Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1237 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1963. Ent. News 74: 149. 



Biology: Leech, 1948. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc. 44: 27 (host record). 

 sonorensis (Cameron). Idaho, Oreg., Calif., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Host: Ashmeadiella aridula Ckll.; A. bigeloviae (Ckll.); A. biicconis denticulata (Cr.); A. 

 occipitalis Mich.; Hoplitis producta gracilis (Mich.); Anthocopa c. copelandica (Ckll); A. 

 c. alboyyiarginata (Ckll.); Osmia kincaidii Ckll. Hosts nest in cavities in twigs or in 

 borings in wood. 

 Chrysis Sonoreyisis Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 461. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 96-97 (host records). -Parker, 1967. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 43: 215 (host record). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 

 447-449 (life history). —Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 4 (host record). 

 —Parker, 1975. Pan-Pacific Ent. 51: 119 (host). 

 iota (Aaron). Md., Iowa, Colo., Idaho, Utah, Calif., B. C. 



Chrysis integra Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 306-307. <J. Preocc. 

 Chrysis iota Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 228. N. name. 

 Chrysis elongata Mocsary, 1887. Termes., Fuzetek 11: 15. N. name. 



Genus NEOCHRYSIS Linsenmaier 



Taxonomy: Bohart, 1966 (1963). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 139-144 (generic reclassification). 

 Genus NEOCHRYSIS Subgenus NEOCHRYSIS Linsenmaier 



Pleurocera subg. Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959. Schweiz. Ent. Ges., Mitt. 32: 74. 

 Type-species: Chrysis punctatissima Spinola. Grig, desig. 

 montezuma (Cameron). Southern Ariz, south to Yucatan. 



Chrysis montezxima Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 463. 9. 



Genus NEOCHRYSIS Subgenus EXOCHRYSIS Bohart 



Neochrysis subg. Exochrysis Bohart, 1966 (1963). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 141. 

 Type-species: Chrysis panamensis Cameron. Orig. desig. 

 panamensis (Cameron). Pa. to Fla., Ind., Okla., south to Panama. Ecology: Hosts nest in 

 borings in wood. Host: Podium rufipes (F.); P. luctuosum Sm.? 

 Chrysis Panamensis Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 464, pi. 20, fig. 8. 9. 

 Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) alabamensis Mocsary, 1914. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 12: 49. 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 84: 149, fig. 4. —Bohart and Menke, 

 1963. Univ. Calif Pubs. Ent. 30: 108 (synonymy). —Bohart, 1966 (1963). Brooklyn Ent. 

 Soc, Bui. 58: 141. 9, <J. 



Biology: Krombein, 1958. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 84: 147-149 (life history). —Krombein, 1967. 

 Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 473-475 (life history). 



Genus NEOCHRYSIS Subgenus IPSIURA Linsenmaier 



Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959. Schweiz. Ent. Ges., Mitt. 32: 74. 

 Type-species: Chrysis marginalis Brulle. Orig. desig. 



genbergi (Dahlbom). Fla.; Brazil, Argentina. 



Chrysis genbergi Dahlbom, 1854. Hym. Europaea, v. 2, p. 319. 9. 

 neolateralis Bohart. D. C, Va., Ga., Ill, Kans., Ark. south to El Salvador. 



Neochrysis (Ipsiura) neolateralis Bohart, 1966 (1963) Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 143. 6, 

 9. 

 pilifrons (Cameron). Southern Tex. to southern Mexico. 



Chrysis pilifrons Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 465. 6. 



Chrysis (Hexachrysis) stenops Mocsary, 1889. Monog. Chrysid., p. 571. 9. 



Genus TRICHRYSIS Lichtenstein 



Chrysis subg. Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876. Petites Nouv. Ent., v. 2, p. 27. 



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