Paramasaris richardsi, Bohart

Carpenter, James M. & Kimsey, Lynn S., 2009, The Genus Euparagia Cresson (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Euparagiinae), American Museum Novitates 3643, pp. 1-11 : 8

richardsi Bohart

Psiloglossa simplicipes Rohwer, 1909: 357 , female - ‘‘Las Cruces, N. M.’’ (Washington). Junior secondary homonym of Euparagia simplicipes ( Cameron, 1905) .

Euparagia maculiceps ; Bradley, 1922: 384. - Bohart, 1938: 137; 1948: 149 (key), 154 (AZ, TX); 1951: 883 (cat.). Misidentification.

Euparagia richardsi Bohart, 1979: 1470 [replacement name for Psiloglossa simplicipes Rohwer, 1909 , non Cameron, 1905]. - Krombein, 1979: 1470 (cat.). - Carpenter, 1981: 33 (species examined). - Longair, 1985: 318–320 (male behavior; NM). - Bohart, 1989: 462 (key), 465, fig. 13 (AZ, NM, TX; Mexico: Sonora, Chihuahua). - Rodríguez-Palafox: 479 (list). - Hines et al., 2007: 3297 (sequenced).

DISTRIBUTION: U.S.A.: TX, NM, AZ; Mexico: Chihuahua, Sonora . A new record is Mexico: Michoacan .

Longair (1985) reported that males of this species patrol water sources where females come to collect liquid, presumably for use in nest construction as in other solitary Vespidae .