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*bifurca Schuster. Tex. (Val Verde Co., Winterhaven).

Acanthophotopsis bifurca Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 13 (in key), 98, pl. 3, fig. 3. ♂.

*dorophora Schuster. Ariz. (Tucson, Yuma).

Acanthophotopsis dorophora Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 13 (in key), 104, pl. 2, fig. 1, pl. 3, fig. 2. ♪.

*evansii Schuster. Tex. (Alpine and Chisos Mts.); Mexico (Durango). Acanthophotopsis evansii Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 12 (in key), 93, pl. 3, fig. 1. ♂.

*falciformis falciformis

(Zacatecas).

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Acanthophotopsis falciformis falciformis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 13 (in key), 108, pl. 2, figs. 2, 3. ♂.

*falciformis furcisterna Schuster. Ariz. (Tucson, Phoenix, Ajo).
Acanthophotopsis falciformis furcisterna Schuster, 1958.
(n.s.) 37: 14 (in key), 111. 6.

Genus PSEUDOMETHOCA Ashmead, pp. 758-761

contumax (Cresson). Mexico.

Ent. Amer.

*Mutilla microphthalma Gerstaecker, 1874. Arch. Naturges. 40: 64. 3. Taxonomy: Mickel, 1935. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 61: 393.

frigida frigida (Smith). Probable hosts: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) inconspicuum (Sm.), L. (D.) zephyrum (Sm.), L. (D.) rohweri (Ellis), L. (D.) versatum (Robt.) and Augochlorella striata (Prov.). Biology: Lin, N., 1964. Ins. Sociaux 11: 187-192.

Genus DASYMUTILLA Ashmead, pp. 761-770

asteria Mickel. Host: Microbembex nigrifrons (Prov.) (teste J. D. Haddock, in. litt.).

biguttata (Cockerell). Ark.

creon (Blake). Ark.

dugesii (Cockerell and Casad). Host: Anthophora occidentalis Cr.

gloriosa (Saussure). Host: Microbembex nigrifrons (Prov.) (teste J. D. Haddock, in litt.).

leda (Blake). N. Mex.

macilenta (Blake). Delete Ala. from distribution.

nigripes (Fabricius). B. C. Host: Cerceris flavofasciata H. S. Smith. Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 198.

pyrrhus (Fox). Host: Bembicine sp.

Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 2-4, fig. 1.

vesta vesta (Cresson). B. C.

Genus LOMACHAETA Mickel, p. 770

variegata Mickel. Hosts: Solierella plenoculoides similis (Brid.), S. blaisdelli (Brid.), nesting in stems of Eriogonum elatum. Biology: Parker, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 116.

*Genus SMICROMUTILLA Mickel

Smicromutilla Mickel, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 108.

Type: Smicromutilla powelli Mickel. Orig. desig. and by

monotypy.

Insert on p. 770 after Lomachaeta Mickel.

*powelli Mickel. Calif. (San Luis Obispo Co.). Host: ? Xylocelia occidentalis

Fox.

Smicromutilla powelli Mickel 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40; 108, 1 fig. ô, ?.

TIMULLA subgenus TIMULLA Ashmead, pp. 770-772

grotei (Blake). Mexico (Jalisco, Guanajuato).

*Mutilla fulviventris Gerstaecker, 1874. Archiv. Naturges. 40: 323. ♂. Taxonomy: Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. 17: 78.

oajaca (Blake). Mexico (Morelos, Jalisco, Colima).

*Mutilla ardens Gerstaecker, 1874. Arch. Naturges. 40: 323. 8. *Mutilla mazatlanae Cameron, 1894. Biol. Cent.-Amer. Hym., v. 2, p. 294. 3.

Taxonomy: Mickel, 1938. Roy. Ent. Soc. London Trans. 87: 641. Biology: Linsley, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 36 (mating behavior). ocellaria rufidorsa Mickel. Ark.

EPHUTA subgenus EPHUTA Say, pp. 772-773

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 64: 7-84 (Part II of revis. treating Species Group Grisea).

