Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1689 



Taxonomy: Bradley, 1920. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 46: 122-123 (key to spp.). 

 albomarginatus (Cresson). Nev. 



Nysson albot)nirgi7iatus Cresson, 1882. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: 278. 9,6. 

 arentis Bohart. South. Calif., Nev., Ariz. 



Epinysson arentis Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 229, figs. 16-18. 6,9. 

 basilaris basilaris (Cresson). Va., S. C, Ga., Fla. 



Nysson basilaris Cresson, 1882. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: 281. 9. 

 basilaris tuberculatus (Handlirsch). N. H., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Md., D. C, Va., S. C, Wis., 

 N. Dak. Host: Hoplisoides nebnlosus (Pack.). 

 Nysson tuberculatus Handlirsch, 1887. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl., Sitzber. 95: 363. 



6. 

 Nysson tramosericus Viereck, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 30: 237. 6. 

 Ny.sso7i (Bracliystegus) opulentus var. dakotensis Rohwer, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 59: 

 411. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 150-151, figs. 36-38 (larva; misdet. as 

 opulentus Gerst.). 



Biology: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 151 (host; misdet. as opulentus Gerst.). 

 — Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, pp. 42-44, figs. 34-85 

 (behavior, host, egg). 

 bellus (Cresson). Kans., Okla., N. Dak., Colo., Mont., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Host: 

 Hoplisoides tricolor (Cr.)? 

 Nysson bellus Cresson, 1882. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: 280. 9. 

 Nysson clarconis Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 204. 6. 



Biology: Evans, Lin and Yoshimoto, 1954. Ent. News 65: 10 (behavior in host? nest). 

 desertus Bohart. South. Calif., N. Mex.; Mexico (Sinaloa). 



Epinysson desertus Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 231, figs. 19, 20. 6, 9. 

 guatemalensis hoplisivora (Rohwer). D. C. to Fla. Host: Hoplisoides costalis (Cr.). Typical 

 guatenialensis (Roh.) occurs in Cent. America. 

 Nysson (Bracliystegus) hoplisivora Rohwer, 1923. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 25: 96. 9. 



Biology: Reinhard, 1925. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 15: 172-177 (host, egg, larval behavior, life 

 cycle, cocoon). —Reinhard, 1929. The witchery of wasps, pp. 262-271, text fig. (host, larval 

 behavior, cocoon). 



mellipes (Cresson). N. H. to Fla., La., Minn., Iowa, N. Dak., Colo., Mont., Calif., B. C. 



Ny.sson mellipes Cresson, 1882. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: 279. 9,6. 



Nysson submellipes Viereck, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 30: 237. 6. 

 metathoracicus (Smith). Nebr. (Sioux Co.). 



Bracliystegus metathoracicus Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 338. 9. 

 moestus (Cresson). Wash., Calif. Host: Hoplisoides ha7)iatus (Handl.)? 



Nysson moestus Cresson, 1882. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: 280. 6 . 



Nysson (Brachystegus) barberi Rohwer, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 410. 6. 



Biology: Powell and Chemsak, 1959. Pan-Pacific Ent. 35: 200 (host ?). 

 opulentus (Gerstaecker). Canada and U. S. in U. Austr., and Sonor. Zones; Panama? 



Nysso7i opulentus Gerstaecker, 1867. Naturhist. Gesell. Halle, Abhandl. 10: 114. 6. 



Nysson (Brachystegus) seminole Bradley, 1920. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 46: 125. 6. 



Nysson (Brachystegus) foxii Rohwer, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 409. 6. 



Nysson (Epinysson) maiae Pate, 1938. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 64: 137, fig. 26. 6. 

 pacificus (Rohwer). Calif. (Santa Barbara). 



Nysson (Brachy.'itegu.'i) pacificus Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 53: 249. 6. 

 torridus (Bohart). South. Calif., Nev. 



Epinysson torridus Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 232, fig. 21. cJ, 9. 



Genus ZANYSSON Rohwer 



Nysson subg. Zanysson Rohwer, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 404. 

 Type-species: Nysson texanus Cresson. Orig. desig. 



