Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1735 



Cerceris skermayii Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 200. 9. 



Biology: Abbott, 1928. Ent. News 39: 205-206 (nesting habits). — Krombein, 1958. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 1, p. 197 (prey). -Byers, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 317-321 

 (nest, prey carriage, parasite (misdet. as H. violaceum Br.)). — Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. 

 Mus., Proc. 116: 484 (prey). —Evans, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 511-512, fig. 9 (nest, 

 prey). 



hurdi Scullen. Ariz. (Patagonia) south through Mexico to Nicaragua. 



Cerceris hurdi Scullen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 110: 48, figs. 40, 128. 9,6. 

 insolita albida Scullen. Ariz., N. Mex., west. Tex.; Mexico (Veracruz). 



Cerceris insolita albida Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 447, fig. 59. 9, 6. 

 insolita atrafemori Scullen. Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit). 



Cerceris insolita atrafemori Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 448, figs. 6, 143a, b, 

 9. 



insolita insolita Cresson. N. J. to S. Dak. south to Fla. and Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco). 

 Ecology: Nests in flat, coarse-grained sand. Prey: Rliabdopterus praetextus (Say). 

 Cerceris insolita Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 129. 6. 

 Cerceris intractibilis Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 411. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 119 (nest, prey). 

 irene Banks. Minn., Wyo., Colo., Kans., Okla., Tex., La.; Mexico (Tamaulipas). 



Cerceris irene Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 26. 9. 

 kennicottii kennicottii Cresson. Md. to Fla. west to S. Dak., Colo., Tex.; Mexico (Jalisco, 

 Morelos, Veracruz). 



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



Cerceris eriogoni Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 139. cJ. 

 kennicottii zapoteca Saussure. South. Ariz, to west. Tex. south to Panama. 



Cerceris Zapoteca Saussure, 1867. Reise d. novara, Zool, v. 2, Hym., p. 89. 6. 



Cerceris montivaga Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 119, pi. 7, fig. 16. 9. 



Cerceris kennicottii beali Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 386, fig. 22. 9, d. 

 krombeini Scullen. South. Ariz. 



Cerceris krombeini Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 116: 388, figs. 23, 122a, b, c 9, d. 

 macswaini Scullen. South. Calif, and Ariz. 



Cerceris macswaini Scullen, 1965. U. S. Nat;l. Mus., Proc. 116: 485, figs. 84, 164a, b, c 9, 6. 

 mandibularis Patton. N. Y. to Ga., W. Va. to Iowa south to Tenn. and La. 



Cerceris mandibularis Patton, 1881. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 20: 403. 9,6. 

 melanthe Banks. Que. to N. C. west to 111., southwest to south. Ariz. 



Cerceris melanthe Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 21. 9. 



Cerceris nitida Banks, 1913. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 32: 424. 9,6. Preocc 

 mimica Cresson. Fla. to Ariz., Kans.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon and Chihuahua south to Oaxaca). 



Cerceris miinica Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 228. 9, 6. 



Cerceris e.^au Schletterer, 1887. Zool. Jahrb., Ztschr. f. System. 2: 458. 9. 



Cerceris minimaC) Schletterer, 1887. Zool. Jahrb., Ztschr. f. System. 2: 497. 



Cerceris englehardti Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 12. 6. 

 minax Mickel. West. U. S. 



Cerceris minax Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 339. 9,6. 

 morata Cresson. Nebr. to Tex. west to Utah and Ariz., south in Mexico to Oaxaca. Ecology: 

 Makes multicellular nest in heavy soil, stores 59-67 prey per cell. Prey: Rhysso7natus 

 pa run Ins Casey, Tachiinae probably Sibinia sp. 



Cerceris morata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 230. 9. 



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



Biology: Alcock, 1974. Jour. Nat. Hist. 8: 651 (nest, prey). 

 neahminax Scullen. N. Mex., Ariz., Utah. 



Cerceris neahminax Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 390, figs. 24, 123a, b, c 9. 

 nebrascensis Smith. S. Dak., Nebr., Wyo., Colo. 



Cerceris nebrascensis Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 368. 9. 



