Sphecodes coronus Mitchell 1956 ( mandibularis group)

Holotype. ♂ USA, North Carolina, Wake Co.: 16 Jun. 1955, on Daucus carota, T.B. Mitchell (NMNH: 75238).

= Sphecodes carolinus Mitchell, 1956

Holotype. ♀ USA, North Carolina, Grandfather Mt., 24 Jun. 1954, on Rubus, T.B. Mitchell (NMNH: 76237).

County records: Alger, Arenac, Charlevoix, Dickinson, Iosco, Keweenaw, Muskegon.

Notes. The synonymy of these two names has not been well established in the literature, although S. coronus has been used to include both sexes in faunal studies (Goldstein & Ascher 2016) and DNA barcode data support the synonymy (Sheffield et al. 2009; Sheffield & Perron 2014).