Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1695 



Type-species: Gorytes floridanus Fox. Orig. desig. 

 Laevigorytes Zavadil, 1948. In Zavadil and Snoflak, Ent. Prirucky Ent. Listu, no. 13, p. 66. 

 Type-species: Gorytes kohlii Handlirsch. Monotypic. 



Most of the species are Nearctic but a few have been described from the Ethiopian and 

 Palaearctic Regions. The only known prey record is of a spittlebug for one of the Ethiopian spe- 

 cies. 



Taxonomy: Bohart, 1969 (1968). Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 494-496 (key to spp. of Phaleratus 



Group). —Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 392-394 (key to spp. of Montanus, 



AbdominaHs, Fasciatus, Venustus and Smithii Groups). 

 abdominalis (Cresson). Colo., Tex. 



Gorytes abdominalis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 474. 9, cJ. 

 apicalis (Smith). N. J., S. C, Tex., N. Mex., Nebr. 



Gorytes apicalis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 369. cJ. 



Gorytes propinqmis Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 379. "9" = 6. 



butleri Bohart. Ariz. 



Pseudoplisus butleri Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 397, figs. 1, 7. 6. 



californicus Bohart. Calif. 



Pseudoplisus californicus Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 401, figs. 11, 12. S, 9. 



catalinae Bohart. Ariz. (Santa Catalina Mts.). 



Pseudoplisus catalinae Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 395, figs. 13, 17. 6, 9. 



claripennis Bohart. Ariz. (Santa Rita Mts.). 



Pseudoplisus claripennis Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 403. 6. 

 divisus (Smith). Va. to Ga., La., Tex., Nebr. 



Gorytes divisus Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 370. 6. 



Gorytes bipartitus Handlirsch, 1888. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Nat. Kl., Sitzber.-97: 521. 9, 

 6. 



Psejidoplisus varipunctus Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 348. 9. 



fasciatus (Fox). Colo., Ariz. 



Gorytes fasciatus Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, 45: 539. 6. 



flavidulus Bohart. South. Calif. 



Pseudoplisus flavididus Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 402. S. 



imperialis Bohart. Calif. (Imperial Co.). 



Pseudoplisus imperialis Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 403. S. 



nigricomus Bohart. South. Ariz. 



Pseudoplisus nigricomus Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 398, figs. 5, 10. 6, 9. 

 ocellatus Bohart. South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Pseudoplisus ocellatus Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 401. 6, 9. 



oraclensis Bohart. South. Ariz. 



Pseudoplisus oraclensis Bohart, 1969 (1968). Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 498, figs. 4, 8. cJ, 9. 

 phaleratus (Say). Canada and U. S. in Transit, and Austr. Zones; P. E. I. west to N. Dak. and 

 Colo., south to Fla. and Ariz., south in Mexico to Guerrero. 



Odynerusd) flavicomis Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., p. 

 68. Norn. nud. 



Gorytes phaleratus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 367. 



Gorytes fulvipennis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 367. 9. 



Gorytes modestus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 473. 6. 



Gorytes rufo-luteus Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc 6: 425. 9,6. 



Gorytes flavicomis Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc 6: 429. 9,6. 



Gorytes alticola Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 81, pi. 5, fig. 21. 6, 9. 



Gorytes alpestris Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 83, pi. 5, fig. 22. 6, 9. 



Gorytes subaustralis Viereck, 1908 (1907). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 398. 9. 



Gorytes papagorum Viereck, 1908 (1907). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 400. 9,6. 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99 (14): pi. 21, figs. H-K (male 

 genitalia). 



