REVISION OF GENUS EUCERCERIS CRESSON 



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14. Eucerceris fulvipes Cresson 



Figures 17, 72 a, b, c, d, e, f, g 



Eucerceris fulvipes Cresson, 1865, pp. 111-112, 9, c? — Patton, ISSO, p. 398. — 

 Packard, 1866, pp. 58-59.— Cresson, 1879, p. xxiii; 1882, pp. vi, vii; 1887, 

 p. 281.— Ashmcad, 1890, p. 32; 1899, p. 295.— Smith, H. S., 1908, pp. 371, 

 372.— Stevens, 1917, p. 422.— Mickel, 1917, pp. 454, 456.— Viereck and 

 Cockerell, 1904, pp. 84, 85, 88.— Cresson, 1916, p. 100.— Pate, 1937, p. 27.— 

 Scullen, 1939, pp. 18, 19, 28-30, figs. 19, 50, 61, 79, 94, 112, 126, 141; 1948, 

 pp. 156, 158, 168; 1951, p. 1012; 1959, p. 108. 



Eucerceris flavipes Ashmead, 1899, p. 295. (Apparently a mistake in spelling.) 



Eucerceris simulatrix Viereck and Cockerell, 1904, pp. 84, 85, 87. — Cresson, 1928, 

 p. 50.— Scullen, 1959, p. 108. 



Cerceris fulvipes Patton, 1879, pp. 360-361. 



Cerceris cressoni Schletterer, 1887, p. 489. — Dalla Torre, C. G., 1897, p. 456. 



Figure 17. Western U.S. E. fulvipes / 

 Cresson 



Type. — The lectotype female of E. fulvipes Cresson is at the 

 Philadelphia Academy of ^'atural Sciences. It is from the Rocky 

 Mts., Colorado Territory (Ridings), no. 1966.1. The type female 

 of E. simulatrix Viereck and Cockerell from White Oaks, N. Mex. 

 is at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1039.6. 



Distribution. — E. fulvipes Cresson is largely a Rocky Mts. species. 

 Its range extends from southern Alberta, Canada south to near the 

 Mexican border. Numerous females have been taken as far north as 

 Alberta at Medicine Hat, Manyberries and Lethbridge. 



Prey record. — None. 



Plant records. — Achillea sp. (Idaho). Chrysothamnus sp. (Idaho). 

 Cleome serrulata (Nebraska, Wyoming). Helianthus sp. (Nebraska). 

 Melilotus sp. (Nebraska). Perideridia gairdneri (Wyoming). Solidago 

 sp. (California, Utah). S. canadensis (North Dakota). 



