Anthophorula (Anthophorula) deserticola (Timberlake, 1947)

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Anthophorula (Anthophorula) deserticola (Timberlake, 1947) **

[ Holotype: CASC; ♀ Cronise , Mojave Desert, California, USA; July 9, 1938]

This species was previously known only from the southwestern USA ( Timberlake 1980b). It represents a new species record to the BCP and Mexico with the record of two females collected in the Vizcaíno Desert in June 2017 by the CARCIB team. See fig. 123 .