Anthophora (Micranthophora) pachyodonta Cockerell 1923

Anthophora (Micranthophora) pachyodonta Cockerell, 1923 [Holotype: CASC; ♂ San Nicolas Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico; May 16, 1921] Anthophora pachyodonta is a xeric species distributed in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts that specializes on pollen from plants in the family Asteraceae, especially Bebbia juncea Greene (Orr et al. 2018). It has been collected in BC’s Lower Colorado and Vizcaíno Deserts and in the Gulf Coast region of BCS (Orr et al. 2018). The BBPT collected 11 specimens, five in the Gulf Coast in Mulegé City, BCS in March 2021 (4 ♂, 1 ♀), and six in the Lower Colorado Desert in May 2022 and April 2023 (4 ♀, 2 ♂). Voucher specimens are in MABC (3 ♀, 3 ♂), and ECOAB (3 ♂, 2 ♀). See fig. 75.