2002 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Stelis montana Cresson. Monotypic. 



anthracina Timberlake. Calif. 



Stelis (Pavostelis) anthracina Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 125. <J. 



ater Mitchell. Fla. 



Stelis (Pavostelis) ater Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 39. 9. 



callura Cockerell. Colo., Utah. 



Stelis callura Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 212. 6. 

 carnifex Cockerell. Nev., Calif. 



Stelis carnifex Cockerell, 1911. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 8: 769. 9. 

 diversicolor Crawford. Tex. to Tenn. and N. C. 



Stelis diversicolor Crawford, 1916. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 106. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 39-40, fig. 14 (redescription). 

 fremonti Cockerell. Oreg. 



Stelis fremonti Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 213. 9. 

 montana Cresson. Alta., B. C, Wyo., Oreg., Colo., Utah, Ariz., Calif. Host: Osmia montana 

 Cress., 0. texana Cress. 

 Stelis montana Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 39. 9. 



Biology: Rust, 1974. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 32: 80 (host). 

 seneciophila Cockerell. Colo. 



Stelis seneciophila Cockerell, 1908. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2: 329. 9 . 



Genus STELIS Subgenus CHELYNIA Provancher 



Chelynia Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 322. 

 Type-species: Chelynia labiata Provancher. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1898. Entomologist 31: 166-167. -Cockerell, 1936. Canad. Ent. 68: 275 

 (Key to U. S. spp.). -Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 36 (tax. status). 



calliphorina (Cockerell). Calif. 



Chelynia calliphorina Cockerell, 1911. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 8: 769. 9. 

 chlorocyanea (Cockerell). Calif. Host: Osmia nigrifrons Ckll. Parasite: Dibrachys sp. 



Chelynia chlorocyanea Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 208. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Rust and Thorp, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 548-562, 26 figs. 2 tables 

 (immature stages). 



Biology: Rust and Thorp, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 548-562 (life history, hosts). —Rust, 

 Thorp and Torchio, 1974. Nat. Hist., Jour. 8: 44 (host). 



cusackae (Cockerell). Colo. 



Chelynia cusackae Cockerell, 1910. Ent. News 21: 270. 9. 



depressa Timberlake. Calif. 



Stelis (Chelynia) depressa Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 127. 9,6. 



elegans Cresson. B. C, Colo., Ariz. 



Stelis elegans Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 2: 411. S (9 misdet.). 

 foederalis Smith. N. B. to Minn., south Ga. and Colo. Host: Hoplitis cylindrica (Cress.), Osm.ia 

 atriventris Cress. 

 Stelis foederalis Smith, 1854. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 275. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 45, figs. 12-13 (redescription). 



fragariella (Cockerell). Calif. 



Chelynia fragariella Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 209. 6. 



franciscana (Cockerell). Calif. 



Chelynia franciscana Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 207. 9. 



holocyanea (Cockerell). Calif. 



Chelynia holocyanea Cockerell, 1925. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 14: 209. 9. 



idahoensis Swenk. Idaho. 



Stelis (Chelynia) idahoensis Swenk, 1914. Nebr. Univ., Studies 14: 6. 9. 



