1232 Hymenopterain America North of Mexico 



Chrysis (Tetmchrysis) altivola7is Mocsary, 1914. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 12: 53. 6. N. 



syn. (R. M. Bohart). 

 Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) coerulans var. nanula Rohwer, 1909. Psyche 16: 88. 9. N. syn (R. 



M. Bohart). 

 cembricola Krombein. Transcontinental in U. S. and Canada. Host: Symniorphus canadensis 



(Sauss.). Hosts nest in borings in wood. 

 Chrysis (Chrysis) cembricola Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 53, fig. 1. 9 , 6 . 



Biology: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 57-58 (life history). —Krombein, 1967. 



Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 456-457 (life history). 

 coerulans Fabricius. Widely distributed in southern Canada and U. S. Host: Ancistrocerus a. 

 antilope (Panz.); A. c. catskill (Sauss.); A. c. albophaleratus (Sauss.); A. spilogaster 

 Cam.; A. a. adiabatus (Sauss.); A. a. cytainus (Cam.); A. tuberculocephahis sutterianus 

 (Sauss.); Euodyiierus foraminatus apopkensis (Robt.); E . f. foraminatus (Sauss.); E.f. 

 scutellaris (Sauss.); E. leucomelas (Sauss.); E. megaera (Lep.); Parancistrocerus 

 acarophorus (Boh.); P. salcularis rufulus (Boh.); Symmorphus albomarginatus (Sauss.); 

 S. c. cristatus (Sauss.); Hoplitis anthocopoides (Schenk). Parasite: Melittobia chalybii 

 Ashm. Hosts nest in cavities in twigs, borings in wood, and in old mud-dauber nests. 



Chrysis coendans Fabricius, 1805. Systema Piezatorum, p. 172. 9. 



Chrysis Servillei Brulle, 1846. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 37. N. syn. (R. M. Bohart). 



Chrysis bella Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 312. 9. 



Chrysis Nortoni Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 237. 6, 9. N. syn. (R. M. 

 Bohart). 



Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) conserta du Buysson, 1891. Rev. Ent. Caen 10: 37. 9. 



Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) praticola Mocsary, 1914. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 12: 50. 3, 9. N. 

 syn. (R. M. Bohart). 



Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) sejuncta Mocsary, 1914. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 12: 51. 9. N. 

 syn. (R. M. Bohart). 



Biology: Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 135 (host record, erroneous). — Ashmead, 1894. Psyche 7: 

 79 (host record, erroneous). —Parker, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 140 (host record). 

 — Medler, 1964. Ent. News 75: 26-27 (host record). — Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 

 66: 209-215 (life history). —Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 59 (host record). 

 —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (host records). —Krombein, 1967. 

 Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 457-462 (life history). — Eickwort, 1973. Search, Agr. 3: 

 24 (host). —Evans, 1973. Great Basin Nat. 33: 152 (host). 

 inflata Aaron. Tex., Colo, and N. Mex. west to Calif, and Oreg., Idaho, B. C; Mexico. Host: 



Ancistrocerus durangoensis Cam.; A. Ii7ieativentris Cam.; A. tuberculocephalus 



sutterianus (Sauss.); A. t. tuberculocephalus (Sauss.); Euodynerus guerrero (Sauss.). 



Hosts nest in cavities in twigs and in borings in wood. 

 Chrysis inflata Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 237. 6,9. 

 Chrysis Dugesi du Buysson, 1898 (1897). Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 66: 532, pi. 18, fig. 7. 9. N. 



syn. (R. M. Bohart). 

 Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) nokomis Rohwer, 1909. Psyche 16: 89. 6, 9. N. syn. (R. M. Bohart). 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (host record). —Krombein, 1967. 

 Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 465-466 (life history). 

 nitidula Fabricius. Transcontinental in U. S. and Canada. Host: Ancistrocerus a. antilope 



(Panz.); A. c. catskill (Sauss.); A. c. albophaleratus (Sauss.); A. a. adiabatus (Sauss.); 



Euodynerus f. foraminatus (Sauss.); E. schwarzi (Krom.); Symmorphus c. cristatus 



(Sauss.). Hosts nest in cavities in stems, borings in wood, and abandoned mud cells of 



mining bees. 

 Chrysis nitidula Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 359. 

 Chrysis cyanea Villers, 1789. Caroli Linnaei Ent., v. 3, p. 257. 

 Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) cessata du Buysson, 1891. Rev. Ent. Caen 10: 36. 

 Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) chalcopyga Mocsary, 1914. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 12: 48. 9. 



Biology: Harrington, 1896. Canad. Ent. 28: 79 (host record). — Hobbs, Nummi and Virostek, 

 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 147 (host record). —Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 59 (host 



