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triangularis (Blake). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 

 Agama triangularis Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 262. 6. 



tuberculifera Schuster. Calif. (?). 



Sphaeropthalvia (Plwtopsis) tuberculifera Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 25. 3. 



unicolor (Cresson). U. S. west of Rocky Mts.; Mexico (Baja California del Norte). Host: 



Isodontia elegans (Sm.); Anthidiuyn c. collectum Huard, Callanthidiuni illustre (Cr.), 

 Ashmeadiella c. califoniica (Ashm.); Anthophora abruptella Ckll., A. bomboides 

 neomexicayia Ckll., A. linsleyi Timb., A. montana Cr.?, A. occidentalis Cr., Diadasia 

 bituberculata (Cr.), Melissodes robustior Ckll., Xeromelecta califomica (Ashm.). 



Mutilla unicolor Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 389. i. 



Agama mendica Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 259. 6. 



Mutilla auraria Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 248. 9. 



Mutilla Aspasia Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 250. 9. 



Mutilla Phaedra Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 251. 9. 



Agama rustica Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 252. S. 



Photopsis nebulosus Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 275. S. 



Sphaeroplithalmia (!) anthophora Ashmead, 1897. In Davidson, South. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 Proc 1: 5. 9, d. 



Mutilla monochroa Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 63. N. name for Mutilla unicolor 

 Cresson, not Myrmosa unicolor Say. 



Dasymutilla sumneriella Cockerell, 1915. Entomologist 48: 249. 9. 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) rustica ocellaria Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 32. 6. 



Biology: Davidson, 1894. Ent. News 5: 170 (host records). —Davidson, 1897. South. Calif. 



Acad. Sci., Proc. 1: 4-5 (host records). —Davidson, 1899. Ent. News 10: 180 (host record). 



— Linsley and MacSwain, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 27: 409 (host records). —Ferguson, 



1962. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 27: 15-22, pis. 3, 5, 7, tab. 9 (life history, host records). 

 virguncula (Blake). N. Mex. 



Sphaerophthalma (!) virguncula Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 253. 9. 

 zenobia (Blake). Calif., ? Tex. 



Mutilla zenobia Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 250. 9. 

 zephyritis (Fox). Calif. (Los Angeles). 



Mutilla zephyritis Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 269. 9. 



NoMEN Nudum in Sphaeropthalma Subgenus Photopsis Blake 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) nixonensis Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 98. Nev. 

 Host: Proteriades sp. 



Genus SPHAEROPTHALMA Subgenus PHOTOPSIOIDES Schuster 



Sphaeropthalma subg. Photopsioides Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 10 (in key), 36. 

 Type-species: Agama uro Blake. Orig. desig. 



In addition to the host records cited below under uro (Blake), Ferguson, 1962 (Univ. Calif. 

 Pubs. Ent. 27: tab. 10) records Sceliphron caementarium (Dru.) as the host of an unidentified 

 species of this subgenus. 



abdominalis (Blake). Kans., Tex., Colo., Ariz., Utah. Host: Trypargilum t. tridentatum (Pack.). 

 Photopsis abdominalis Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 275. S. 

 Mutilla coloradensis Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 25. N. name for Photopsis 



abdominalis Blake, not Mutilla abdomiyialis Westwood. 

 amphion (Fox). Ariz., Nov., Calif., Oreg.; Mexico (Baja California). Host: Sapyga aculeata Cr.; 



Leptochilus chiricahua Prkr., Ancistrocerus c. catskill (Sauss.); Trypargilum t. 



tridentatum (Pack.); Hoplitis bullifacies Mich., H . f. fulgida (Cr.), H. g. grijmelli Ckll., 



H. hypostomalis Mich., H. sambuci Titus, Anthocopa copelandica (Ckll.), Ashmeadiella 



m. meliloti (Ckll.), Stelis spp. 

 Mutilla amphion Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 263. 6. 

 Photopsis absfrusa Baker, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 113. 6. 

 Photopsis nudata Baker, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 114. 6. 