This revision reduces Ephuta of the Catalog to subgeneric rank. albiceps Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 75. 9.

argenticeps Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 16. ô, .

auricapitis Schuster. Possibly the opposite sex of ecarinata ecarinata Schuster. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 76. 9.

baboquivari Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 79, 오.

cephalotes Schuster. The opposite sex is possibly minuta Schuster. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 68. 3.

coloradella Schuster. Possibly the opposite sex of grisea Bradley. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 73. o.

conchate Mickel.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 21. 9, ô.

ecarinata ecarinata Schuster. The opposite sex is possibly sudatrix (Melander) or auricapitis Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 49. ♪.

ecarinata neomexicana Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 52. ô.

ecarinata pima Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 51. ♂.

floridana dietrichi Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 40. 9.

floridana floridana Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 34. ♂, f.

grisea fuscosericea Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 14. ♂.

grisea grisea Bradley. The opposite sex is possibly coloradella Schuster. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 13. ♂.

margueritae margueritae Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 56. ♂, f.

margueritae xanthocephala Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 63. 3, f.

minuta Schuster. Possibly opposite sex of cephalotes Schuster.

pauxilla pauxilla Bradley. Host: Dipogon s. sayi Bks. (teste H. E. Evans,

in litt.).

psephenophila Schuster. The opposite sex is possibly tentativa Schuster. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 44. ♂.

rufisquamis (André). The opposite sex is possibly tumacacori Schuster. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 65. ♂.

scrupea Say.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 26. 9. 3.

sudatrix (Melander). Possibly the opposite sex of ecarinata ecarinata Schuster.

Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 54. f.

tegulicia Bradley. Possibly a syn. or subsp. of idiasta (Cameron) of Mexico. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 47. 3.

tentativa Schuster. Possibly the opposite sex of psephenophila Schuster. Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 42. 9.

tumacacori Schuster. Possibly the opposite sex of rufisquamis (André). Taxonomy: Schuster, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 82. 9.

*EPHUTA subgenus XENOCHILE Schuster

Ephuta subg. Xenochile Schuster, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 64: 8. Type: Ephuta (Xenochile) krombeini Schuster. Monotypic and by orig. desig.

Place after subgenus Ephuta Say, p. 773.

*krombeini Schuster. Ariz. (Ramsey Canyon in Huachuca Mts.). Ephuta (Xenochile) krombeini Schuster, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 64: 9. 6.

Family SCOLIIDAE

SCOLIA subgenus SCOLIA Fabricius

The typical subgenus is restricted to the Palaearctic Region (teste Betrem and Bradley, 1964. Zool. Meded. 40: 90).

SCOLIA subgenus DISCOLIA Saussure

(=Scolia subgenus Scolia Fabricius of Catalog, pp. 774–775)

Transfer citations for Scolia, Lacosi, and Lisoca to the typical subgenus above. Change citation for Discolia as follows:

Scolia subg. Discolia Saussure, 1863. Soc. Ent. France Ann. (4) 3: 18.
Type: Scolia (Discolia) nobilitata Fabricius. Desig. by
Betrem and Bradley, 1964.

Add the following to the subgeneric synonymy:

Scolia subg. Scolia sect. Scolioides Guiglia and Capra, 1934. Soc. Ent.
Ital. Boll. 66: 115.

Type: Scolia hirta Schrank. Orig. desig.

dubia monticola Cameron. Syn. of mexicana Saussure.

*mexicana Saussure.

Scolia (Lacosi) mexicana Saussure, 1958. Soc. Ent. France Ann. (3)
6: 219. 9.

Scolia (Scolia) dubia monticola Cameron (syn. by Bradley, 1964. In
Betrem and Bradley, Zool. Meded. 40: 96.

nobilitata otomita Saussure, changed status.

Scolia (Scolia) otomita Saussure. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Bradley, 1964. In Bertem and Bradley, Zool. Meded. 40: 96).

otomita Saussure. Subsp. of nobilitata Fabricius.

