Cerceris vierecki Banks 1947

Cerceris finitima vierecki Banks

Cerceris vierecki Banks, 1947:30.—Scullen 1951:1011.

Cerceris finitima vierecki.—Scullen, 1960:80; 1965a:347, 352, 382–383, fig. 19.

TYPE.—The type female of C. vierecki Banks, taken at Temple, Ariz., 1 August (Bequaert), is at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (23544).

DISTRIBUTION.—Widely distributed over Mexico but far more common in the north-central section. Specimens are as follows:

MEXICO: AGUASCALIENTES: 2♂, 40 mi N Aguascalientes, 6600 ft, 15 June 1956 (HAS). BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: ♀, La Paz, 11 October 1955 (FXW); 5♂, 10 mi SE La Paz, 3 August 1966 (PDH); ♀, San Jose Viejo, 17 July 1968 (D and C). CHIAPAS: 2♀, Suchiapa, 17 July 1957 (JAC and BJR); ♂, 5 mi E Tuxtla, 13 July 1957 (JAC and BJR). CHIHUAHUA: 4♀, 4♂, 10 mi N Chihuahua, 17 August 1965 (HEE); 2♀, 2♂, 15 mi N Chihuahua, 5350 ft, 14 September 1963 (S and B); 17♀, 3♂, 15 mi S Chihuahua, 16 August 1965 (HEE); 16♀, 11♂, 35 mi N Chihuahua, 5400 ft, 14 September 1963 (S and B); 2♂, 4 mi N Ciudad Camargo, 29 July 1967 (RCG and party); 3♂, Colonia Juarez (DEB); 11♀, 11♂, 9 mi S Hidalgo del Parrall, 19, 26, 31 July, 5, 26 August 1967 (RCG, CRK, KL); 2♀, ♂, 29 mi E Hidalgo del Parrall, 5000 ft, 21 June 1956 (HAS); ♀, 8 mi W Matachie, 6400 ft, 8 July 1947 (CDM); ♂, 3 mi NW Meoqui, 13 July 1964 (JP); ♂, Montezuma, 4 July 1954 (JWM); ♀, Salaicas, 20 August 1941 (GMB); 4♀, 2♂, Santa Clara Canyon, 5 mi W Parrita, 6 July 1954, 3 August, 1 September, 1 October 1956 (JWM); ♂, same locality, 6 July 1954 (EIS). COAHUILA: ♂, 20 mi S Piedras Negras, 10 August 1959 (LAS and ASM); ♀, 30 mi S Piedras Negras, 10 August 1959 (LAS and ASM); ♂, 15 mi N Saltillo, 4450 ft, 9 September 1963 (S and B); ♀, 6 mi S Villa Mata mores, 8 August 1967 (RCG and party). DURANGO: 2♂, Durango, 6300 ft, 18 June 1956 (HAS); ♂, 10 mi W Durango, 12 July 1954 (JWM); ♀, 25, same locality, 6600 ft, 16 June 1964 (DB); 22♀, 31♂, 20 mi W Durango, 7100 ft, 16 June 1964 (DB); 31♀, 195♂, 4 mi W Durango, 6300 and 5100 ft, 18–19 September 1963 (S and B); 2♀, 13♂, 15 mi N Durango, 6550 ft, 17 September 1963 (S and B); 2♂, 16 mi N Durango, 5900 ft, 16 June 1964 (DB); ♀, ♂, 156 mi N Durango, 6400 ft, 20 June 1956 (HAS); 5♀, 27♂, 28 mi NE Durango, 6400 ft, 17 June 1956 (HAS); 3♀, 6♂, 14 mi NE Durango, 6200 ft, 17 June 1956 (HAS); 9♂, 15 mi SE Durango, 6100 ft, 19 September 1963 (S and B); 2♀, 42 mi S Hidalo del Parral, 6050 ft, 24 October 1957 (HAS); 2♂, Nombre de Dios, 