Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1287 



Genus EPHUTA Subgenus XENOCHILE Schuster 



Ephuta subg. Xenochile Schuster, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 64: 8. 



Type-species: Ephuta (Xenochile) kromheini Schuster. Orig. desig. 

 krombeini Schuster. Ariz. (Ramsey Canyon in Huachuca Mts.). 



Ephuta (Xenochile) krombeini Schuster, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 64: 9. 6. 



Subfamily SPHAEROPTHALMINAE 



Taxonomy: Ferguson, 1967. Brigham Young Univ. Sci. BuL, Biol. Ser. 8, no. 4: 1-26, 7 figs, 

 (males of Nevada Test Site). 



Tribe SPHAEROPTHALMINI 



Taxonomy: Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 1-130, 7 pis. (Part II of a tribal revision of 

 males containing keys to genera and subgenera and revisions of Acrophotopsis Schuster, 

 Dilophotopsis Schuster and Acanthophotopsis Schuster). 



The majority of species in this tribe are nocturnal, but all members of Morsyma Fox, 

 Sphaeropthahna subg. Sphaeropthahna Blake, and Protophotopsis Schuster, and most species of 

 Photomorphus subg. Photomorphus Viereck, are diurnal. 



Genus MORSYMA Fox 



Morsyma Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 287. 



Type-species: Morsyma Ashyneadii Fox. Orig. desig. 



ashmeadii Fox. Calif. 



Morsyma Ashmeadii Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 287. "?" = 6. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 420. 



Genus ACROPHOTOPSIS Schuster 



Acrophotopsis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 4 (in key), 61. 



Type-species: Acrophotopsis eurygnathtis Schuster. Orig. desig. 

 campylognathus Schuster. Calif. (Riverside Co.); Mexico (Baja California). 



Acrophotopsis campylognathus Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 11 (in key), 69. 6. 



eurygnathus Schuster. Ariz., Nev. 



Acrophotopsis eurygnathus Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 10 (in key), 65, pi. 1, figs. 

 1,2. 6. 



Genus DILOPHOTOPSIS Schuster 



Dilophotopsis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 5 (in key), 71. 

 Type-species: Mutilla concolor Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 concolor concolor (Cresson). Kans. to Colo, and Wyo., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Zacatecas, 

 Durango, Jalisco). 

 Mutilla concolor Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 890. 6. 

 Odontophotopsis alamonis Viereck, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 30: 87. 6. 



Taxonomy: Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 84 (reduction to subsp. rank and syn.). 

 concolor crassa (Viereck). B. C, Mont., southwest. Idaho, west. Colo., Nev., Utah, Ariz., Calif., 

 Wash. 

 Odontophotopsis crassus Viereck, 1924. Canad. Ent. 56: 112. 6. 

 Dilophotopsis concolor utahensis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 84 (in key), 87. 6. 



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

 concolor laredo Schuster. Tex. (Winterhaven, Laredo, Cotulla). 



Dilophotopsis concolor laredo Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 84 (in key), 86. 6. 

 concolor paron (Cameron). Nev., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). 



Sphaerophthalma (!) paron Cameron, 1896. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 381. i. 



Dilophotopsis concolor sonorensis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 84 (in key), 88. 6. 



