Hoplitis (Proteriades) deserticola (Timberlake & Michener, 1950)

Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula’s Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Zootaxa 5522 (1), pp. 1-391 : 351

Hoplitis (Proteriades) deserticola (Timberlake & Michener, 1950)

[ Holotype: CASC; ♂ Palm Springs , Riverside County, California; 21 Mar 1932]

This species specializes on pollen from Cryptantha Lehm. ex G. Don ( Boraginaceae ) ( Fowler 2020). Within the BCP, Hoplitis deserticola has been previously reported in the Succulent Coastal Matorral, Lower Colorado Desert, Central Desert, and Vizcaíno Desert by BBSL ( GBIF 2023). We reviewed specimens collected in the Central Desert in May 1965 (1 ♂; CASC), March 2021 (1 ♀), April 1982 (9 ♂, 2 ♀), and April 1985 (2 ♀, 2 ♂); and La Giganta Ranges in April 1985 (1 ♀). See fig. 251.