Cerceris halone Banks 1912

Cerceris stigmosalis Banks

Cerceris stigmosalis Banks, 1916:64.—Stevens 1917:422.—Scullen 1951:1010; 1960:79; 1965a:343, 351, 506–508, fig. 95, 175a, b, c.—Carrillo and Gibson 1966:111.

Cerceris fugatrix Mickel, 1917a:335, 336; 1917b:452.—Scullen 1951:1008.

Cerceris sayi Banks, 1923:21.—Scullen 1951:1008.

Cerceris stevensi Banks, 1923:22.—Scullen 1951:1008.

TYPES.—The type male of C. stigmosalis Banks, taken from Fargo, N. Dak., September, on Solidago species (Stevens), is at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (13778). The type male of C. fugatrix Mickel, taken from Mitchell, Nebr., 14 August 1916 (C. E. Mickel), is at the University of Nebraska. The type female and allotype male of C. sayi Banks, taken from Steele, N. Dak., 13 July (Stevens), are at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (14706). The type female of C. stevensi Banks, taken from Steele, N. Dak. (Stevens), is at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (14707).

DISTRIBUTION.—This species, which occurs as far north as South Dakota and southern Minnesota and ranges south to Texas in the United States, has been taken on the central plateau area of Mexico as recorded below. Specimens in Mexico are as follows:

MEXICO: DURANGO: 3♀, 64 mi NE Durango, 6500 ft, 19 October 1957 (HAS). SAN LUIS POTOSÍ: 6♀, 4♂, 18 mi SW San Luis Potosí, 7300 ft, at Baccharis glutinosa, 1–2 October 1957 (HAS). MEXICO: 3♀, Toluca, 26 June 1937 (GEB). SONORA: ♀, Esperanzo, June (CAB).

PREY RECORD.—None.

PLANT RECORD.—Baccharis glutinosa (San Luis Potosí).