Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1281 



Avonimiifilla Mickel, 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 295. 



Type-species: Anomtnutilla difficilis Mickel. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Brothers, 1970. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 43: 305 (generic redescription, female). 



Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 91: 385-386, figs. 15-16 (female 



thorax). 

 peculiaris mirabilis (Cockerell). Kans., Colo., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua). 



Chijphotes mirabilis Cockerell, 1896. Canad. Ent. 28: 285. 9. 

 peculiaris peculiaris (Cresson). Wash., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Calif. 



Mutilla peculiaris Cresson, 1875. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 5: 119. 9. 



Anommutilla difficilis Mickel, 1936. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 29: 295. 6. 



Morphology: Hermann, 1975. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 68: 882-884, 5 figs, (sting). 

 striolatus Krombein and Schuster. Ariz, to western Tex. 



Typhoctes striolatus Krombein and Schuster, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 59: 223, fig. 2. 9, 

 6. 

 williamsi Krombein and Schuster. Southern Calif. 



Typhoctes williamsi Krombein and Schuster, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 59: 220, figs. 1, 4. 

 6, 9. 



Subfamily MUTILLINAE 

 Tribe MUTILLINI 



Blake (1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13) described three species o{ Mutilla, mislabeled as com- 

 ing from Florida, from the Harris collection. Fox, 1898 (Ent. News 9: 14) stated that M. ajax was 

 a synonym of the African Psammothervia flabellata {¥.), M. floridana a synonym of the Eu- 

 ropean Dasylabris maura (L.), and M. trisignata a synonym of the European D. arenaria {¥.). 



Genus TIMULLA Ashmead 



Genus TIMULLA Subgenus TIMULLA Ashmead 



Timulla Ashmead, 1899. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7: 55. 



Type-species: Mutilla dubitata Smith. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 1-119 (N. Amer. spp.). 



Only the typical subgenus occurs in the New World. Most species are diurnal, but a few spe- 

 cies with enlarged ocelli, such as ocellaria Mick., are crepuscular or nocturnal. 



barbata (Fox). Mo., La. 



Mutilla barbata Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 272. S. 

 barbigera barbigera (Bradley). Va. south to Fla., west to S. Dak. and Tex. in U. and L. Austr. 

 Zones. 



Mutilla (Timulla) barbigera Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 206. 6. 



barbigera rohweri Mickel. Kans., Okla. in U. Sonor. Zone. 



Timulla (Timulla) barbigera rohweri Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 58. 6. 

 compressicornis Mickel. N. C. to Tex. in L. Austr. Zone. 



Timulla (Tiiriulla) compressicornis Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer (n. s.) 17: 59. 6. 

 contigua Mickel. Tex. (Brownsville). 



Timulla (Timulla) contigua Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 107. 9. 

 dubitata dubitata (Smith). N. Y. south to Fla., west to Okla. and Tex. in L. Austr. Zone. 



Mutilla dubitata Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 60. 9. 



Mutilla dubiatta (!) Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 201. 9. 



Biology: Sheldon, 1970. Ent. News 81: 59-60 (mating behavior). 

 dubitata fugitiva Mickel. N. J. south to Ga., west to Nebr. and Tex. in U. Austr. Zone. 



Timulla (Timulla) dubitata fugitiva Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 39. i. 

 dubitatiformis Mickel. Mass. south to Fla., west to Mont, and Tex. 



Timulla (Timulla) dubitatiformis Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 102. 9. 



