octomaculata

----Entire face below level of antenna yellow or ivory….5



5. Scutum polished, with sparse, minute punctures….P. bradleyi (Alloperdita lacking intercalary cell).



----Scutum densely tessellate…6



6. Transverse yellow maculae well developed on terga 1-4…P. consobrina consobrina

----Maculae well developed only on terga 2-3….P. consbrina lepida

Andrenidae: Perdita (Perdita) consobrina consobrina Timberlake

County Records: Alachua, Okaloosa

Locations:

Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 18; Sept.: 2, Oct:4

Plant: Dalea, Chrysopsis, Agalinis, Happlopappus, and Heterotheca

Notes: Also found in N. and S. Carolina, probably intervening areas of Georgia also. New state record for Florida. Not previously known from state.

Female:  

Male:

Andrenidae: Perdita (Perdita) consobrina lepida Timberlake

County Records: Palm Beach, Pinellas

Locations: Dunedin, Lake Worth

Dates: Sept 24

Plant:

Notes: endemic to Florida, Sept.-November

Andrenidae: Perdita (Perdita) gerardiae Crawford

County Records: None from FSCA, Jefferson Co. (Buchmann and Donovan)

Locations:

Dates: Sept-Oct.

Plant: Agalinis (=Gerardia )

Notes: North Carolina to Florida to Mississipi, apparently a coastal plain species, specialist on Agalinis (False Foxglove), which are primarily summer-fall flowering plants.

Andrenidae: Perdita (Perdita) halictoides Smith

County Records: Miami-Dade, Volusia

Locations:

Dates: July 24

Plant: Mitchell lists only Physalis

Notes: This species is highly disjunct, with populations from Florida and other populations known only from Michigan and Wisconsin (or these populations should be known as P. maura) and thus the species would be an endemic species. Graenicher recorded this species from Coral Gables, FL.

Male:  

Andrenidae: Perdita (Perdita) octomaculata Say

County Records: Clay

Locations:

Dates: Sept. 15-Oct. 22, Sept: 1, Oct: 3

Plant: Mostly composites according to Timberlake.

Notes: new state record for this species, Mitchell did not list if from Florida. Timberlake did not have specimens from Florida either.

Female:  

Species listed for Florida, not in the FSCA, not assigned to a subgenus

Andrenidae: Perdita krombeini Timberlake

County Records: Lee

Locations: Olga, on sand flats

Dates: March 30

Plant:

Notes: only 1 male collected, no other specimens seen. Related to P. sphaeralceai, P. calloleuca, P. tarda, and P. sidae of the Southwestern United States. Very rare?