Reprinted from: LaBerge, W.E. RECORDS OF THE GENUS SVASTRA IN NORTH
AMERICA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A
NEW SPECIES (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Vol. 36, January 31, 1963. No. 1
This large species from southwestern United States and northern
Mexico has been collected many times since publication of the revision
by LaBerge (1956). An additional 40 females and 58 males have
been examined from many localities. The known range of this species
has been somewhat extended to the west to southern California by
these new records. In order to conserve space only new localities and
new floral records will be listed here. The specimens are in the collec
tions of the University of Arizona at Tucson, the University of Cali
fornia at Davis and at Berkeley, Cornell University at Ithaca, New
York, the American. Museum of Natural History, New York City,
the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., Utah State University
at Logan, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and the P. H. Timberlake
collection, Riverside, California. ARIZONA: Chiricahua (2
miles S.); Chiricahua National Monument, Chiricahua Mountains;
Continental; Eloy (11 miles S.); Fort Huachuca; Pearce; Portal (2.5
and 5 miles N. and 10 miles E.); Roll; Rustlers Park, Chiricahua
Mountains; Sedona (15 miles S.); Southwestern Research Station (5
miles W. of Portal); Tombstone (7 miles N.). CALIFORNIA:
Calexico (29 miles E.). NEW MEXICO: Cienega Ranch (14 miles
N. of Rodeo); Cubero; Mesilla Park; Three Rivers; Tularosa. CHI
HUAHUA, MEXICO: Juarez (13 miles E.). New floral records:
Asclepias subverticillata, Baccharis sp., Cryptantha oblata, Haplopappus
sp., Helenium hoopesii, Kallstroemia sp., Melilotus alba, Verbesina
oreophila.
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