Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1207 



Genus RHABDEPYRIS Subgenus TRICHOTEPYRIS Kieffer 



Rhabdepyris subg. Trichotepyris Kieffer, 1906. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 

 376. 



Type-species: Rhabdepyris pallidipennis Kieffer. Desig. by Muesebeck and 

 Walkley, 1951. 



Species Group Megacephalus 



angusticeps Evans. Ariz. (Tucson). 



Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) angusticeps Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 102, 

 figs. 8, 48. 9. 



apache Evans. Ariz. (Pima Co.); Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco). 



Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) apache Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 91, figs. 5, 

 26. 9, 6. 

 carolinianus Evans. S. C, Fla. 



Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) carolinianus Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 100, 

 figs. 7, 28, 46. 9. 

 megacephalus (Ashmead). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. 



Epyris megacephalus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 61. 9. 

 Epyris megalocephala Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 153. Emend. 

 texanus Evans. Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Morelos). 



Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) texanus Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 93, figs. 6, 

 18,27. 9, 6. 

 werneri Evans. Ariz. (Gila Co., Pima Co.); Mexico (Chihuahua). 



Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) werneri Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 89, figs. 4, 

 17,25,44. 9, cJ. 



Species Group Pulchripennis 



amabilis Fouts. Mass., N. Y., Md., D. C, Va., Fla., Ark., Mo. 



Rhabdepyris amabilis Fouts, 1927. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 29: 165. 9. 



Genus RHABDEPYRIS Subgenus CHLOREPYRIS Kieffer 



Chlorepyris Kieffer, 1913. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 7: 108. 



Type-species: Epyris semiviridis Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914. 



Species Group Viridissimus 



fulgens (Brues). Tex. (Brownsville); Honduras. 



Epyris fidgens Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 99. 9. 



Genus ANISEPYRIS Kieffer 



Anisepyris Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 248. 



Type-species: Epyris amazonicus Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Rhabdepyris subg. Lophepyris Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 201. 



Type-species: Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bridwelli Evans. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 97-120, 28 figs. (U. S. species). —Evans, 

 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 201-204 (Lophepyris). —Evans, 1966. Studia Ent. 9: 1-120, 

 151 figs. (New World species). 



Species Group Aeneus 



The Aeneus Species Group is equivalent to subgenus Lophepyris Evans. 



aeneus Kieffer. Southern Tex. to Panama. 



Anisepyris aeneus Kieffer, 1906. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 30: 138. 9. 



Anisepyris sublevis Kieffer, 1906. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 30: 140. 6 . 



Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bridwelli Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 202. 9, cJ. 



bradleyi (Evans). Fla., Tex. 



Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bradleyi Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 204. 9. 



