Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1275 



Ischioceras mgosa Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 8. 9, (<? misdet.). 

 Mutilla thoracica Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 204. Preocc. 

 Mutilla erythronota Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 36. N. name. 

 Myrmosa {Mynnosa) banksi Bradley, 1917. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 43: 249. 9,6. 

 Myrmosa dakotensis Weber, 1934. Psyche 41: 57. 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 430-436, fig. 6. 



Biology: Melander and Brues, 1903. Biol. Bui. 5: 7. —Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 

 65: 435-436. —Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 58: 154 (mating behavior). 



Genus MYRMOSA Subgenus MYRMOSINA Krombein 



Myrmosa subg. M yrmosina Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 452. 

 Type-species: Myrmosa {Myrmosina) texana Krombein. Orig. desig. 

 nocturna nocturna Krombein. Md., La., Tex., Kans. 



Myrmosa (Myrmosina) nocturna nocturna Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 



454. 6. 



nocturna rufigastra Krombein. Tex., Calif. 



Myrmosa {Myrmosina) nocturna ncfigastra Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 



455. 6. 



texana Krombein. Dak., Tex. 



Myrmosa (Myrmosina) texana Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 453. 6. 



Genus LEIOMYRMOSA Wasbauer 



Leiomyrmosa Wasbauer, 1974 (1973). Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 325. 



Type-species: Leiomyrmosa spilota Wasbauer. Orig. desig. 

 spilota Wasbauer. Calif. (Blythe in Riverside Co.). 



Leiomyrmosa spilota Wasbauer, 1974 (1973). Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 326, figs. 1, 2, 19, 23. 9. 



Genus MYRMOSULA Bradley 



Myrmosa subg. Myrmosula Bradley, 1917. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 43: 249. 

 Type-species: Myrmosa parvula Fox. Desig. by Bridwell, 1920. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 133-134 (key to females). —Wasbauer, 1974 



(1973). Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 335-336 (key to females). 

 boharti Wasbauer. Calif. (Thousand Palms in Riverside Co.). 



Myrmosula boharti Wasbauer, 1974 (1973). Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 331, figs. 13, 14. 9. 

 exaggerata (Krombein). Calif. 



Myrmosa (Myrmosula) exaggerata Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 460. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 133. 

 nasuta Wasbauer. Southern Calif, and Ariz. Ecology: Visits mat Euphorbia and has been 

 collected in a kangaroo rat burrow. 

 Myrmosula nasuta Wasbauer, 1974 (1973). Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 329, figs. 7, 8, 20. 9. 

 pacifica (Mickel). Calif. (Antioch). Possibly a synonym of exaggerata Krom. 



Myrmosa (Myrmosula) pacifica Mickel, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 134. 9. 

 parvula (Fox). D. C. south to Ala., west to Mont, and Tex. Host: Dialictus imitatus (Sm.), D. 

 zephynis (Sm.); Augochlorella striata (Prov.)(?), A. persimilis (Vier.)(?). 

 Myrmosa parvula Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 53. S. 

 Mutilla antisemitica Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 10. N. name for Myrmosa 



parvula fox, not Mutilla parvula Fabricius. 

 Brachycistis bimaculatus Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 285. 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 65: 457-459, figs. 5, 10. d, 9. 



Biology: Michener and Wille, 1961. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bui. 42: 1130 (host record). — Ordway, 

 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 149 (host records). — Batra, 1965. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 

 386-387 (behavior in host nest). —Brothers, 1972. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bui. 50: 23 (host record). 



