Cerceris butleri Scullen 1965

Cerceris butleri Scullen

Cerceris butleri Scullen, 1965a:346, 363–364, figs. 6, 112a, b, c

TYPE.—The type female, taken 30 miles south of Safford, Ariz., 24 September 1956, on a yellow composite (G. D. Butler), is at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM 66155).

DISTRIBUTION.—Southern Arizona and one record from Alpine, Tex. Specimens from Mexico are as follows:

MEXICO: SONORA: ♀, 10 mi E Navojoa, 13 August 1959 (W. L. Nutting and F. G. Werner); ♀, 38 mi NW Obregon, 100 ft, 23 September 1963 (S and B); ♀, 56 mi S Santa Ana, 1 October 1968 (R. W. and J. T. Thorp). The male is unknown.

PREY RECORD.—None.

PLANT RECORD.—Baccharis glutinosa and Heplopappus hartwegi (Arizona); none from Mexico.