Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1303 



manca Mickel. Utah. 



Paeudoniethoca manca Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 45. c^. 



meritoria Mickel. Tex. 



P><cudometltoca nieriloria Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 27. 9. 



mulaiki Mickel. Tex. (Cameron Co.). 



Pseudomethoca Diiilaiki Mickel, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 150. 9. 



nephele (Fox). Tex. 



Mufilla nephele Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 223. 9. 



nigricula Mickel. Ariz. 



Pseudomethoca nigricula Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 26. 6. 



nudula Mickel. N. Mex. (Pecos). Host: Possibly Calliopsis sp. 



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

 oceola (Blake). N. J. south to Fla., west to S. Dak. and Ariz. 



Mutilla (Sphaewpthalma) Oceola Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 248. 6. 



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



oculata (Banks). N. C, Ga., Fla. 



Nomiaephagun oculatus Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 14: 24. 9. 



oculissima Mickel. N. Mex. (Pecos). 



Pseudomethoca oculissima Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 64 (15): 14. 9. 



paludata Mickel. Nebr., Kans., Wyo., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. 



Pseudomethoca paludata Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 29. 9. 

 Pseudomethoca scrupulosa Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 31. S. 



pigmentata Mickel. Tex. 



Pseudomethoca pigmentata Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 24. 9. 



praeclara (Blake). Ariz., Calif. 



Sphaerophthalma (!) praeclara Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 252. 9. 



Mutilla aegaeon Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 229. d. 



Nomiaephagus acuum Cockerell, 1915. Entomologist 48: 250. 9. 



Pseudomethoca (Nomiaephagus) aegeon (!) Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 321. 

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 propinqua (Cresson). Minn, south to Tex., west to Alta. and Ariz. Host: Noinia m. melanderi 

 Ckll. 



Mutilla propinqua Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 4: 433. 6. 



Mutilla montivaga Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 436. 9. 



Pseudomethoca sacatona Caldwell, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15: 94. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 1: 103 (host record). 



quadrinotata Mickel. Ariz. (Tucson). 



Pseudomethoca quadrinotata Mickel, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 149. 9. 



russeola Mickel. Tex. (San Diego). 



Pseudomethoca russeola Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 64 (15): 44. 6. 

 sanbornii acetis (Fox). ?Conn., N. C. south to Fla., west to Tex. in L. Austr. Zone. 

 Mutilla aeetis Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 228. 9. 



Pseudomethoca {Nomiaephagus) aetis (!) Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 312, 

 316. 9. 

 Taxonomy: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 308 (reduced to subsp. rank). 

 sanbornii sanbornii (Blake). Mass. south to Fla., west to Nebr. and Tex. in Transition and U. 

 Austr. Zones. Host: Noinia pattoni Cockerell. 

 Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) Sanboniii Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 248. 6. 



Biology: Mickel, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (15): 38 (host). 

 scaevolella (Cockerell and Casad). Tex., N. Mex. 



Sphaerophthalma (!) scaevolella Cockerell and Casad, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 

 298. 9. 

 simillima (Smith). Mass. south to Fla., west to Nebr. and Tex. 



Mutilla simillima Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 62. 9. 



