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Leucaspis Burmeister, 1835. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1 (2): 47. Emend.
Leucopsis Turton, 1802. In Linnaeus Syst. Nat. 3: 503 (error, frequently repeated;
Leucopsis Berthold, 1827, Recognized as valid in Aves).
Leucospis subg. Metallopsis Westwood, 1839. Ztschr. f. Ent. 1: 264.
Type-species: Leucospis (Metallopsis) eayennensis Westwood. Monotypic.
Exocklaenus Shipp, 1894. Ent. Monthly Mag. 30: 245.
Type-species: Leucospis anthidioides Westwood. Orig. desig.
Parexoclaenus Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 355.
Type-species: Parexoclaenus vespoides Girault. Orig. desig.
Exoclaenoides Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 356.
Type-species: Exoclaenoides unicinctus Girault. Orig. desig.
afflnis affinis Say. Widespread in Canada and the U. S. except for S. Fla. and the extreme
southwestern Sonoran zone. Host: Antliidium emarginatum (Say), A. maculosuw
Cress., Asluneadiella meliloti aridnia Ckll., Diantliidiuyn pudicuin consiviile (Ashm.),
Hoplitis producta (Cress.), Megachile sp., M. brevis Say, M. gentilis Cress., M. inennis
Prov., M. ntontivaga Cress., M. relativa Cress., Osniia atriventris Cress., 0. kincaidii
Ckll., 0. puniila Cress., 0. siniillinia Smith, Stelis sp., S. sexvtaculata Ashm. There is
an undescribed subspecies of affinis in the southwestern Sonoran region.
Leucospis affinis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., App. p. 327. ♀, ♂.
Leucospis subnotata Westwood, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 215. ♀.
Leucospis fratenia Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 269. ♀, ♂.
Leucospis basalis Westwood, 1839. Ztschr. f. Ent. 1: 264. ♂, ♀.
Leucospis Canadensis Walker, 1860. Jour. Ent. 1: 17. ♂.
Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 166.
Leucospis bicincta Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 227. ♂.
Biology: Graenicher, 1906. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 4: 153-159. -Medler, 1958. Ent. News
69: 21-24. -Medler and Koerber, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 51: 340-344. —Medler, 1958.
Canad. Ent. 90: 326-327. -Medler, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 920. -Johansen and Eves, 1966.
Wash. Agr. Expt. Sta., Cir. 469: 5. —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 95-97.
—Medler, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 342. — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and
bees, pp. 434-436. —Medler and Lussenhop, 1968. Wis. Coll. Agr., Res. Bui. 274: 20-47.
Morphology: Snodgrass, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 39: 65, figs. 35-39 (thorax). —Burks,
1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 158, fig. 5 (wing venation). —Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn.
Misc. Collect. 99: 36-37 (male genitalia). —Bradley, 1955. Soc. Roy. d'Ent. de Belg., Mem.
27: 134, fig. 6 (wing venation).
Leucospis affinis
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floridana Cresson. Cent, and S. Fla. Host: Chalicodoma (Chelostomoides) sp., C. (C.)
georgica Cress., Megachile (Sayapis) sp.
Leucospis affinis war. floridana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 33. ♀, ♂.
Taxonomy: Weld, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (6): 10, 26.
Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 436-437.
Leucospis birkmani Brues
Fla., Tex., Ariz.; Mexico.
Leucospis birkmaiii Brues, 1925. Psyche 32: 23. ♀.
Leucospis robertsoni Crawford
Fla., Ala.
Leucospis wbertsotii Crawford, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 51. ♀, ♂.
Leucospis slossonae Weld
Ga., Fla., Ala. Host: Anthidielluni sp.
Leucospis slossonae Weld, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (6): 11. ♀, ♂.
Leucospis texana Cresson
N. C, Ga., Tex.
Leucospis texana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 31, 191. ♂.
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