SPHECIDAE 405 



Genus CHALYBION Dahlbom, p. 979 



*ziininermanni aztecum (Saussure), changed status. Western Tex. to Ariz.; 

 Mexico. 

 Pelopeus (!) aztecus Saussure, 1867. Reise der Ost. Freg. Novara, Zool, 

 2: 26. $. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Bohart and Menke, 1963, 

 loc. cit. supra, p. 112). 



zinimermanni zinimermanni Dahlbom, changed status. Tenn., Fla. to eastern 

 Tex. 

 Chalyhion zinimermanni Dahlbom. Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Bohart 

 and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 112). 



Tribe Podiini 



Delete this heading. Podium Fabricius belongs to Tribe Sceliphronini 

 {teste Bohart and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 105). 



Genus PODIUM Fabricius, pp. 979-980 



Carolina Rohwer. Syn. of rufipes Fabricius. 



*krombeini Bohart and Menke. Tex., southern Calif.; Mexico (Morelos, 

 Puebla, Oaxaca). 

 Podium kromheini Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 

 106, figs. 4, 49, 60. S, 5. 



luctuosuni Smith. Nests in borings in dead wood and seals entrance with mud. 

 Biology: Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 58: 118-119. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 244-245, figs. 14, 15 (larva). 



rufipes Fabricius. N. Y. to Fla., Iowa, Kans., Tex.; Mexico, Central and 



South America. 

 * Podium denticulatum Smith, 1856. Brit. Mus. Cat, Hym. 4: 236. $,9. 



(Syn. by Bohart and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 108.) 

 Podium Carolina Rohwer (syn. by Bohart and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. supra, 



p. 108). 



Genus CHLORION Latreille 

 ( = Spfiex subg. Ch/orion Latreille, p. 974 of Catalog) 



Revision: Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 54: 667-669, 9 figs. 



Raised to generic rank by Menke and transferred to tribe Sceliphronini 

 by Bohart and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 101. 



aerarium Patton. Remove cyaneum Dahlbom, a valid species, from synonymy, 



as well as its synonym, occultus (Kohl). 

 Biology: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 60: 104. — Krombein, 



1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 195. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 242-244, figs. 9-12 (larva). 



cyaneum Dahlbom, changed status. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. 



Sphex (Chlorion) aerarius (Patton) of Catalog, in part. Chlorion 

 cyaneum is a valid sp., and occultus Kohl is a syn. of it {teste 

 Menke, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 669). 



Subfamily MELLININAE 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 145-147, figs. 23-30 (larva). 



Tribe Mellinini of Catalog raised to subfamily rank by Evans on basis 

 of larval characters. 



Genus MELLINUS Fabricius, p. 980 

 bimaculatns Packard. Pa., N. Y. 