5–6 August 1951 (PDH); ♂, same locality and date (HEE); ♂, 16 mi S Nombre de Dios, 14 July 1954 (JWM). GUANAJUATO: ♀, Guanajuato (ED); ♂, same locality, 15 August 1953 (C and PY). HIDALGO: 4♀, 22 mi SW Actopan, 6850 ft, 27 August 1962 (O and N); ♀, ♂, 12 mi W Del Parrai, 6200 ft, 14 July 1964 (C and P); ♂, 8♂, 3 mi W Pachuca, 24 June 1953 (UKE); ♀, 8 mi W Pachuca, 24 June 1954, at pepper (UKE). JALISCO: ♂, El Tigre, 18 July 1954 (EIS); ♀, Guadalajara, 17 September 1957 (R and KD); ♀, ♂, 9 mi S Guadalajara, 24, 29 July 1965 (HEE); 3♂, Villa Guadalupe, 26 July 1951 (PDH); ♂, same locality and date (HEE); ♂, Lagos de Moreno, 6400 ft, 19 August 1954 (JGC); ♀,♂, same locality, 21 August 1954 (CDM); ♀, 6 mi SE Lagos de Moreno, 5900 ft, 27 July 1962, at Helenium species (UKE); 2♂, 22 mi NW La Piedad, 23 July 1954 (EIS); ♂, same locality and date (JWM); 2♂, 3 mi SE Plan de Barrancas, 8 July 1963 (P and S). MEXICO: 2♂, Teotihuacán Pyramid, 7 July 1951 (PDH). MICHOACÁN: 4♂, 4 mi N Morelia, 6000 ft, 28 July 1962, at pepper tree (UKE). MORELOS: ♀, Cuernavaca, 12–19 July 1961 (R and KD); ♀, 10 mi SE La Cueva, 9 July 1959 (RFS); 2♂, 6 mi S Temixco, 16 July 1963 (P and S); ♂, Tetecala, 2800 ft, 10 August 1962 (HEE); ♀, 11 mi S Tlaltizapan, 16 August 1962 (R and M). NAYARIT: 3♂, Acapuneta, 4 May 1953 (RCB and EIS); 2♂, Ahuacatlan; 3♂, Jesus Maria, 26 June 1955 (BM). QUERÉTARO: ♀, ♂, 41 mi N Querétaro (near San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato) 6500 ft, 19 September 1963 (S and B); ♀, San Juan del Rio, 6 October 1962 (CGM). SAN LUIS POTOSÍ: 3♀, 4♂, 17 mi NE San Luis Potosí, 6200 ft, 6 September 1963 (S and B); ♂, 29 mi SW San Luis Potosí, 6800 ft, 25 July 1962 (UKE); ♀, 3♂, 31 mi S San Luis Potosí, 5900 ft, 5 September 1963 (S and B); 2♀, 2♂, 40 mi S San Luis Potosi, 5700 ft, 5 September 1963 (S and B). SINALOA: 4♂, 4.6 mi E Chupaderos, Rt 40, 22 August 1964 (MEI); 2♂, 25 mi E Mazatlan, 6100 ft, 19 June 1964 (DB); ♀, 20 mi E Villa Union, 235 m, 20 August 1964 (EIS). SONORA: 14♀, 10♂, 10 mi SE Alamos, 25 June 1963 (P and S); 6♀, 4♂, 10 mi E Navojoa, 13 August 1959 (WLN and FGW); ♂, 15 mi N Obregon, 24 June 1956 (R and KD); ♀, 38 mi NW Obregon, 100 ft, 23 September 1963 (S and B). TAMAULIPAS: ♀, 18 mi E Ciudad Monte, 13 August 1959 (LAS and ASM); ♂, Padilla, 15 June 1953 (UKE). ZACATECAS: ♀, 9 mi S Fresnillo, 20 August 1956 (JWM); ♂, 5 mi S Fresnillo, 7 August 1954 (EGL and party); ♂, 11 mi N Tabasco, 12 August 1965 (HEE).

PREY RECORD.—None.

PLANT RECORD.—Helenium species (Jalisco).