1730 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



azteca Saussure. Ariz.; Mexico to Argentina. 



Cerceris azteca Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool, v. 2, Hym., p. 97. 9 . 



Cerceris (Apiratrixi!)) seminigra Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 33. 6. Preocc. 

 banksi Scullen. Mass. to N. C, III, Mo., Kans. 



Cerceris banksi Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 461, figs. 70, 152a, b, c. 9. 

 bicornuta Guerin. Transcont. in U. S., Mass., Mich., S. Dak. and Oreg. south into Mexico 



(Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California, Durango). Ecology: Nests in flat stony 

 soil or sand, makes its own burrow or extends a pre-existing burrow. Parasite: 

 Se7iotamia kanse7isis Tns.?; Hedychrmn violaceum Br.? Prey: Eupagoderes sp., 

 Sphenophorus aequalis Gyll., S. criosus (Oliv.), S. cultellatus (Horn), S. maidis (Chitt.), 

 S. marinus (Chitt.), S. parvulus (Gyll.), S. pertinax (Oliv.), S. venatus (Say), S. vestitus 

 (Chitt.), S. zeae (Walsh). 



Cerceris bicornuta Guerin, 1844. Iconogr. Regne Anim., Ins., v. 7, p. 443. 9 . 



Cerceris dufourii Guerin, 1844. Iconogr. Regne Anim., Ins., v. 7, p. 444. S . 



Cerceris venator Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 116. S. 



Cerceris curvicomis Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 124, pi. 8, fig. 3. 6. 



Cerceris fidelis Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 132. 9. 



Cerceris venatrix Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 195. Emend. 



Biology: Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 337-341, figs. 35, 36 (nest, prey, parasite 



?). — Cartwright, 1929. S. C. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 257: 31 (prey). — Strandtmann, 1945. Ent. 



Soc. Amer., Ann. 38: 311, fig. 8 (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55: 



118-119 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1960. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 55: 75-76 (nest, prey, 



parasite ?). —Evans, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 513 (prey). 

 blakei Cresson. N. J. to Fla., west to east. Tex., 111., Kans. Ecology: Makes vertical burrow in 

 flat bare sand, makes 3 or more cells in a completed nest, stores 42-69 very small 

 beetles, mostly weevils, per cell. Parasite: Miltogrammini sp. Prey: Derolomus basalis 

 LeC. the most common prey, Limnobaris confusa (Boh.), Anthonomus sexguttatus 

 Dietz, Hyperodes sp.; Graphops floridana Bl.; Blapstinus interruptus (Say). 



Cerceris elegans Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 5, p. 467. 6. Preocc. 



Cerceris blakei Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 121. 9. 



Cerceris elegantissima Schletterer, 1887. Zool. Jahrb., Ztschr. f. System. 2: 490. N. name. 



Biology: Krombein, 1963. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 72-79 (nest, prey capture and 



transport, parasite). 

 boharti Scullen. Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Coahuila). 



Cerceris boharti Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 116: 466, figs. 73, 154a, b, c 9. 

 bolingeriana Krombein, n. name. Ariz. (Herford); Mexico (Durango). 



Cerceris bolingeri Scullen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 110: 72, figs. 68, 146a, b. 9. Preocc 

 bridwelli Scullen. South. Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora). 



Cerceris bridwelli Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 116: 361, figs. 5, Ilia, b, c 9, S. 

 butleri Scullen. South. Ariz., southwest. Tex.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Cerceris butleri Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 363, figs. 6, 112a, b, c 9. 



californica Cresson. B. C. and Idaho south to Calif, and Ariz., N. Mex., west. Tex.; Mexico 

 (Baja California to Nuevo Leon south to Queretaro). Parasite: Dasymutilla 

 coccineohirta (BL); Metopia argyrocephala (Meig.), Amobia floridensis (Tns.) ?, 

 Senotainia trilineata (Wulp) ? Prey: Acmaeodera acuta LeC., A. adenostomae Caz., A. 

 angelica Fall, A. coquilletti Fall, ^4. dohmi Horn, A. dolorosa Fall, A.fenyesi Fall, A. 

 geynina Horn, A. hepbumi LeC, A. holsteni White, A. jocosa Fall, A. nexa Fall, A. 

 perlanosa Timb., A. plagiaticauda Horn, A. prorsa Fall, A. quadriseriata Fall, A. 

 sinuata Van Dyke, Agrilus angelicus Horn, A. blandus Horn, A. politus (Say), 

 Anthaxia aeneogaster Cast., Chrysobothris deleta LeC, C. lucana Horn, C.femorata 

 (Oliv.). 



Cerceris californica Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 128. 6. 



Cerceris femiginior Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 134. 6. 



Cerceris populorum Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 135. S. 



Cerceris garciana Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 135. 6. 



Cerceris argyrotricha Rohwer, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 324. 9. 