Genus TRISCOLIA Saussure

(=Scolia subgenus Triscolia Saussure and Sichel of Catalog p. 775)

Raised to generic rank (teste Betrem and Bradley, 1964. Zool. Meded.

39: 435). Change bibliographic citation and genotype designation as follows: Scolia subg. Triscolia Saussure, 1863. Soc. Ent. France Ann. (4): 3. 17. Type: Scolia (Triscolia) badia Saussure. By monotypy.

Genus CAMPSOMERIS Guérin, pp. 775-776

*Campsomeris subg. Xanthocampsomeris Bradley, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 83: 70.

Type: Tiphia tricincta Fabricius. Orig. desig. *Campsomeris subg. Pygodasis Bradley, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans.

83: 72.

Type: Scolia quadrinotata Fabricius. Orig. desig. Taxonomy: Bradley, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 83: 65-77 (subgeneric reclassification Amer. spp.).-Betrem, 1962. Ent. News 73: 207 (type of Dielis).

Delete heading, Subgenus CAMPSOMERIS Guérin, in Catalog, and reference to Colpa; and change type designation for Elis subg. Dielis to (Scolia radula Fabricius =) Sphex plumipes Drury.

*completa Rohwer. Ariz. (Chiricahua and Santa Rita Mts.); Mexico to El Salvador. (Xanthocampsomeris)

Campsomeris (Campsomeris) completa Rohwer, 1927. Wash. Acad. Sci. Jour. 17: 151. 9.

*druryi Cockerell. Syn. of quadrimaculata (Fabricius).

ephippium ephippium (Say). (Pygodasis)

fulvohirta (Cresson). (Xanthocampsomeris)

limosa (Burmeister). (Xanthocampsomeris)

*maculata (Drury). Syn. of quadrimaculata (Fabricius).

pilipes (Saussure). (Subgenus?)

plumipes confluenta (Say). On flowers of Rubus, Arabis, Melilotus, Solidago, and Cephalanthus. ? Host: Cotalpa lanigera (L.) (Dielis).

Biology: Kurczewski, 1963. Ent. News 74: 21-24.

plumipes fossulana (Fabricius). (Dielis)

*Campsomeris szetschwanensis Forma D Betrem, 1932. Ent. Ber. 9: 414. ô (Syn. by Betrem, 1964. In Bradley, Spolia Zool. Mus. Hauniensis 21: 35.)

plumipes plumipes (Drury). (Dielis)

*quadrimaculata (Fabricius). (Pygodasis)

*Vespa maculata Drury, 1773. Illustr. Nat. Hist. 2: 74, pl. 39, fig. 2. 9. Preocc.

Scolia quadrimaculata Fabricius, 1775. Syst. ent., p. 355. 9.

* Campsomeris druryi Cockerell, 1907. Entom. 40: 50. N. name. Campsomeris (Campsomeris) quadrinotata (Fabricius) (syn. by Bradley, 1964. Ent. News 75: 105).

quadrinotata (Fabricius). Syn. of quadrimaculata (Fabricius).

tolteca (Saussure). (Dielis)

*trifasciata nassauensis Bradley. Fla. (Key Vaca); Bahamas. (Dielis) Campsomeris (Campsomeris) trifasciata nassauensis Bradley, 1928. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 80: 322. 9, ♂.

trifasciata trifasciata (Fabricius). (Dielis)

Genus TRIELIS Saussure

(=Campsoscolia Betrem of Catalog, p. 776)

Trielis Saussure, 1863. Soc. Ent. France Ann. (4) 3: 18.
Type: Elis xantiana Saussure. By monotypy.

Taxonomy: Betrem, 1962. Ent. News 73: 146.

Family SAPYGIDAE

Genus SAPYGA Latreille, pp. 777-778

aculeata Cresson. Minn.

louisi Krombein. N. J. (Princeton), Fla. (Orlando).

pumila Cresson. Hosts: Ashmeadiella (A.) aridula Ckll., Megachile (Eutricharaea) rotundata (F.).

