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papaga ephysetos Schuster. Southwestern Ariz., southern Calif. 



Sphaeropthalma (Physetapsis) papaga ephysetos Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 20. 

 6. 

 papaga papaga Schuster. Southeastern Ariz., Calif. (Imperial Co.). 



Sphaeropthalma (Physetapsis) papaga papaga Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 20, pi. 

 6, fig. 3. 6. 

 subcarinata Schuster. N. Mex. 



Sphaeropthalma (Physetapsis) subcarinata Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 20. <5. 



Genus SPHAEROPTHALMA Subgenus PHOTOPSIS Blake 



Agarna Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 258. Preocc. 



Type-species: Agama iviperialis Blake. Automatic desig. by Ashmead, 1899. 

 Photopsis Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 179. N. name. 



Type-species: Agavia iinperialis Blake. Desig. by Ashmead, 1899. 

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



Type-species: Sphaerophthalma (!) anthophorae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Neophotopsis Ashmead, 1903. Canad. Ent. 35: 306. 



Type-species: Mutilla pluto Fox. Orig. desig. 



In addition to the host records cited under several species in this subgenus, Parker and 

 Bohart, 1968 (Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2, 3 and 5) record several unidentified species of 

 Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) from the following hosts from nests in twigs: Ancistrocerus cat- 

 skill (Sauss.); Odynerus erythrogaster Bohart; Pisonopsis birkmanni Rohwer; Anthocopa 

 hypostomalis Michener; Hoplitis fulgida (Cresson); H. sayubnci Titus; and Proteriades bullifa- 

 cies (Michener). Ferguson, 1962 (Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 27: tab. 9) states that Davidson reared 

 an unidentified species of Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) from a nest of Hoplitis producta 

 (Cresson) in a hollow plant stem. 



Biology: Ferguson, 1962. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 27: 1-92, 7 pis., 2 text figs, (life history, 



hosts). 

 albopilosa (Blake). Tex. (Comal Co.). 



Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) albopilosa Blake, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 74. ?. 

 anaspasia (Cockerell and Rohwer). Colo. (Boulder). 



Photopsis anaspasia Cockerell and Rohwer, 1908. Psyche 15: 5. 9. 

 angulifera Schuster. Calif., Nev. 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) angulifera Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 32. S. 



Taxonomy: Ferguson, 1967. Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 8, no. 4: 17 

 (distribution). 

 arenicola Schuster. Ariz. 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) arenicola Schuster, 1958, Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 25. 6. 

 arota (Cresson). Calif. (San Diego). 



Mutilla Arota Cresson, 1875. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 5: 120. 9 . 

 baboquivari Schuster. Ariz. 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) baboqtiivari Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 24, pi. 4, 

 figs. 1-6. S. 

 bisetosa Schuster. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz. 



Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) bisetosa Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 36. 6. 

 blakeii (Fox). Nev., Ariz., N. Mex., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Host: Diadasia vallicola 

 Timb. 

 Photopsis Blakeii Fox, 1893. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (2) 4: 6. d. 

 Mutilla Gautschii Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym. 8: 43. N. name erroneously proposed for 



blakeii Fox, thought to be preocc. by Cameron, 1894. 

 Mutilla ceyx Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 262. 6. 



Taxonomy: Ferguson, 1967. Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 8, no. 4: 17 (synonymy). 



Biology: Ferguson, 1962. Univ. Calif Pubs. Ent. 27: 10-15, pis. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, tab. 9 (life 

 history). 



