Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1209 



Several species are known to parasitize soil-dwelling beetle larvae, especially Tenebrionidae. 

 A few species hibernate gregariously beneath or in bark of trees. Several species of which E. 

 californkus (Ashm.) is an example, have a very painful sting and can cause severe allergic reac- 

 tions in humans. 



Revision: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 181-352, 168 figs., 24 maps (New World 

 species). 



Species Group Connexus 



connexus Evans. Southern Ariz, and Calif. 



Epyris connexus Evans, 1967. Ent. News 78: 97. 9, S. 

 spissus Evans. Ont., Mass., south to Fla. 



Epyris spisstis Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 193, figs. 1, 3, 7, map 1. 9, 6. 



Species Group Tricostatus 



cariniceps Evans. Central Calif., southern Ariz., western Tex. to Costa Rica. 



Epyris cariniceps Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 216, figs. 17, 41, 49, map 5. 9, 

 6. 

 eriogoni Kieffer. Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex. south to Veracruz. 



Epyris eriogoni Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 245. 6. 



Epyris erigoni (!) Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 97. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 220, figs. 22, 25, 40, 50, map 6. 9,6. 

 oriplanus Kieffer. Va. to Fla., Tex. to Calif., south to Chiapas. 



Epyris oriplamis Kieffer, 1911. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 35: 228. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 213, figs. 10, 11, 19, 33, 34, map 4. 9, <J. 



tricostatus Evans. Pa. to Fla., Kans., Tex. 



Epyris tricostatus Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 208, figs. 16, 39, 47, map 3. 9, 

 6. 

 vogti Evans. Md. (Nanjemoy). 



Epyris vogti Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 211, fig. 24, map 5. 9. 



Species Group Rufipes 



brachypterus (Ashmead). Md., D. C, Va., "Carolina". 



Mesitius brachypterus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 66. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 273, map 11. 9. 

 californicus (Ashmead). Pa. to Fla., 111., Kans., Colo., Tex., Oreg., Calif, and Ariz, south to 

 Honduras. 

 Mesitius californicus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 65. 9 . 

 Mesitius minutus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 65. 3. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 260, figs. 63, 64, 72, 98-101, map 10. 9, 



Biology: Essig and Michelbacher, 1932. Science 76: 407-408. 

 clarimontis Kieffer. Fla., N. Dak. to Wash, south to Calif, and Tex., thence to central Mexico. 

 Epyris clarimontis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 243. 9. 

 Epyris indivisus Kieffer, 1905. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 243. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 280, figs. 73, 74, 75, 86, 108-111, map 14. 



9, 6. 

 cochise Evans. Idaho, Utah, Nev., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex. 



Epyris cochise Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 285, figs. 84, 85, 114, map 15. 6, 9. 

 deficiens Krombein. N. Y. to Ga., W. Va., ?Kans. 



Epyris deficiens Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc, Wash., Proc 58: 156, fig. 3. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 288, figs. 68, 69, 78, 115, map 15. 9, d. 

 guatemalensis Cameron. Southern Calif, through western and central Mexico to Guatemala. 

 Epyris guatemalensis Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 1: 453, pi. 19, fig. 20. 9. 



