Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1217 



Revision: Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 288-309, 21 figs. (North American species). 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 65-78, 4 figs, (revised key, North 

 American and West Indian species). 



Species Group Kansanus 



arizonicus Evans. Ariz. (Portal). 



Dissoniphalus arizonicus Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 70, fig. 3. 6. 

 kansanus Evans. Pa., Fla., 111., Kans. 



Dissomphalus kansanus Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. wash., Proc. 56: 302, figs. 4, 11, 17. 6. 



Species Group Xanthopus 



barberi Evans. Maine, Md., N. C. 



Dissomphalus barberi Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 298, figs. 3, 10, 16, 19. 6, 9. 

 californicus Ashmead. Ariz., Calif. 



Dissomphalus californicus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 42. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1967. Ent. News 78: 17. 6. 

 xanthopus Ashmead. U. and L. Austr. Zones east of Rockies, south in Mexico to Chiapas. 

 Dissomphalus xanthopus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 42. 9, 6. 

 Psilobethyliis lucidus Brown and Cheng, 1952. Psyche 58: 146, figs. 2, 3. 9. 



Species Group Apertus 



altivolans Evans. 111., Ala., La., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Dissomphalus altivola^is Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 307, figs. 7, 21. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 76. 9. 

 apertus Kieffer. N. Y., Ohio and Kans., south into Mexico (Cordoba). 



Dissoynphalus apertus Kieffer, 1914. Soc. Ent. France, Bui. 1: 50. 6. 

 foveolatus (Brown and Cheng). Md., Va., Ga., 111., Miss., Ark. 



Psilobethylus foveolatus Brown and Cheng, 1952. Psyche 58: 143, fig. 1. 9. 

 nigrescens Evans. Tex., ?Ark., La., Ala. 



Dissomphalus nigrescens Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 308, figs. 8, 14. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 75-76 (putative female). 



Genus PSEUDISOBRACHIUM Kieffer 

 Genus PSEUDISOBRACHIUM Subgenus PSEUDISOBRACHIUM Kieffer 



Pseudisobrachium Kieffer, 1904. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. (3a) 1: 368. 



Type-species: Pseudisobrachium laticeps Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1906. 

 Monepyris Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 101, 124. 



Type-species: Epyris halidayi Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Xestobethylus Cameron, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 449. 



Type-species: Xestobethylus pallidipes Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Plutobethylus Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 51. 



Type-species: Plutobethylus distans Kieffer. Orig. desig. 

 Lyssepyris Kieffer, 1913. Portici Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr., Bol. 7: 108. 



Type-species: Holepyris flavicornis Kieffer. Monotypic. 

 Xantepyris Kieffer, 1913. Portici Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr., Bol. 7: 108. 



Type-species: Epyris flaviventris Kieffer. Monotypic. 

 Lissepyris (!) Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 236. Typ. error. 

 Xanthepyris Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 417. Emend. 

 Parisobrachium Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 424. 



Type-species: Rhabdepyris (?) albipes Kieffer. Monotypic. 



Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America. 



Females of several species have been found in ant nests, but unsuccessful laboratory testing 

 on ant larvae suggests that the wasps parasitize myrmecophilous beetle larvae occurring in the 

 ant nests. 