Family FORMICIDAE

Morphology: Wilson, 1954. Insectes Sociaux 1: 75-80, figs. 1-2 (polymorphism).-Eisner and Brown, 1958 (1956). 10th. Int. Cong. Ent. Proc. 2: 503-508, figs. 1-9 (evolution and social significance of proventriculus).-Eisner, 1957. Harvard Univ., Mus. Compar. Zool. Bul. 116: 439-490, pls. 1-25 (studies of the proventriculus).G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960. Psyche 67: 87-94 (techniques for study of ant larvae).-Nachtweg, 1961. Insectes Sociaux 8: 369-381.-Nachtweg, 1963. Insectes Sociaux 10: 43-57 (sound organs)-Nachtweg, 1964 (1963). Insectes Sociaux 10: 359-378 (acoustics). Taxonomy: Van Pelt, 1948. Fla. Ent. 30: 57-67, figs. 1-24 (key to species of Alachua County, Florida).-G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963. The Ants of North Dakota. Univ. N. Dakota Press, Grand Forks, 326 pp., 56 figs., 20 illus., 81 maps.-Gregg, 1963. The Ants of Colorado: Their Taxonomy, Ecology and Geographic Distribution. Univ. of Colorado Press, Boulder. 792 pp., 26 tables, 24 pls., 16 distribution maps, 163 altitudinal charts, 1 colored vegetation map. Economics: Smith and Weiss, 1942. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bul. 798: 1-44 (relation of insects to spread azalea flower spot).—Smith, 1950. In Pest Control Technology. Natl. Pest Control Assoc. Inc., Garrard Press, Champaign, Ill., pp. 261-300, figs. 104-119 (house-infecting ants).-Simeone, 1954. State Univ. N. Y., College of Forestry, Syracuse, Bul. 34: 1-19 (carpenter ants and their control).-Pimentel, 1955. Jour. Econ. Ent. 48: 28-30.Reid, 1962. Ga. Agr. Expt. Sta. and Univ. Ga. Handbook, 71 pp., 17 pls., 154 figs. (ants as intermediate hosts of chicken and turkey tapeworms).-Orlob, 1964 (1963). Ent. Expt. and Appl. 6: 95106 (plant virus trans.).

Embryology: Ledoux, 1954. Ins. Sociaux 1: 149-175, figs. 1-55, pl. 1 (Oecophylla longinoda Latreille).

Evolution: Brown and Wilson, 1960 (1959). Quart. Rev. Biol. 34: 278294, figs. 1-33 (dacetine ants).

Ecology: Van Pelt, 1956. Amer. Midland Nat. 56: 358-387, figs. 1-8, tables 1-3 (ants of Welaka Reserve, Fla.).-Kannowski, 1956. Amer. Midland Nat. 56: 168-185, table 1 (ants of Ramsey County, N. Dak.).-Van Pelt, 1958. Amer. Midland Nat. 59: 1-57 (annotated list of ants of Welaka Reserve, Fla.).-Carter, 1962. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. Jour. 78: 150-204, fig. 1, table 1 (distribution N. C. ants).—ibidem, 78: 1-18, tables 1-2 (distribution ants in N. C. Piedmont).-Van Pelt, 1963. Amer. Midland Nat. 69: 205-223, figs. 1-2, tables 1-2 (altitudinal distribution of ants in southern Blue Ridge Mts.)

Physiology: Schneirla, 1953. Insect Physiology. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., N. Y., ch. 25, pp. 656-685 (basic problems in insect behavior), ibidem, ch. 26, pp. 685-723 (insect behavior in relation to its setting), ibidem, ch. 27, pp. 723-748 (modifiability in insect behavior), ibidem, ch. 28, pp. 748-780 (collective activities and social patterns among insects).-Glockner, 1957. Insectes Sociaux 4: 83-90, figs. 1-3 (effect of hormones on metamorphosis).-Eisner and Wilson 1958 (1956). 10th. Int. Cong. Ent. Proc. 2: 509-513, figs. 1-3 (radioactive studies, food transmission).-Wilson, 1959. Anat.

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