Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1737 



rubrata Bohart and Menke. Fla. 



Cerceris nifa Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 449, fig. 61. 9, 6. Preocc. 



Cerceris rnbmta Bohart and Menke, 1976. Sphecid wasps of world, p. 586. N. name. 

 rufinoda Cresson. Md., Va., N. C, Ohio, N. Dak. to Tex. west to B. C, Calif.; Mexico (Durango, 

 San Luis Potosi). Prey: Miccotrogns picirostris (F.), Smicronyx squalidus Casey. 



Cerceris rufinoda Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 121. S. 



Cerceris rufinoda var. crucis Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 139. 9. 



Biology: Strandtmann, 1945. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 38: 311, fig. 9 (nest, prey). —Scullen, 1951. 



U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 1010 (prey). 

 rufopicta Smith. Fla. to N. C. 



Cerceris rufo-picta Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 467. 6. 

 sandiegensis Scullen. South. Calif, to southwest. N. Mex. 



Cerceris sandiegensis Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 432, fig. 49. 9, 6. 

 serripes (Fabricius). North America. 



Vespa senipes Fabricius, 1781. Spec. Ins., v. 1, p. 46. 9. 



Taxonomy: Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 503 (notes on type). 

 sexta Say. Nebr., Wyo. and Utah south to N. Mex. and Ariz. 

 Cerceris sexta Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 382. 6. 

 Cerceris biuttgulata Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 118. 9. 

 Cerceris orpline Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 15. 6. 



sextoides Banks. B. C. to south. Calif., Idaho, Utah. Prey: Sitona califomica Fahr., 

 Trigonoscuta pilosa Motsch. 

 Cerceris sextoides Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 10. 9, 6. 

 Cerceris eurymele Banks, 1947. Psyche 54: 11. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Scullen, 1969. Ent. News 80: 283-284 (separation of sextoides and tepaneca 

 Sauss.). 



Biology: Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 510 (prey). 

 squamulifera Mickel. N. C, Ark., Nebr. to Tex. 



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



Taxonomy: Scullen, 1968. Ent. News 79: 154-156, 4 figs. 6. 

 stigmosalis Banks. Alta., B. C, Minn, to Mont, south to Tex.; Mexico (Sonora, Durango, San 

 Luis Potosi, Mexico). 

 Cerceris stig^nosalis Banks, 1916. Ent. News 27: 64. 6. 

 Cerceris fugatrix Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 335. 6. 

 Cerceris sayi Banks, 1923. Canad. Ent. 55: 21. 9, d. 

 Cerceris stevensi Banks, 1923. Canad. Ent. 55: 22. 9. 

 texana Scullen. Tex. 



Cerceris texana Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 511, figs. 97, 177a, b, c 9. 

 tolteca Saussure. Ga., Fla., La., Okla., Ark., Tex., Ariz.; Mexico, Honduras. 



Cerceris Tolteca Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool., v. 2, Hym., p. 94. 9, 6. 

 Cerceris cosmiocephala Cameron, 1904. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 67. S. 

 townsendi Viereck and Cockerell. N. Mex. (Las Cruces). 



Cerceris townsendi Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 140. 9. 

 truncata Cameron. South. Tex, N. Mex., Ariz., south to Costa Rica. Ecology: Nests in large 



aggregation in hard-packed soil, stores up to 10 prey per cell. Prey: Algarohius prosopis 

 (LeC), Mi)uosestes protractus (Horn), M. amicus (Horn), Neltumius arizonensis 

 (Schffr.). 

 Cerceris truncata Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 121, pi. 7, figs. 19, 20. 9, 

 6. 



Biology: Werner, 1960. Psyche 67: 43-44 (nest, male activity, prey). 

 vanduzeei Banks. B. C. to Calif., Idaho, Utah. 



Cerceris mnduzeei Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, BuL 61: 114. 9. 

 Cerceris complanata Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 340. 6,9. 

 Cerceris vanduzeei ebuniea Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 399, fig. 30. 9. 



