1238 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Sphex cyayiea Linnaeus. Monotypic. 

 Chrysis subg. Alocochrysis Haupt, 1956. [Dresden] Mus. f. Tierkunde u. Voelkerk., 

 Abhandl. u. Ber. 23: 73. 



Type-species: Chrysis cyaneus Linnaeus. Monotypic. 



The hosts of Trichrysis, so far as known, nest in cavities in twigs, borings in wood or aban- 

 doned nests of mud-daubers. 



areolata (Mocsary). Md., Tenn., Tex.; Mexico (Guerrero). 



Chrysogona areolata Mocsary, 191L Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 9: 463. 9. 

 carinata (Say). Mass. to Fla., W. Va., Wis., Mo., Kans., Colo., Tex. Host: TrypargUum c. 

 coUiniim (Sm.); T. collinum rubrocinctum (Pack.); T. clavatum (Say); T. striatum 

 (Prov.). 

 Chrysis carinata Say, 1828. Contrib. Maclur. Lye. Phila. 1: 82. 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 450-454, figs. 132, 133 (?), 134 (life 

 history). 

 deversor Bohart. B. C. to Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Utah, Colo. Host: TrypargUum t. 

 tridentatum (Pack.). 

 Trichrysis deversor Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 131. cJ, 9. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 95 (host record). 

 doriae (Gribodo). Southern Canada and U. S. south to Panama. Host: TrypargUum collinum 

 rubrocinctum (Pack.); Trypoxylon backi Sandh.; T. bidentatum Fox; T.fastigium Fox; 

 T. frigidum Sm.; T. sculleni Sandh. 

 Chrysis Doriae Gribodo, 1874. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. 6: 359. 

 Chrysis verticalis Patton, 1879. Canad. Ent. 11: 67. 6. 

 Chrysis striatellus Norton, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 241. 9. 

 Chrysis discreta Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 230. 9. 



Biology: Thomas, 1962. Amer. Midland Nat. 67: 365-366 (life history). —Thomas, 1963. Mich. 

 Acad. Sci., Arts, Letters, Papers 48: 127-130 (life history). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 95 (host records). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 

 449-450 (life history). — Medler, 1967. Amer. Midland Nat. 78: 350 (host record). 

 mucronata (Brulle). ? Canada, Tex., Ariz., Calif.; south to Venezuela. Host: TrypargUum t. 

 tridentatum (Pack.); Euodyyierus p. pratensis (Sauss.). 

 Chrysis mucronata Brulle, 1846. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 45. 9. 



Taxonomy: Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 132. 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 454-455 (life history). 

 tridens (Lepeletier). U. S. east of Rocky Mts., south to Argentina. Host: TrypargUum politum 



(Say). 

 Pyria tridens Lepeletier, 1825. In Olivier, Encycl. Meth., Diet. Ins., v. 10, p. 495. 9. 

 Chrysis truncata Guerin, 1842. Rev. ZooL, p. 146. d , 9 . 

 Chrysis Mexicana Guerin, 1842. Rev. ZooL, p. 147. 



Chrysis tridentata Dahlbom, 1845. Dispos. Method. Spec. Hym., pt. 2, p. 13. 

 Chrysis unicolor Brulle, 1846. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 42. 9 . Preocc. 

 Chrysis olivieri Brulle, 1846. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 43. 9 . Type locality erroneous. 



N. syn. (R. M. Bohart). 

 Chrysis virens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila. Proc. 4: 309. 9. Preocc. 

 Chrysis Brullei Abeille de Perrin, 1879. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Ann. 26: 42. N. name for unicolor 



Br. 



Taxonomy: Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc 79: 132. 

 Biology: Johnson, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 448-449 (host). 



Genus STILBUM Spinola 



Stilbum Spinola, 1806. Insectorum Liguriae, v. 1, p. 9. 



Type-species: Stilbum calens Spinola. Desig. by Latreille, 1810 (=Chrysis cyanura 

 Foerster). 



