1734 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 325-337, figs. 30-34 (nest, prey, parasites 



?). — Krombein, 1960. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 55: 76-77 (nest, prey). — Scullen, 1965. U. S. 



Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 482, pi. 1 (prey, mating). 

 fumipennis Say. U. S. east of Rocky Mts., Wyo., Minn., Mich, and N. H. south to N. Mex. and 

 Fla. Ecology: Nests in hard-packed sand. Parasite: Vidia {Crabrovidia) sp.; Phrosinella 

 fmnosa Allen, Senotainia trilineata (Wulp)? Prey: Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst), 

 Actenodes acornis (Say), Agrilus abjectus Horn, ^4. anxius Gory, A. a. arcuatus (Say), 

 A. a.fulgens LeC, A. a. torquatus LeC, A. b. bilineatus (Weber), A. b. carpini Knull, A. 

 obsoletoguttatus Gory, A. politus Say, A. ruficollis (F.), A. spp., Brachus ovatus Weber, 

 Buprestis consularis Gory, B.fasciata F., B. iiitricata Casey, B. lineata F., B. 

 maculipennis Gory, B. nifipes (Oliv.), B. striata F., Chrysobothris adelpha Germ., C. 

 azurea LeC, C. blanchardi Horn, C. breviloba Fall, C. dentipes (Germ.), C . femorata 

 (Oliv.), C.floricola Gory, C. monticola Fall, C. pnrpureovittata Horn, C. sexsignata 

 (Say), C. triiiervia (Kby.), C. verdigripennis Frost, Cinyra gracilipes (Melsh.), Dicerca 

 americana (Hbst.), D. caudata LeC, D. divaricata (Say), D. iurida (F.), D. obscura (F.), 

 D. punctulata (Schon.), D. spreta (Gory), D. tuberculata (Cast.), Eupristocerus cogitans 

 (Weber), Melanophila fulvoguttata (Harr.), Poecilonotus cyanipes (Say); Chla^nisus sp.; 

 Conotrachelus sp. 



Cercens fumipennis Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 381. 6. 



Cerceris cincta Dahlbom, 1844. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 204. 6. 



Cerceris unicincta Taschenberg, 1875. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Berlin 11: 397. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 84, figs. 21-26 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1900. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 1: 90 (nest, prey transport). 

 — Hartman, 1905. Tex. Univ. Bui. 65: 66 (prey). — Grossbeck, 1912. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 20: 135, 299. — Cartwright, 1931. Ent. News 42: 269 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. 

 Soc Wash., Proc. 60: 110 (nest, prey). —Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 412-413 

 (prey). —Evans, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 501-508, figs. 1-5 (mating, nest, prey, 

 cocoon, parasites). 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99 (14): pi. 21, figs. A-E (male 

 genitalia). 

 gandarai Rohwer. Tex. (Brooks Co.); Mexico (Coahuila and Sinaloa south to Puebla and 

 Veracruz). 

 Cerceris gandarai Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 41: 470, fig. 9. 6. 

 Cerceris gandari{l) Scullen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 110: 82. 9, 3. 

 grandis Banks. South. Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora). 

 Cerceris grandis Banks, 1913. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 32: 423. 9. 

 graphica Smith. Ill, Nebr. to Tex. west to Utah, south. Calif, and south to northwest. South 

 America. Ecology: Makes vertical burrow and multicellular nest in soil ranging from 

 heavy to wind-blown sand, stores 3-10 prey per cell. Parasite: Senotainia trilineata 

 (Wulp) complex?; Nysson sp.? Prey: Eleodes opaca (Say), Metapoloba pruinosa (Horn), 

 Tenebrionidae sp. 

 Cerceris graphica Smith, 1873. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 410. 9. 

 Cerceris hebes Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 124, pi. 8, fig. 4. 6 . 

 Cerceris macrosticta Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 133. S. 

 Cerceris anipla Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 5: 16. 9, 3. 



Biology: Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 116: 440 (prey). —Lin, 1967. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 69: 312-317, 3 figs, (nest, prey transport). — Alcock, 1974. Jour. Nat. Hist. 8: 645-650, 

 7 figs, (nest, prey transport, parasites ?). —Alcock and Gamboa, 1975 (1974). Psyche 81: 

 528-533, 2 figs, (home ranges of males). 

 halone Banks. Man., N. Dak. east to N. H. south to Tex., Ark. and S. C Parasite: Hedychrum 



confusum Buyss. Prey: Curculio confusor Ham., C. nasicus (Say), C. proboscideus F., C. 



rectus Say, C. sulcatuius (Casey). 

 Cerceris halone Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 24. 9. 

 Cerceris architis Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 409. 9. 

 Cerceris alacris Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 334. 9. 

 Cerceris salome Banks, 1923. Canad. Ent. 55: 21. 9. 



