Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1265 



Taxonomy: Allen, 1962. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 88: 33 (type redescribed, synonymy). —Allen, 



1965. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proe. 117: 92. 9, 6. -Allen, 1968. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 94: 



70, figs. 22, 25-30, 41, map 6. 9 , 6 . 

 sculleni Allen. Oreg., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex. 



Paratiphia sculleni Allen, 1968. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 94: 52, map 3. 6, 9. 

 texana Cameron. Ont. and Mass. to Mont, south to Fla. and Tex. 



Paratiphia texana Cameron, 1907. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 174. 9,6. 



Paratiphia algonguina Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 11: 45. 9, d. 



Paratiphia algonquina (!) Smith, 1910. N. J. State Mus., Ann. Rpt. for 1909, p. 666. 



Taxonomy: Allen, 1962. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 88: 25 (redescription texana). —Allen, 1965. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc 117: 97. 9, d. -Allen, 1968. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 94: 62, 

 figs. 15, 17, map 5. S, 9. 

 verna Allen. Calif., Nev., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). 

 Paratiphia verna Allen, 1963. Ent. News 74: 219. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Allen, 1965. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 117: 99. 6. — AUen, 1968. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, Trans. 94: 80, fig. 36, map 7. 6, 9. 



Unplaced Taxon of Paratiphia Sichel 



fuscipennis Cameron. No locality given (title says n. spp. from "Nevada and Southern 

 California"). 

 Paratiphia fuscipennis Cameron. 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 106. 9 (in key). 



Genus EPOMIDIOPTERON Romand 



Epomidiopteron Romand, 1835. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 4: 653. 



Type-species: Epomidiopteron Julii Romand. Monotypic. 

 Scoliphia Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 201. 



Type-species: Scoliphia spilota Banks. Orig. desig. 

 Epimodiopteron (!) Bridwell, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc 4: 119. 

 julii Romand. Southern Ariz, to Peru and Argentina. 



Epoynidiopteron Julii Romand, 1836. Soc Ent. France, Ann. 4: 653. 9. 

 Paratiphia 12-maculata Cameron, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 30: 94. 6. 

 Scoliphia spilota Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 201. 9,6. 

 Epimodiopteron (!) spilota Bridwell, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4: 119. 



Taxonomy: Allen, 1966. Ent. News 77: 206, 2 figs. 9, 6 (synonymy and redescription). 

 -Allen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 113: 3. 



Subfamily MYZININAE 



Revision: Krombein, 1938. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 64: 227-292, 12 figs. 



Genus MYZINUM Latreille 



Myzimnn Latreille, 1803. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., v. 15, p. 326. 



Type-species: Tiphia ynaculata Fabricius. Monotypic. 

 Elis Fabricius, 1805. Systema Piezatorum, p. 248. 



Type-species: Elis sexcincta Fabricius. Desig. by Bingham, 1897. 

 Plesia Jurine, 1807. Nouv. Meth. Class. Hym. Dipt., p. 150. 



Type-species: Tiphia namea Fabricius. Desig. by Ashmead, 1903. 

 Myzina (!) Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat., p. 124. 



In describing Myzinum as new, Latreille gave a vernacular as well as a scientific name, thus, 

 myzine, Myzinum. Later, he and most subsequent authors incorrectly used this vernacular 

 name rather than the properly formed scientific name. 



Two North American species have been recorded as parasitizing scarabaeid larvae in the soil, 

 a host relationship which has been recorded also for several Neotropical species. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1935. Ent. News 46: 265-267 (nomenclature). —Krombein, 1937. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 30: 26-30 (key to world genera). 



