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Luc, A. trifasciata (Forsk.), Mangora gibberosa (Hentz), Araneidae spp.; Linyphia
clathrata Sund., L. sp.; Leucauge venusta (Walck.).
Trypoxylon nibro-cinctum Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 416. ♀.
Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. see. Trans. 83: 94, fig. 63 (larva). —Evans, 1959. Amer.
Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 161 (larva).
Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1895. Psyche 7: 303 (nest, prey, life cycle). — Peckham and
Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 77-84 (nest, prey, life cycle).
—Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, social and solitary, pp. 178-193, 2 figs, (nest, prey,
male behavior in nest). — Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 22 (nest, parasite).
— Krombein, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 5 (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 187-193, text fig. 2a, figs. 126, 135-139 (nest, prey, life
cycle, cocoon, parasites). — Medler, 1967. Amer. Midland Nat. 78: 344-358 (nest, prey,
cocoon, parasites, life cycle).
Trypargilum orizabense (Richards)
n. comb. South. Ariz.; Mexico (Orizaba).
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) orizabense Richards, 1934. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 82:
273. ♀, ♂.
Trypargilum tridentatum
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archboldi (Krombein). Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood, stores 9-36 spiders
per cell. Parasite: Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied., Lepidophora lepidocera (Wied.) ?;
Pyemotes ventricosus (Newp.). Prey: Mimetiis sp.; Gea heptagon (Hentz), Drexelia
directa (Hentz), Enstala anastera (Walck.) Larinia directa (Hentz), Singa sp., Neoscona
arabesca (Walck.), N. sp., Conaranea floridensis Bks., C. sp., Araneidae spp.; Theridula
quadripunctata Keys., Theridion flavonotatum Beck., Chrysso clementinae (Petrunk.),
Theridiidae spp.
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum archboldi Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc
61: 150. ♀, ♂.
Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 61: 151-152 (nest, prey, cocoon). —Krombein,
1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 200-202 (nest, prey, life cycle, cocoon, parasites).
Trypargilum tridentatum
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tridentatum (Packard). Conn, to Fla., west to B. C. and Calif. Ecology: Nests in
SanibucKs and white sage stems, borings in wood and old mud dauber nests. Parasite:
Trichrysis niucronata (Br.), T. deversor Boh., Ceratochrysis antyga Boh., Chrysis
pelliicidula Aar.; Sphaeropthahna uro (BL), S. amphion (Fox), S. abdominalis (BL);
Tetrastichus sp.; Arnobia floridensis (Tns.), A. spp. ?; Bombyliidae sp.; Pyemotes
ventricosus (Newp.). Prey: Latrodectus inactans (F.), Theridion 7nurariuni Em., T.
dilutum Levi, T. sp.; Mimetns hesperus Chamb.; Eustala rosae Chamb. and Ivie, E. sp.,
Metepeira arizonica Chamb. and Ivie, M. sp., Neoscona verfebrata (McCook), N. sp.,
Araneus sp., Acanthepeira stellata (Walck.), Cyclosa conica (Pall.), Araneidae spp.
Trypoxylon tridentatmn Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 417. ♀.
Trypoxylon projectuni Fox, 1891. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 18: 141. ♀, ♂.
Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 93, figs. 50-52 (larva). —Evans, 1959.
Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 161 (larva).
Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, p. 134 (nest, life cycle). — Blackman and
Stage, 1924. N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse Univ., Tech. Pub. 17: 196-197 (nest).
— Rau, 1934. Canad. Ent. 66: 259 (nest, parasite). —Hicks, 1934. Colo. Univ., Studies 21:
267 (nest, parasite). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 95 (nest, parasites).
—Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 193-200, text fig. 2d, figs. 115-118
(nest, prey, life cycle, egg, cocoon, parasites). — Paetzel, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 26-30, 3
figs, (male behavior in nest, mating; misdet. as rubrocinctum). —Paetzel, 1973. Outdoor
World 6 (2): 42-45, 4 figs, (nest, prey, life cycle, male behavior in nest; misdet. as
rubrocinctum).
