1696 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



rufomaculatus (Fox). Nebr., Kans., Colo., Mont. 



Gorytes rufomaculatus Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, 45: 538. 9,6. 



smithii floridanus (Fox). Fla. 



Hoplisusfoveolata Fox, 1890. Ent. News 1: 106. 9. Preocc. 



Gorytes floridanus Fox, 1891. Ent. News 2: 196. N. name. 

 smithii smithii (Cresson). Md., N. C, Fla., 111., Nebr., Kans., Okla., La. 



Gorytes Smithii Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: Proc, p. xviii. "9" = S. 



Pseudoplisus infumatus Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 402. 6 . 

 tanythrix Bohart. Okla., Tex. 



Pseudoplisus tanythrix Bohart, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 399, figs. 6, 8, 14. 6. 

 venustus (Cresson). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Colo.; Mexico (Chihuahua). 



Gorytes venustus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 472. 9,6. 



Gorytes (Pseudoplisus) venustifoi~mis Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 568. 6. 

 werneri Bohart. Ariz., Colo. 



Pseudoplisus werneri Bohart, 1969 (1968). Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 500, figs. 3, 11, 14. 9, 

 6. 



Genus LESTIPHORUS Lepeletier 



Lestiphorus Lepeletier, 1832. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 1: 70. 



Type-species: Crabro bicinctus Rossi. Desig. by Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 

 Op. 675, 1963. 

 Lestophorus Agassiz, 1847. Nomencl. Zool., p. 208. Emend. 

 Hypomellinus Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 299. 



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

 Mellinogastra Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 300. 



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



Most species are Holarctic but one each is known from the Neotropical and Ethiopian Re- 

 gions. One European species is reported to prey upon spittlebugs. 



Revision: Pate, 1946 (1945). Canad. Ent. 77: 210-213 (N. Amer. spp.). 



Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1961. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 18: 340-341 (request to suppress Crabro 



bicinctus F. and to place Lestiphorus Lep. and Crabro bicinctus Rossi on Official Lists of 



Generic and Specific Names). 

 cockerelli (Rohwer). Mass., N. Y., Mich., S. Dak., Colo. 



Gorytes cockerelli Rohwer, 1909. Ent. News 20: 371. 6. 



Mellinogastra williamsi Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 402. 6. 

 mellinoides (Fox). Tex. (? Bosque Co.). 



Gorytes mellinoides Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 524. 9. 

 piceus (Handlirsch). N. Dak., Idaho, Wash., B. C. 



Gorytes piceus Handlirsch, 1888. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. KL, Sitzber. 97: 455. 6. 



Gorytes rufocinctus Fox, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 153. 9. 



Genus ORYTTUS Spinola 



Oryttus Spinola, 1836. Soc. Ent. France, Bui. 5: xxiii. 



Type-species: Arpactus concinnus (Rossi). Monotypic 

 Agraptus Wesmael, 1852. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belg., Bui. 19: 108. 



Type-species: Gorytes concinnus of Vander Linden. Monotypic. 

 Harpactostigma Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 299. 



Type-species: Hoplisus vetutinus Spinola. Orig. desig. 

 Harpactostigma subg. Arcesilas Pate, 1938. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 64: 60. 



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



Most species of this small genus occur in the Holarctic Region, but a few are Ethiopian and 

 Neotropical. Several prey records are of Fulgoridae, but one European species also uses Cicadel- 

 lidae. 



Revision: Pate, 1938. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 64: 57-77 (New World spp.). 



