Anthophora (Micranthophora) columbariae Timberlake & Cockerell 1937

Anthophora (Micranthophora) columbariae Timberlake & Cockerell, 1937 [Holotype: AMNH; ♂ Morongo, California; April 20–22, 1937] This species is distributed in the CFP and the SD and the Mojave Desert ecoregions. In BC, it has been collected in the Succulent Coastal Matorral, Chaparral, and Baja California Mountains regions within the CFP, as well as in the Central Desert of the SD (Orr et al. 2018). BBSL reports four specimens collected in the Central Desert in 1985 (GBIF 2023). Additionally, the BBPT collected this species in May of 2021 and 2022, as well as in April of 2023 (Supplementary material 1). See fig. 72.