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The statement of the type locality as being in New Mexico is 
perhaps an error. As Bradley (1922:387) put it: “I have not been able 
to learn of any mountains bearing this name.” There is a Santa Fe 
mountain in Jalisco in Mexico (20°30'N, 103°02'W), and this spe- 
cies has been later collected in other parts of Mexico, but never in 
the United States. Krombein (1979) did not include this species in 
the revised Catalog of Hymenoptera north of Mexico. Besides the 
types, I have seen specimens from Guatemala: S. Geronimo (Cham- 
pion) (BMNH and one now in MCZ); “Mexico: Jalisco, Chamela, 
IX-26-1985, ex. Nissolia (R. J. McGinley)” USNM; “Sinaloa, 5 mi. 
NW Choix, VIII-27 and 31, and IX-5-1968 (T. A. Sears, R. C. 
Gardner & C. S. Glaser)” UCD and MCZ. It has also been recorded 
from Colombia: Bogota by Zavattari (1912; confirmed by Giordani 
Soika, 1974). 
Genus Gayella Spinola, 1851: 328. Type species Gayella eumenoides 
Spinola, 1851. Monotypic. 
Eumenoides group 
Gayella eumenoides Spinola 
G. eumenoides Spinola, 1851:333, pi. II, fig. 2, $2 (lectotype $ 
MNHN, designated by Giordani Soika, 1974:98) — Chile, “provin- 
ces del norte y sobretodo en Santa Rosa.” 
G. sicheliana Schulthess, 1910: 189. As a synonym of eumenoides , 
attributed to Saussure. 
Common in central Chile, this species has also been recorded 
from Argentina: Mendoza by Brethes (1903) and following him 
various authors; however, Willink (1956) considered this record 
dubious. I have seen specimens from Aconcagua, Atacama, 
Coquimbo, Curico, Maule, O’Higgins, Santiago and Valparaiso. 
Bequaert and Ruiz (1942) summarized early literature on this 
species. Reed (1893) pointed out that Spinola had confused the 
sexes in the original description, and Willink (1956) observed that 
Spinola and Saussure confused eumenoides and araucana. This is 
the only gayelline for which any behavioral information has been 
published, by Claude-Joseph (1930). It provisions clusters of free 
mud cells with nectar. 
Gayella araucana Willink 
G. araucana Willink, 1956:341, 342, 346, figs. 3, 4, 25 (type 2 
IPC) — “Chile, Prov. Santiago: Renca.” 
