Perdita (Perdita) punctosignata Cockerell 1895

Perdita (Perdita) punctosignata Cockerell, 1895 [Syntype: USNM; ♂ Close to the Agricultural College, Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA; May 13, 1895] This species is widely distributed in North American xeric regions and is a pollen specialist on Parkinsonia L., Prosopis L., and Vachellia Wight & Arn. in the family Fabaceae (Fowler 2020). In BCP it had been collected in the Lower Colorado Desert, Central Desert, and Gulf Coast regions. We reviewed 192 specimens from the BCP (CASC). Additionally, the BBPT collected seven specimens in La Giganta Ranges and the Gulf Coast in March of 2021 (5 ♀, 2 ♂). Voucher specimens are in ECOAB (3 ♀, 1 ♂) and MABC (2♀, 1 ♂). See fig. 56.