Heriades meliloti Cockerell, 1897:141, ♂. 1 ♂, College Farm, early in May; 2 ♂♂, College Campus, Sept. 10; 4 ♂♂, Mesilla Valley, N. M., near Las Cruces, Lectotype, examined (United States National Museum), designated by Michener, 1939Michener, C.D. 1939. A revision of the genus Ashmeadiella (Hymen., Megachilidae). The American Midland Naturalist 22 (1):1-84.:43. - Michener, 1939Michener, C.D. 1939. A revision of the genus Ashmeadiella (Hymen., Megachilidae). The American Midland Naturalist 22 (1):1-84.:42 ( listed as synonym of Ashmeadiella cactorum cactorum (Cockerell, 1897)). - As Ashmeadiella meliloti: - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (distribution); Cockerell, 1922Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Descriptions and records of bees. - XCVI. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 10 (59):544-549. (distribution); Michener, 1936Michener, C.D. 1936. Some North American Osmiinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). American Museum Novitates 875:1-30. (distribution); Frohlich et al., 1988Frohlich, D.R., W.H. Clark, F.D. Parker & T.L. Griswold 1988. The xylophilous bees and wasps of a high, cold desert: Leslie Gulch, Oregon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 64 (3):266-269. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Esperanza de Pedro, 2021Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Ashmeadiella meliloti meliloti: - Michener, 1949Michener, C.D. 1949. Records and descriptions of american Megachilid bees (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 22 (2):41-59. (distribution); Michener, 1951Michener, C.D. 1951. Records and descriptions of Megachilid bees from Texas (Hymenoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 27 (2):61-71. (distribution); Hurd & Michener, 1955Hurd, P.D. Jr. & C.D. Michener 1955. The Megachilidae bees of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bulletin of the California insect survey 3:1-247. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution).