Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1301 



Taxonomy: Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 54 (synonymy). 



viereckii Baker. Nev. (Ormsby Co.). 



Odontophotopsis viereckii Baker, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 97. 6. 



Genus ODONTOPHOTOPSIS Subgenus PERIPHOTOPSIS Schuster 



Odontophotopsis subg. Periphotopsis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 8 (in key), 60. 

 Type-species: Odontophotopsis (Periphotopsis) inamatus Schuster. Grig, desig. 

 mamata Schuster. Ariz., Nev., Calif. 



Odontophotopsis (Periphotopsis) mamatus Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 60. S. 



Genus PROTOPHOTOPSIS Schuster 



Genus PROTOPHOTOPSIS Subgenus PROTOPHOTOPSIS Schuster 



Protophotopsis Schuster, 1947. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 39: 693. 



Type-species: Protophotopsis scudderi Schuster. Orig. desig. 



Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America. 



Taxonomy: Schuster, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 82-85. 

 scudderi Schuster. Kans., Tex., Colo. 



Protophotopsis scudderi Schuster, 1947. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 39: 694. 6. 

 venenaria (Melander). Kans., Tex., Calif. Possibly the opposite sex of scudderi Schuster. 



Mutilla venenaria Melander, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 320. 9. 



Taxonomy: Schuster, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 83. 



Tribe PSEUDOMETHOCINI 



All species are diurnal. The authenticated host records suggest that members of this tribe are 

 parasitic on various kinds of ground-nesting bees, principally halictids belonging to the subfami- 

 lies Halictinae and Nomiinae. Fattig, 1943 (Emory Univ. Mus. Bui. 1: 4) records frigida (Smith) 

 as having been reared from mud cells of the eumenid wasp Ancistrocenis iutojiidns Boh.; this 

 may be based on a misidentification. 



Revision: Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64(15): 1-51, pis. 1-4. — Mickel, 1935. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc, Trans. 61: 383-398. 



Genus PSEUDOMETHOCA Ashmead 



Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 181. 



Type-species: Photopsis Cressoni Fox. Orig. desig. (= Pseudomethoca frigida 

 (Smith)). 

 Nomiaephagus Ashmead, 1899. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7: 56. 



Type-species: Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) Sanbomii Blake. Orig. desig. 

 albicoma Mickel. Tex. (Rio Grande in Brewster Co.). 



Pseudomethoca albicoma Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 29. S. 



anthracina (Fox). Oreg., Calif. 



Sphaerophthalma (!) anthracina Fox, 1892. Ent. News 3: 172. i. 

 Mutilla anthracicolor Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 9. N. name for 



Sphaerophthalma (!) anthracina Fox, not Mutilla anthracina Gerstaecker. 

 Mutilla harpalyce Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 227. 9. 



Taxonomy: Kurd, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 156 (synonymy). 



athamas (Fox). Oreg., Calif. 



Mutilla athamas Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 225. cj. 



aureovestita Bradley. N. Mex., Ariz. 



Pseudomethoca aureovestita Bradley, 1924. In Mickel, U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 22. 

 9,6. 

 bequaerti Mickel. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Colo., Mont. 



Pseudomethoca bequaerti Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 64 (15): 13. 9. 



