1320 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Subfamily SAPYGINAE 



North American species have been reared only from megachilid bees. However, extralimital 

 species have been reared from Odynerus sens, lat., Anthophora and Xylocopa as well as from 

 Megachilidae. 



Genus SAPYGA Latreille 



Sapyga Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Ins., p. 134. 



Type-species: Scolia quinquepimctaia Fabricius. Desig. by Latreille, 1802. 

 Melius Fabricius, 1805. Systema Piezatorum, p. xiii. 



Type-species: Sapyga sexpunctata (Fabricius). Desig. by Shuekard, 1837. 

 acuieata Cresson. Minn., Wyo., Colo., Alta, Oreg., Calif, in Transit. Zone. Host: Hoplitis 



prodiicta (Cr.), H. producta gracilis (Mich.), H.fulgida platyura (Ckll.), H. hypocrita 

 (Ckll.), H. sambnci Titus. Parasite: Spliaeroptliahna aviphion (Fox). 

 Sapyga acuieata Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 450. 9. 

 Eusapyga aciculata (!) Hicks, 1934. Univ. Colo. Studies 21: 268. 



Biology: Davidson, 1896. Ent. News 7: 218. -Hicks, 1934. Univ. Colo., Studies 21: 268. 

 — Linsley and Michener, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 28. — Linsley, 1944. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, 

 Bui. 39: 54. —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 96-97. —Parker and Bohart, 

 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 5. 

 angustata Cresson. Wyo., Colo., Utah, Ariz., Nev., Wash., Oreg., Calif, in Transit, and U. and 

 L. Sonor. Zones. Host: Osviia atrocyanea Ckll., 0. pikei Ckll., 0. lig^iaria Say., 

 Megachile angelarum Ckll. 

 Sapyga angustata Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xxi. 6. 

 Sapyga moesta Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xx. 6. 

 Sapyga obscura Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xxi. 9. 

 Sapyga fulvicomis Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xxi. 6. 

 Sapyga maesta (!) Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 192. 

 Sapyga russellensis Roberts, 1929. Psyche 36: 360. 9. 



Biology: Linsley and Michener, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 28. —Linsley, 1944. Brooklyn Ent. 

 Soc, Bui. 39: 54. -Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 97. 

 centrata Say. Ont. south to S. C, W. Va., Ill, Tex. Host: Osmia bucephala Cr., 0. pumila Cr., 

 Hoplitis tnmcata (Cr.)? 

 Sapyga centrata Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 301. 

 Sapyga americana Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xx. 9. 

 Sapyga pelopaei Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 179. 3. 



Biology: Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 175. — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting 

 wasps and bees, pp. 479-481 (life History). — Medler, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 342 

 (host record). 

 confluenta Cresson. N. H., Colo. Host: Osmia hesperella Ckll., 0. lignaria propinqua Cr., 0. 

 cor data Robt. 

 Sapyga confluenta Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xx. S. 

 Sapyga emarginata Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xx. 9. 



Biology: Hicks, 1934. Univ. Colo., Studies 21: 267-268. 

 elegans Cresson. Colo., Nev., Idaho, Calif., Oreg., U. Sonor. and Transit. Zones. Ecology: Visits 

 flowers of Arctostapliy las nevadensis. 

 Sapyga elegans Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xxi. 6,9. 

 Sapyga coloradensis Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xxi. S. 

 Sapyga truncata Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xxi. 6. 



Biology: Linsley and Michener, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 28. 



interrupta Roberts. Colo. 



Sapyga interrupta Roberts, 1929. Psyche 36: 359. 9. 

 louisi Krombein. N. Y., N. J., Fla., Mich., Tex. Host: Heriades carinata Cr. 



Sapyga lotdsi Krombein, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 467. 6,9. 



Biology: Matthews, 1965. Amer. Ent. Inst., Contrib. 1, no. 3: 24-26 (life history). 



