Flower-Visiting Insects
of Partridge
Pea
Cassia chamaecrista (Partridge Pea)
(this plant is also referred to as Chamaecrista fasciculata; long-tongued bees collect pollen & are the only effective pollinators; short-tongued bees collect stray pollen [csp] or suck petiolar nectar; flies feed on stray pollen [fsp] or suck petiolar nectar; beetle activity is unspecified; other insects suck petiolar nectar only; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Moure & Hurd, LaBerge, Krombein et al., and MacRae as indicated below)
Visit flowers for pollen:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus cp fq, Bombus fraternus cp, Bombus griseocallis cp fq, Bombus impatiens cp, Bombus pensylvanica cp fq, Bombus vagans cp; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora walshii cp olg; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Florilegus condigna cp, Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata cp, Melissodes communis cp, Melissodes comptoides cp fq, Svastra atripes atripes cp fq olg; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis cp fq cpt, Megachile latimanus cp, Megachile mendica cp, Megachile petulans cp, Megachile texana cp fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea csp np, Agapostemon texanus texanus csp np, Augochloropsis metallica metallica csp np, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus csp np, Lasioglossum versatus csp np
Flies
Syrphidae: Milesia virginiensis fsp np
Visit petiolar nectaries:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata, Lasioglossum imitatus fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis, Lasioglossum tegularis, Lasioglossum versatus fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus
Wasps
Sphecidae (Astatinae): Astata unicolor; Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Nysson rufiventris, Synnevrus aurinotus fq, Zanysson plesia; Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Crossocerus lentus, Enoplolindenius robertsoni, Oxybelus emarginatus, Oxybelus mexicanus; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Liris argentata, Lyroda subita, Tachysphex acuta, Tachysphex belfragei fq, Tachysphex mundus, Tachysphex tarsata, Tachytes chrysopyga, Tachytes intermedius, Tachytes mergus, Tachytes pepticus; Sphecidae (Pemphredoninae): Pluto tibialis; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris kennicottii, Cerceris rufinoda; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Chalybion californicus, Chlorion aerarius, Sceliphron caementaria; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus; Pompilidae: Ageniella arcuatus, Anoplius nigritus, Cryptocheilus terminatus, Entypus fulvicornis, Poecilopompilus interrupta, Priocnemis pretiosa; Tiphiidae: Tiphia illinoensis, Tiphia intermedia; Mutillidae: Dasymutilla macra, Timulla sayi, Timulla vagans fq; Chrysididae: Chrysis inaequidens, Chrysis intricata, Chrysis montana, Holopyga ventrale; Perilampidae: Perilampus hyalinus; Braconidae: Rhygoplitis terminalis
Ants
Formicidae: Camponotus castanea, Formica fusca, Formica schaufussi fq, Lasius niger fq
Flies
Tabanidae: Tabanus lineola; Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens, Toxomerus marginatus, Toxomerus politus; Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis; Tachinidae: Chaetoplagia atripennis; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax, Senotainia rubriventris; Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina; Platystomatidae: Rivellia quadrifasciata; Chloropidae: Thaumatomyia glabra
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris
Visitation Type Unspecified:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (MH), Augochloropsis sumptuosa (MH), Lasioglossum bruneri (MH); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia nortoni (MH, Kr); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes mandibularis (LB, Kr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena accepta (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera texana (McR)