Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1731 



Cerceris cognata Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 408. 9. 



Cerceris denticitlaris Banks, 1917. Mus. Comp. Zool, Bui. 61: 113. 9, S. 



Cerceris interjeda Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 84. 6. 



Cerceris anio Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 19. 9. 



Cerceris calodera Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 22. 6. 



Cerceris illota Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 23. 6. 



Cerceris isolde Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 24. 6. 



Biology: Linsley and MacSwain, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 71-84, 3 figs, (nest, prey 

 selection, parasites). 



calochorti calochorti Rohwer. East slope of Rocky Mts., Alta. south to N. Me.\. and Tex. 

 Predator: Philanthus zebratus Cr. 

 Cerceris calochorti Rohwer, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 322. 9. 

 calochorti hidalgo Scullen. Ariz. (Pima Co.); Mexico (Higher elevations south to Mexico City). 

 Cerceris calochorti hidalgo Scullen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 110: 75, figs. 71, 149a-e. 

 9.cJ. 

 carrizonensis Banks. Tex., (Uvalde). 



Cerceris carrizonensis Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 403. 6. 

 chilopsidis Viereck and Cockerell. Southwest, desert area. 



Cerceris chilopsidis Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 136. 9. 

 cleotnae Rohwer. Colo. (Denver). 



Cerceris cleomae Rohwer, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 325. S. 

 clypeata clypeata Dahlbom. Maine and Ont. to N. Dak. south to north. Fla. and east Tex. 



Ecology: Nests in gravelly soil. Parasite: Dasyiuutilla scaevola (Bl.) ? Prey: Chalepus 

 dorsalis Thunb., Levia trilineata (Oliv.); Curculio nasicus (Say), Pissodes strobi (Peck), 

 Tanymecus confusus (Say). 

 Cerceris clypeata Dahlbom, 1844. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, pp. 221, 500. 6,9. 

 Cerceris imitator Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 125. 6. Preocc. 

 Cerceris imitatoria Schletterer, 1887. Zool. Jahrb., Ztschr. f. System. 2: 494. N. name. 

 Cerceris chryssipe Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 18. 9, cJ. 

 Cerceris clymene Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 20. 6, 9. 

 Cerceris zobeide Brimley, 1929. Ent. News 40: 194. 6. 

 Cerceris zos7na Brimley, 1929. Ent. News 40: 195. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 86, fig. 31 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv., Bui. 2: 109-114 (nest, 



prey). — Krombein, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 6-7 (nest, prey). —Scullen, 1965. U. 



S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 471 (prey). 

 clypeata dakotensis Banks. North cent. States. 



Cerceris dakotensis Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 402. 9,6. 

 clypeata gnarina Banks. Cent. States. 



Cerceris gnarina Banks, 1913. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, Bui. 32: 237. 9. 



clypeata prominens Banks. East. States. 



Cerceris prominens Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 5: 19. 9, 6. 



Cerceris alaope Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 22. 6, 9. 

 cochisi Scullen. South. Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Zacatecas, 

 San Luis Potosi, Nayarit). 



Cerceris cochisi Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 116: 416, fig. 39. 9, cJ. 



Cerceris cochise (!) Scullen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 110: 42. 

 compacta Cresson. East, and cent. States southwest to south. Calif.; Mexico south to Veracruz 

 and Oaxaca. Prey: Colaspis brunyiea (P.). 



Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 5: 127. 6,9. 



Cerceris aureo-facialis Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 112. 6. 



Cerceris solidagiiiis Rohwer, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 323. 6 . 



Cerceris belfragei Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 114. 9,6. 



Biology: Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 116: 420 (prey). 