Species Group Albitarse
Trypargilum politum (Say)
Mass. to Fla. west to Kans. and Tex. Ecology: Builds linear series of mud cells
in parallel rows resembling pipes of an organ, stores 3-18 prey per cell. Parasite: Vidia
sp.; Anthrax innatulus fur (0. S.), A. aterrimus (Big.); Amobia aurifrons (Tns.), A.
distorta (Allen), Helicobia rapax Wlkr., Senotaijiia sp.; Sphaeropthalma p. pensylvanica
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(Lep.), S. p. scaeva (Bl.), Dasy7ni(tilla v. vesta (Cr.); Melittobia clialybii Ashm.;
Trichrysis tride^is (Lep.). Prey: Neoscona viinima Keys., N. benjaviina Walcit., N. spp.,
Eustala anastera (Walck.), Wixia ectypa (Walci<.), Aranea spp.; Theridiidae spp.; preys
upon adults and immatures. Because of its nest this wasp is popularly known as the
pipe-organ wasp.
Try poxy Ion politus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 373.
Trypoxylon neglect urn Kohl, 1884. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 33: 340. ♂.
Trypoxylon basale Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 475. ♀, ♂.
Trypoxylon politifonne Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 476. ♀, ♂.
Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 95, fig. 62 (larva). —Evans, 1959. Amer.
Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 161 (larva).
Biology: Rau, 1913. Ent. News 24: 401 (larval feeding). — Rau and Rau, 1916. Jour. Anim.
Behavior 6: 31-35, fig. 5 (nest, prey, male behavior in nest). —Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St.
Louis, Trans. 25: 428-439, figs. 57-62 (nest, prey, life cycle, male behavior in nest, cocoon,
parasites). —Osborne, 1929. Conn. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 305: 751-753, 1 pi, 1 fig. —Dow,
1930. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 25: 98-101 (nest). — Fattig, 1936. Canad. Ent. 68: 44 (nest,
prey). — Hartman, 1944. Ent. News 55: 7 (prey). —Rau, 1944. Ent News 55: 9 (prey hunt).
— Muma and Jeffers, 1944. Ent. News 55: 50 (nest). — Muma and Jeffers, 1945. Ent. Soc.
Amer., Ann. 38: 246, 252, 254-255, figs. 3, 4 (nest, prey). —Lin, 1969. Wasmann Jour. Biol.
27: 129-130 (prey). —Johnson, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 448-449 (parasite). —Cross,
Stith and Bauman, 1975. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 68: 901-916, 10 figs, (mating, nest
construction and provisioning, prey hunting, cocoon, life history, parasites).
Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99 (14): pi. 21, figs. L, Q, R (male
genitalia).
Subfamily BOTHYNOSTETHINAE
Genus BOTHYNOSTETHUS Kohl
Bothynostetlius Kohl, 1884. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 33: 344.
Type-species: Bothynostethus Saussurei Kohl. Monotypic
Bothynostethus distinctus Fox
N. Y. to Fla. west to Idaho and Ariz. Ecology: Nests in sand, occasionally
utilizing a rodent burrow, makes up to 8 cells per nest, stores 4-9 chrysomelid beetles
per cell. Parasite: Senotainia sp. ? Prey: Monoxia sp., Pyi-rhalta decora (Say), P.
perplexa Fall, P. spiraeae Fall, P. cavicollis (LeC), Ophraella notata (F.).
Bothynostetlius distinctus Fox, 1891. Ent News 2: 31. ♀, ♂.
Taxonomy: Kurczewski and Evans, 1972. Psyche 79: 97-99, figs. 8-15 (larva).
Biology: Cazier and Mortenson, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 31-32 (nest, prey). —Kurczewski
and Evans, 1972 Psyche 79: 88-97, figs. 1-7 (nest, prey transport, cocoon, parasites).
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