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Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)

Mutilla simillima Smith, 1855:62, ♀. ♀, Massachusetts. - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Blake, 1872Blake, C. 1872. Additions to the 'Synopsis of N. Am. Mutillidæ'. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:71-76. (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 simillima: - Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336. (distribution); 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, 1950Krombein, K.V. 1950. An annotated list of wasps from Nags Head and the Kill Devil Hills (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 65:262-272. (distribution); Krombein, 1963Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280. (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); Hertz, 2007Hertz, J.C. 2007. Velvet Ants, Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). :1-11. (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 simillima: - Blake, 1886Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286. (distribution).
Mutilla geryon Fox, 1899:255, ♂. Holotype ♀, Missouri: St. Louis, August 28th; Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336.:319, Type (American Entomological Society). - 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.:1304 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)); 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.:113 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)). - As Pseudomethoca geryon: - Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336. (distribution).
Mutilla Henshawi Melander, 1903:303, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Forest Hill, Mass, August 31, 1898 (leg. Samuel Henshaw); Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336.:319, Type ♂ (Museum of Comparative Zoology). - Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336.:318 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)); 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.:1304 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)); 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.:113 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)).
Mutilla daeckei Rohwer, 1910:49 - Bradley, 1916Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336.:318 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)); 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.:1304 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)); 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.:113 ( listed as synonym of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)).

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Area distribution map

map of Pseudomethoca simillima (Smith, 1855)

Distribution

USAUnited States
 (Dalla Torre, 1897; Pagliano et al., 2020)
USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-DCUnited States - Washington D.C.
 (Bradley, 1916; Bradley, 1916 [as Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)]; Mickel, 1925)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Fox, 1899; Bradley, 1916; Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979; Hertz, 2007)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Bradley, 1916; Mickel, 1925)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Mickel, 1935)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-MAUnited States - Masachusettes
 (Blake, 1886; Melander, 1903; Melander, 1903 [as Mutilla henshawi Melander, 1903]; Bradley, 1916 [as Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)]; Bradley, 1916; Mickel, 1935; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Mickel, 1925; Krombein, 1963)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Mickel, 1935)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Bradley, 1916 [as Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)]; Bradley, 1916 [as Mutilla geryon Fox, 1899])
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Bradley, 1916; Mickel, 1925; Krombein, 1950)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NHUnited States - New Hampshire
 (Mickel, 1935)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Fox, 1899; Bradley, 1916; Bradley, 1916 [as Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)]; Mickel, 1925)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Bradley, 1916; Bradley, 1916 [as Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)]; Mickel, 1925)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Mickel, 1935)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Mickel, 1935)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-SCUnited States - South Carolina
 (Mickel, 1935)
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (Mickel, 1925)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Blake, 1872; Melander, 1903; Mickel, 1925; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Bradley, 1916; Bradley, 1916 [as Pseudomethoca geryon (Fox, 1899)]; Mickel, 1925)

Literature

  • Blake, C. 1872. Additions to the 'Synopsis of N. Am. Mutillidæ'. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:71-76.
  • Blake, C. 1886. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13:179-286.
  • Bradley, J.C. 1916. Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of Mexico. III. The Mutillidae of the Eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 42 (3):309-336.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • 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.
  • Hertz, J.C. 2007. Velvet Ants, Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). :1-11.
  • Krombein, K.V. 1950. An annotated list of wasps from Nags Head and the Kill Devil Hills (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 65:262-272.
  • Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280.
  • 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.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.