pepsinae: tribe pepsini 29 



Pepsia pseudoformosa Cockerell, 1898, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. 7, 

 p. 146, cf. Types: cTc?, Texas; Dallas, Tex., and mountainous region, 

 Durango, Mexico ("Mus. Berol."). 



This subspecies ranges from northwestern Mexico northward into 

 Kansas and westward into northeastern Arizona and southern Nevada. 

 It intergrades with the subspecies pattoni in central and eastern 

 Arizona. 



lb. Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks 



Pepsis pattoni Banks, 1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 94, p. 181, cf, 9 . 

 Type: 9, Palmerlee, Ariz. (Cambridge). 



This subspecies ranges from western Mexico (including Baja 

 Cahfornia) into southern Cahfornia and southwestern Arizona. 



2. Pepsis saphirus Palisot 



Pepsis saphirus Palisot, 1806, Insects recueillis en Afrique et en Am4rique, 

 , . . , p. 39; pi. 1, fig. 4, 9 . Type: 9 , "Saint Domingue" (location un- 

 known) . 



This species occurs in the West Indies and in southern Florida. 



3. Pepsis mildei St&l 



Pepsis mildei St&l, 1857, Ofvers. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forh., vol. 14, p. 64 [sex ?]. 



Type: California (? Stockholm). 

 Pepsis hesperiae Patton, 1894, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 3, p. 46, cf. 



Type: c?, Poway, San Diego County, Calif, (location unknown). 

 Pepsis Boguei Fox, 1898, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 4, p. 146, <f, 9 • 



Lectotype: 9, locality unknown (Philadelphia). 



This species occurs in southwestern United States and in northern 

 M6xico. 



4. Pepsis angustitnarginata Viereck 



Pepsis angustimarginata Viereck, 1908, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, p. 398, 9 . 

 Type: 9 , Oak Creek Canyon, 20 miles southwest of Flagstaff, Ariz. (Law- 

 rence) . 



This species ranges from western Arkansas and western Texas to 

 Utah and southeastern California and northwestern Mexico. 



5. Pepsis azteca Cameron 



Pepsis azteca Cameron, 1893, Biologia Centrali- Americana, Hymenoptera, vol. 

 2, p. 215, 9 • Type: 9 , Atoyac, Vera Cruz, Mexico (? London). 



This species ranges from Panamd to south-central Texas. 



6. Pepsis elegans Lepeletier 



There are two subspecies, which together cover most of the Austral 

 Region of the United States and northern Mexico. 



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