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varians Mickel. Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Michoacan). 



Cerceris varians Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 336. 9, 6. 

 Veracruz veracruz Scullen. Tex. south in Mexico to Campeche. Another subsp. occurs in El 

 Salvador. 

 Cerceris veracruz veracruz Scullen, 1972. Smithsn. Contrib. Zool. 110: 53, figs. 45, 132a-d. 

 9, 6. 

 verticalis Smith. N. C. to Fla. west to Kans. and Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, 

 Tamaulipas). 

 Cerceris verticalis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 466. 9. 

 Cerceris gnara Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 229. 6. 

 Cerceris finna Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 229. 9. 

 vicina Cresson. Nebr., Wyo., Colo., Kans., Tex. 



Cerceris vicina Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 120. 9. 

 Cerceris platyrhina Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 12: 133. 9. 

 wyomingensis Scullen. N. Dak., Wyo. 



Cerceris wyomingensis Scullen, 1965. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 116: 519, figs. 102, 182a, b, c. 

 9. 

 zelica Banks. N. Y., Minn, and S. Dak. to N. C. and Tex. 



Cerceris zelica Banks, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 23. S, 9. 



Genus EUCERCERIS Cresson 



Eucerceris Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 5: 104. 



Type-species: Eucerceris fulvipes Cresson. Desig. by Pate, 1937. 



Revision: Scullen, 1939. Oreg. State Monog., Studies in Ent. 1: 1-80, figs. l-158e. —Scullen, 

 1968. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 268: 1-97, figs. l-98h. 



Taxonomy: Scullen, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 155-180 (revised key). 

 angulata Rohwer. N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). 



Eucerceris angulata Rohwer, 1912. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 31: 326. 9. 



Taxonomy: Scullen, 1939. Oreg. State Monog., Studies in Ent. 1: 57. 6. 

 arenaria Scullen. Southwest. Tex. to Calif., Nev., Colo. 



Eucerceris arenaria Scullen, 1948 Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 168. 9, 6. 



Biology: Alcock, 1975. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 48: 533-536, figs. 1, 3 (male mating strategy). 

 bitruncata Scullen. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Nests in flat, stony soil, makes a multicellular 

 nest, stores 39-41 small prey per cell; first progeny may transform to adults before 

 mother completes nest. Prey: Minyomerus languidus Horn. 

 Eucerceris bitruncata Scullen, 1939. Oreg. State Monog., Studies in Ent. 1: 35. 9. 

 Eucerceris triciliata Scullen, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 172. 6. N. syn. (R. M. Bohart). 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 278-279, figs. 71-73 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein, 1960. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 55: 77-79 (nest, prey, cocoon). 

 canaliculata (Say). Ark., S. Dak. and Mont, south to Tex. and Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Baja 

 CaHfornia and Durango south to Hidalgo). 

 Philanthus canaliculatus Say, 1823. West Quart. Rptr. 2: 79. i. 

 Cerceris bidentata Say, 1823. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 80. 9. Preocc 

 Cerceris cameroni Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 194. N. name. 

 Eucerceris canaliculata var. atronitida Scullen, 1939. Oreg. State Monog., Studies in Ent. 



1:50. 6, 9. 

 Eucerceris biconica Scullen, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 178. 9. 



Biology: Alcock, 1975. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 48: 536-538, figs. 2, 4 (male mating strategy). 

 conata Scullen. Nebr., Tex. 



Eucerceris conata Scullen, 1939. Oreg. State Monog., Studies in Ent. 1: 34. 9. 

 Eucerceris hespera Scullen, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 171. 6. 



