Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1277 



his classification but it will be used in the next edition. He places the Myrmosinae here rather 

 than in the Tiphiidae. He raises the exotic Bradynobaeninae to family rank and transfers to it as 

 subfamilies the Typhoctinae and Chyphotinae (here considered a tribe of Apterogyninae). He as- 

 signs the other North American genera as follows: Sphaeropthalminae, Pseudomethocina, Myr- 

 ryiilloides, Pseudometlwca; Sphaeropthalminae, Sphaeropthalmina, Acanthopliotopsis, 

 Acrophotopsis, Dasymufilla, Dilophotopsis, Lomachaeta, Morsyma, Odontophotopsis, 

 PItotomorphus, Protophotopsis, Sniicwnnitilla, Spliaeropthahna; Mutillinae, Mutillini, Smicro- 

 myrmina, Timulla; and Mutillinae, Ephutini, Ephuta. 



Taxonomy: Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent.. Soc, Trans. 13: 179-286, 21 figs. (N. A. spp.). 



— Ashmead, 1899. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7: 52-60 (gen. of world). —Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, Trans. 25: 219-292 (N. A. spp.). —Andre, 1903. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 11, pp. 

 1-77, 3 pis. (gen. of world). — Melander, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 291-330, pi. 4 

 (taxonomic notes and some revised keys). —Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 

 309-336 (spp. of east. U. S.). —Schuster, 1946. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 39: 700-703 (subfam. 

 of New World). —Schuster, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 61-64 (key to Neotrop. subfam.). 

 — Mickel, 1970. Minn. Univ., Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 271: 1-77 (annotated bibliography 

 of world literature). —Brothers, 1975. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 50: 483-648, 101 figs., 7 tabs, 

 (phylogeny). 



Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 91: 375-387, figs. 1-10, 15-20 (female, 

 male thorax). — Hinton, Gibbs and Silberglied, 1969. Jour. Ins. Physiol. 15: 549-552, 10 figs, 

 (stridulatory file). —Sheldon, 1970. Ent. News 81: 57-61 (male adaptations for female 

 carriage). — Debolt, 1973. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 66: 100-108, 15 figs, (felt line and felt line 

 organ). 



Subfamily APTEROGYNINAE 



The North American species are all nocturnal. 



Tribe CHYPHOTINI 



Genus CHYPHOTES Blake 



Revision: Buzicky, 1941. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 21: 201-243. —Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Trans. 93: 125-234, 40 figs., 26 maps. 



Genus CHYPHOTES Subgenus CHYPHOTES Blake 



Chyphotes Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 276. 



Type-species: Chyphotes elevatus Blake. Orig. desig. 

 Blaketa Pate, 1948. Ent. News 59: 41. N. name for Chyphotes Blake, not Cyphotes 

 Burmeister 1835. 

 aenigmus Mickel. N. Mex. to Calif.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Chyphotes {Chyphotes) aenigmus Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 147, fig. 2, map 

 5. i. 

 atriceps Mickel. Wash., Idaho, Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., west. Tex.; Mexico 

 (Sonora, Chihuahua). 

 Chyphotes (Chyphotes) atriceps Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 134, fig. 1, map 1. 

 S. 

 auripilus Buzicky. Calif., Ariz. 



Chyphotes auripilus Buzicky, 1941. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 21: 232. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 174. 

 belfragei (Blake). Wyo., Nebr., Colo., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua 

 to Nuevo Leon, south to Jalisco and Puebla). 

 Agama Belfragei Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 263. S. 

 Sphaerophthalmail) frugala Cameron, 1896. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 2: 394. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 151, fig. 12, map 7. 6, 9. 



Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc London, Trans. 91: 386-387, figs. 19-20 (male thorax). 



