Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1295 



Taxonomy: Ferguson, 1967. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., ser. 8, no. 4: 20 (synonymy). 



Biology: Parker, 1975. Pan-Pacific Ent. 51: 116 (host). 

 contracta (Blake). Nev., Oreg. 



Agama contmcta Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Sec, Trans. 7: 253. 6. 

 Mutilla contrahenda Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 7, p. 27. N. name for Agama 

 covtracta Blake, not Mutilla coiitracta Say. 

 uro (Blake). Kans., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz. Host: Pachodynerns astraeus (Cam.), eumenid sp.; 

 Trypargilum t. tridentatum (Pack.); Dianthidixm cnrvatum sayi Ckll. 

 Agama uro Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 253. 6. 

 PJiotopsis melanderi Baker, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 112. 6. 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsioides) uro stenognatha Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 38. 

 6. 



Biology: Fischer, 1951. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 24: 49 (host record). —Ferguson, 1962. Univ. 

 Calif. Pubs. Ent. 27: tab. 10 (host records). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 

 93 (host record). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 478-479 (life history). 



Genus SPHAEROPTHALMA Subgenus SPHAEROPTHALMA Blake 



Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 232. 



Type-species: Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) scaeva Blake. Automatic desig. by 

 Ashmead, 1899 (=Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica scaeva (Blake)). 

 Sphaerophthalma (!) Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 179. Emend. 



Type-species: Mutilla (Sphaeropthahna) scaeva Blake. Desig. by Ashmead, 1899 

 {=Sphaeropthalma peiisylvanica scaeva (Blake)). 



Revision: Schuster, 1944. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 39: 141-147. 

 auripilis auripilis (Blake). Kans., Okla., Tex. Host: Chalyhion califomicum (Sauss.), 



Sceliphron caementarium (Drury), Trypoxylon sp.; solitary eumenid in old clay cell of 

 Sceliph ron. 

 Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) auripilis Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 233. 6. 

 Sphaerophthalma (!) albiplumosa Schuster, 1944. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 39: 145. 9. 



Biology: Rau, 1940. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 33: 594 (host). 



auripilis fasciventris Schuster. Tex. (Edinburg). 



Sphaeropthalma (Sphaeropthalma) auripilis fasciventris Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 

 37:39. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1974. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 67: 466. 9. 

 boweri Schuster. Tex. (College Station). 



Sphaerophthalma (!) boweri Schuster, 1944. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 39: 143. 6. 



pensylvanica floridensis Schuster. South. Fla. 



Sphaerophthalma (!) pennsylvanica(\) floridensis Schuster, 1944. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 

 39: 142. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1974. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 67: 466. 6. 

 pensylvanica pensylvanica (Lepeletier). N. C, Ga., cent. Fla., La., Mo., Kans., Tex. Host: 

 Sceliphron caementarium (Drury), Trypargilmn politum (Say), T. clavatum (Say); 

 anthidiine sp. 

 Mutilla pensylvanica Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 628. S. 

 Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) pennsylvanica (!) Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 233. 



S. 

 Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) balteola Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 248. 9. 



Taxonomy: Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 331. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 7 (host). —Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 

 Trans. 25: 437 (host). 

 pensylvanica scaeva (Blake). Mass. to N. C, Ohio, 111., Mo., Kans., Tex. Host: Auplopus a. 

 architectus (Say), A. m. mellipes (Say); Trypargilum clavatum (Say), T. collinum 



