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Pseudomethoca contumax (Cresson, 1865)

Mutilla contumax Cresson, 1865:437, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings). - Blake, 1879Blake, C.A. 1879. Catalogue of the Mutillidae of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:243-254. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:219-300. (distribution); Melander, 1903Melander, A.L. 1903. Notes on North American Mutillidae, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 29 (4):291-330. (distribution). - As Pseudomethoca contumax: - Mickel, 1925Mickel, C.E. 1925. A revision of the mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca occuring in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64 (15):1-52. (distribution); Mickel, 1935Mickel, C.E. 1935. Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61:383-398. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425. (distribution). - As Sphaerophthalma contumax: - Blake, 1886Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286. (distribution).
Mutilla microphthalma Gerstäcker, 1874:64, ♀.Mexico (Mus. Berol.); Mickel, 1935Mickel, C.E. 1935. Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61:383-398.:393, Type ♀ (Zoologische Museum der Universität, Berlin, no. 6628). Synonymized with Pseudomethoca contumax (Cresson, 1865) by Mickel, 1935Mickel, C.E. 1935. Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61:383-398.:393. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1302 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca contumax (Cresson, 1865)); Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425.:108 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca contumax (Cresson, 1865)). - As Sphaerophthalma microphthalma: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:364 (listed); Cameron, 1895Cameron, P. 1895. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :330-378. (distribution). - As Sphaerophthalma microphthalma: - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:364 (listed); Cameron, 1895Cameron, P. 1895. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :330-378. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Pseudomethoca contumax (Cresson, 1865)

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Gerstäcker, 1874 [as Mutilla microphthalma Gerstäcker, 1874]; Cameron, 1895 [as Sphaerophthalma microphthalma (Gerstäcker, 1874)]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Mutilla microphthalma Gerstäcker, 1874]; Mickel, 1935 [as Mutilla microphthalma Gerstäcker, 1874]; Krombein et al., 1979; Pagliano et al., 2020)
USAUnited States
 (Pagliano et al., 2020)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cresson, 1865; Blake, 1879; Blake, 1886; Dalla Torre, 1897; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Fox, 1899)
USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
 (Mickel, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Melander, 1903; Mickel, 1925; Mickel, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286.
  • Blake, C.A. 1879. Catalogue of the Mutillidae of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:243-254.
  • Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.
  • Cameron, P. 1895. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :330-378.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1865. Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory (Continued from page 313). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:426-488.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Fox, W.J. 1899. The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:219-300.
  • Gerstäcker, A. 1874. Mutillarum Americae meridionalis indigenarum synopsis systematica et synonymica. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 40 (1):41-77.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Melander, A.L. 1903. Notes on North American Mutillidae, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 29 (4):291-330.
  • Mickel, C.E. 1925. A revision of the mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca occuring in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64 (15):1-52.
  • Mickel, C.E. 1935. Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61:383-398.
  • Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425.