Cerceris rufinoda Cresson 1865

Cerceris argia Mickel

Cerceris argia Mickel, 1916:412; 1917b:453.—Scullen 1951:1005; 1965a:346, 357–359, figs. 2, 109a, b, c; 1968:158, figs. 5, 6.

TYPE.—The type female of C. argia Mickel, taken at Lincoln, Neb., is at the University of Nebraska.

DISTRIBUTION.—

MEXICO: CHIHUAHUA: 2♀, 9 mi S Hidalgo del Parral, 5200 ft, 26 July 1953, at Asclapias species (UKE). DURANGO: ♀, 8 mi S Canutillo, 9 August 1951 (HEE); 2♀, same locality and same date (PDH). JALISCO: ♀, El Tigre, 18 July 1954 (EIS). NUEVO LEÓN: ♀, Vallecillo, 2–5 July 1951 (PDH).

PREY RECORDS—None.

PLANT RECORDS.—Asclapias species (Chihuahua).