Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1569 



dorsalis dorsalis Cresson. Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango). 



Notocyphus dorsalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. 9. 

 Notocyphus texamis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. 6. 



Tribe CEROPALINI 



Genus CEROPALES Latreille 



Ceropales Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins., p. 123. 



Type-species: Evania maculata Fabricius. Desig. by Curtis, 1839. 

 Ceratopales (!) Howard, 1901. Insect Book. pi. 5, fig. 10. 

 Ceratopales Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 174. Emend. 

 Agenioxenus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 137. 



Type-species: Ceropales rufiventris Walsh. Orig. desig. i=Ceropales robinsonii 

 Cresson). 

 Hypsiceraeus Morice and Durrant, 1915. Ent. Soc. London, Trans, pp. 403, 405. 



Type-species: Evania maculata Fabricius. Orig. desig. 



Members of this genus are social parasites of other spider wasps. The female Ceropales lays 

 her egg in the book lung of the spider prey of the host either during transport of the prey or 

 while the prey is lying unguarded. The Ceropales larva hatches first, devours the host egg, and 

 then feeds on the host prey. 



Revision: Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 49-63. 



Taxonomy: Dreisbach, 1948 (1946). Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters, Papers 32: 249 (key to 

 Mich. spp.). —Dreisbach, 1948. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 56: 233-268 (key to U. S. spp.). 

 bipunctata bipunctata Say. Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones. 



Ceropales bipunctata Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, app., p. 334. S, 

 9. 

 bipunctata tibialis Banks. N. C. to Fla. 



Ceropales bipunctata var. tibialis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 126. 6,9. 

 Ceropales floridensis Dreisbach, 1948. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 56: 233. 9. 

 brevicornis Patton. La., Tex., N. Mex. n. to Pa. and Alta., Wash. 



Ceropales brevicornis Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 368. S. 

 cubensis albopicta Cresson. South. Tex. to Panama, Baja California. Typical cubensis Cresson 

 occurs in the West Indies. 

 Ceropales albopicta Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc 12: 378. 6. 



elegans aquilonia Townes. Alta., Minn. 



Ceropales elegans aquilonia Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 256. 6. 



elegans elegans Cresson. Pacific to 100° W. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. 



Ceropales elegans Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 208. 9. 



Ceropales Cressoni Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 58. S, 9. 

 elegans quaintancei Viereck, Md. to Fla., 111., Kans. 



Ceropales quaintancei Viereck, 1902. Ent. News 13: 275. "d" = 9. 



femoralis Cresson. Va. to Kans., s. to Panama. 



Ceropales femoralis Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc Nat. Hist., Proc. 12: 378. 9. 



Ceropales foxii Rohwer, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 369. d. 

 fulvipes Cresson. Tex. 



Ceropales fulvipes Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 208. 9. 

 hatoda Brimley N. Y. to N. C, Minn. Host: Ageniella partita Bks. 



Ceropales hatoda Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 201. 6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (host). 

 longipes Smith. N. J. to Ga., Mo. 



Ceropales fasciata Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, app., p. 333; 



Leconte Ed. v. 1, p. 224 Preocc. 

 Ceropales longipes Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 179. 9. 

 Ceropales frigida Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 180. N. name. 



