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Superfamily SPHECOIDEA
Family AMPULICIDAE

These primitive sphecoid wasps occur principally in the tropics of the Old and New Worlds.
Appropriately, they prey upon cockroaches, one of the most primitive of insect orders. The biolo-
gy of only a few species has been observed. The nests are constructed in pre-existing cavities or
crevices, such as in twigs, beneath bark of trees or in the soil. Unlike other sphecoids, the prey is
carried backwards on foot as in most pompilid wasps.

Taxonomy: Kohl, 1893. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 8: 455-516, 3 pis. (generic diagnoses,
key to and descriptions oi Ampulex spp.). —Evans, 1959. Ent. News 70: 57-61, 6 figs,
(larvae).

Subfamily DOLICHURINAE

Genus DOLICHURUS Latreille

Dolichurus Latreille, 1809. Gen. Crust. Ins., v. 4, p. 387.

Type-species: Pompilus comiculus Spinola. Monotypic.
Thyreosphex Ashmead, 1904. Canad. Ent. 36: 282.

Type-species: Thyreosphex Stantoni Ashmead. Monotypic.

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc Collect. 99 (14): pi. 21, figs. F, G (male
genitalia).

Dolichurus greenei Rohwer
Ont. to Fla., Mo. Ecology: Nests under leaf litter in woods. Prey: Parcoblatta
sp., nymph.
Dolichunis greenei Rohwer, 1916. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 18: 212. ♀.

Taxonomy: Bradley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 33-34, S.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (prey, nest site).

Genus PARADOLICHURUS Williams

Dolichunis subg. Paradolichurus Williams, 1960. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 17: 299.

Type-species: Dolichurus (Paradolichurus) californicus Williams. Orig. desig.

Paradolichurus californicus (Williams)
Calif. (San Diego Co.).

Dolichurus (Paradolichurus) californicus Williams, 1960. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 17: 300,
figs. 1,2,4. ♀.




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Subfamily AMPULICINAE

Genus AMPULEX Jurine

Ampuledc Jurine, 1807. Nouv. Meth. Class. Hym. Dipt., p. 132.

Type-species: Sphex coiupressus Fabricius. Desig. by Audouin, 1822.
Proyioeus Latreille, 1809. Gen. Crust. Ins., v. 4, p. 56.

Type-species: Dryinus aeneus Fabricius. Monotypic.
Lorrheum Leach, 1837. In Shuckard, Essay on Indig. Fossor. Hym., p. 18. A manuscript
name of Leach, validated by Shuckard.

Type-species: Sphex compresstis Fabricius. Desig. by Shuckard, 1837.
Rhinopsis Westwood, 1844. Arcana Ent., v. 2, p. 68.

Type-species: Rhiywpsis Abbottii Westwood. Monotypic.
Waageyiia Kriechbaumer, 1874. Stettin Ent. Ztg. 35: 55.

Type-species: Waageiiia sikki7nensis Kriechbaumer. Monotypic.
Chlorampulex Saussure, 1892. In Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, v. 20, p. 441.

Type-species: Sphex covipressus Fabricius. Desig. by Pate, 1937.

Ampulex canaliculata Say
Mass. to Ga., Ohio, Wis., Mo., Kans. Ecology: Nests in cavities in twigs and
in borings in wood. Prey: Parcoblatta virgiiiica (Brunner), P. sp., Ischnoptera sp.
Ampulex canalicnlatus Say, 1823. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 76.
Rhinopsis Abbottii Westwood, 1844. Arcana Ent., v. 2, p. 68, pi. 65, fig. 5. ♀.
Ampulex pensylvanica Haldeman, 1849. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 4: 203.
Rhinopsis ynelanognathus Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 464. "♀"=♂.

Taxonomy: Schulz, 1911. Zool. Ann. 4: 149-152. —Bradley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 32-33.
—Evans, 1959. Ent. News 70: 57-58, 6 figs, (larva).

Biology: Williams, 1929. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 7: 318-329, 10 figs, (nest, prey, life history).
— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 173-175, figs. 49-51 (nest, prey, life
history).

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99 (14): 50, pi. 22, figs. A-D (male
genitalia).

Ampulex ferruginea Bradley
Fla., Tex.

Ampulex {Rhinopsis) ferruginea Bradley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 274. ♂.

Taxonomy: Strandtmann, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 46-48. ♀.


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