2000 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Thorp, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 134, 137-138, fig. 5 (tax. characters, geogr. 

 record). 

 hurdi Thorp. Calif. Host: Trachusa perdita Ckll. 



Hetewsteiis hurdi Thorp, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 142, figs. 3, 9, 11, 13-16. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Thorp, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 143-144, figs. 14-16 (cocoon, larva, pupa). 



Biology: Thorp, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 132, 145 (nest, parasite). 

 manni (Crawford). Ariz. Host: Trachusa manni Cwfd.? 



Stelis manni Crawford, 1917. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 19: 168. 9. 



Taxonomy: Thorp, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 134, 140-141, fig. 7 (tax. characters). 

 texana Thorp. Tex. (Austin). 



Heterostelis texana Thorp, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 135, figs 2, 6, 12. 3. 



Genus STELIS Panzer 



Insofar as known the species of this genus are cleptoparasites, chiefly in the nests of pol- 

 len-collecting bees of the tribe Megachilini (Ashnieadiella, Chalicodoma, Heriades, Hoplitis, 

 Osmia, Proteriades and Robertsonella). However, one of our species has been reared from a 

 nest of the genus Anthidium and some extralimital species o{ Stelis have been shown to be clep- 

 toparasites in the nests oi Ceratina and Euglossa. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1898. Entomologist 31: 166-167 (U. S. spp.). —Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 35-47 figs. 12-14, table 2 (eastern U. S. spp.). — Rozen, 1966. N. 

 Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 74: 84-91, 18 figs, (immature stages). — Pasteels, 1968. Nat. Canad. 95: 

 1055-1063 (tax. status, affinities and origin). 



Genus STELIS Subgenus STELIS Panzer 



Stelis Panzer, 1806. Krit. Rev. Insektenf. Deutschlands, v. 2, p. 246. 



Type-species: Apis punctulatissi^iia Kirby. Monotypic {=Apis aterrivia Panzer). 

 Gyrodroma Klug, 1807. Mag. Insektenk. 6: 198. 



Type-species: Apis punctulatissima Kirby. Monotypic. (=Apis aterrivia Panzer). 

 Gymnus Spinola, 1808. Insectorum Liguriae, v. 2, p. 9. 



Type-species: Apis punctulatissima Kirby. Monotypic (=Apis aterrima Panzer). 

 Ceraplastes Gistel, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierr. f. hoh. Schul., p. x. Proposed unnecessarily to 

 replace Stelis. 



This subgenus does not occur in North America. 



Genus STELIS Subgenus PROTOSTELIS Friese 



Stelis subg. Protostelis Friese, 1895. Die Bienen Europas v. 1, p. 25. 

 Type-species: Stelis freygessneri Friese. Desig. by Popov, 1938. 



arizonensis Swenk. Ariz. 



Stelis (Microstelis) arizonensis Swenk, 1915. Nebr. Univ., Studies 15: 189. 9, d. 



costalis costalis Cresson. Va. and Ky., south to Fla. and Tex. 



Stelis costalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 274. 9,6. 

 Stelis louisae Cockerell, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 40: 247. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 37-38, figs 12-13 

 (redescription). 

 costalis floridana Graenicher. Fla. Host: A resin-using anthidiine bee or a species of 

 Chalicodoma subg. Chelostomoides. 

 Stelis floridana Graenicher, 1928. Ent. News 39: 282. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 38-39 (redescription). 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 481-482 (cocoon, host). 



laticincta Cresson. Calif. 



Stelis laticincta Cresson, 1878. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: 92. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1904. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 3: 3. d. 



