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Superfamily POMPILOIDEA
Family POMPILIDAE

The entire pompihd fauna of America north of Mexico has been adequately monographed in
recent years by Bradley, Evans, Hurd and Townes. References will be found under the headings
Pepsinae, Pepsis, Aporini, Pompilinae, Pompilini, and Ceropalinae.

Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1900-1902. Canad. Ent. 32: 145-155, 185-188, 295-296; 34: 79-88, 131-137
(keys to world genera). -Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 219-237 (eastern
species). —Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 63: 229-248 (western species). — Brimley,
1936. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 52: 107-131 (N. C. species). —Pate, 1946. Amer. Ent.
See, Trans. 72: 65-137 (generic names and type-species). — Dreisbach, 1948 (1946). Mich.
Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters, Papers 32: 239-247 (key to Mich, genera). —Dreisbach, 1949.
Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters, Papers 33: 63-71 (American genera). —Evans, 1959.
Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 430-444, 51 figs, (larva). Except for Evans' paper on larvae, the
foregoing references are obsolete for identification purposes; they are superseded by the
revisionary papers cited under several of the following subfamily, tribal and generic
headings.

Biology: Evans, 1953. Syst. Zool. 2: 155-172 (comparative ethology). —Evans and Yoshimoto,
1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 65-119 (ecology, nesting behavior and prey of
northeastern spp.). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 24-33
(prey selection factors).

Subfamily PEPSINAE

Revision: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 1-220, 129 figs.




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Tribe PEPSINI
Taxonomy: Dreisbach, 1952. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 60: 119-125 (key to New World genera).

Genus CHIRODAMUS Haliday

Ckirodamus Haliday, 1837. Linn. Soc. London, Trans. (3) 17: 326.

Type-species: Chirodamus kingii Haliday. Monotypic.
Calopompiius Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 188.

Type-species: Pompilus maculipennis Smith. Orig. desig.
Dinocnemis Banks, 1925. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 67: 336.

Type-species: Poinpilus fortis Cresson. Desig. by Bradley, 1944.
Onochares Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 9.

Type-species: Onochares brazoria Banks (=Priocneniis Heiligbrodtii Cresson).
Trichocurgus Haupt, 1937. Ztsehr. f. Naturw. 91: 127, 134.

Type-species: Pompilus monachus Smith. Orig. desig.
Chrysocurgus Haupt, 1937. Ztsehr. f. Naturw. 91: 127, 134.

Type-species: Sphex nitida Fabricius. Orig. desig.
Derochilus Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 119, 120.

Type-species: Pompilus validus Cresson. Orig. desig.
Reedimia Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 482.

Type-species: Agenia hirsutula Spinola. Orig. desig.
Anacyphonyx Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 520.

Type-species: Anacyphonyx fidelis Banks. Orig. desig.

Chirodamus albopilosus (Cresson)
N. Y. to Ga., W. Va. in Transition Zone. Ecology: Occurs in rich moist
woods from early to late summer.
Pompilus (Agenia) albopilosus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 125. ♂.
Priocnemis fortella Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 401. ♀.
Pseudagenia najacra Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 203. ♂.

Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 132 (synonymy oi fortella, male description).

Chirodamus deceptus (Banks)
Tex.

Priocnemis decepta Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 201. ♀.

Chirodamus feroculis (Banks)
Va., Tex.

Pseudagenia feroculis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 232. ♂.

Chirodamus fortis (Cresson)
N. Y. to S. C. in Transition Zone. Ecology: Occurs in woods.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) fortis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 113. ♀.

Pompilus (Agenia) nigropilosus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 124. ♂.

Pseudagenia niariva Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 202. ♂.

Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 131-132 (male description).

Chirodamus heiligbrodtii (Cresson)
Tex.

Priocnemis Heiligbrodtii Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 204. ♀.
Agenia Belfragei Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 205. ♂.
Onochares brazoria Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 9. ♀.

Chirodamus maculipennis (Smith)
Kans., Mo., Ark., Tex., Miss., Ala., Ga., N. C.

Pompilus maculipennis Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 157. ♀.

Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker)
B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., commonest
in Canad. Zone; Mexico. Prey: Antrodiaetus pacificus Simon.
Pompilus pyrrhomelas Walker, 1866. In Lord, Naturalist in Vancouver Isl. and B. C, v. 2,

p. 341. ♀.
Cryptocheilus rugosus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 101. ♀.
Cryptocheilus inaequalis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 61: 102. ♂.

Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 132 (male description).

Biology: Krombein, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 1: 170 (prey).

Chirodamus validus (Cresson)
N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., in Lower Austral zone.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) validus Cresson, 1867, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 116. ♀.




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Genus PEPSIS Fabricius

The species, commonly called tarantula hawks, are most frequently encountered at the flowers
of various woody and suffrutescent plants of which the milkweed genus Asclepias appears to be
the preferred floral host. So far as is known, all the species are predaceous on spiders of the
family Theraphosidae (= Aviculariidae), most commonly on species of Bothriocyrtum,
Aphonopehna and Mygale. The wasps may prepare a burrow before hunting for prey, or they
may utilize the burrow of the tarantula itself as a nesting site.

Pepsis occurs only in the New World, and the majority of species are Neotropical.

Revision: Lucas, 1895 (1894). Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 449-839, pis. XXII-XXXIII (New World
spp.). —Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 140-148 (U. S. spp.). —Kurd, 1952. Amer. Mus.
Nat. Hist., Bui. 98: 257-334, 49 figs., 2 tables (Nearctic spp., list of spp. in genus).

Taxonomy: Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 22-23 (key to U. S. spp.).

Biology: Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 447-466, 24 figs, (life history, prey, nesting
behavior).

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 39: figs. 61, 69 (lateral view of thorax
and base of abdomen, base of forewing).

Genus PEPSIS Subgenus PEPSIS Fabricius

Pepsis Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, pp. 207-208.

Type-species: Sphex stellata Fabricius. Desig. by Latreille, 1810.

Pepsis chrysothemis
***authority mismatch
chrysothemis Lucas. Tex. to Okla. w. into Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja
California). Prey: Aphonopelma sp.
Pepsis chrysothemis Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 731, 739. ♂.
Pepsis cinnabarina Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 782, 804. ♀.
Pepsis circularis Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 142, 144. ♂.

Taxonomy: Hurd, 1952. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 98: 312 (identity of circularis).
Biology: Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 456 (prey, life history).

Pepsis chrysothemis
***authority mismatch
lucasii Fox. Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas).

Pepsis Lucasii Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 141, 145. ♀.

Pepsis mexicana Lucas
Tex. w. into south. Calif., s. to Colombia. Prey: Aphonopelma sp.
Pepsis mexicajia Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 560, 561, 566. ♂, ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 431-432, fig. 41 (larva).
Biology: Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 456, 458 (prey, life history).

Pepsis pallidolimbata
***authority mismatch
pallidolimbata Lucas. Tex. to Kans. w. into south. Calif.; Mexico (Coahuila,
Chihuahua, Baja California).
Pepsis pallidolimbata Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 733, 745. ♀.
Pepsis bequaerti Salman, 1928. Pan-Pacific Ent. 5: 23. ♂.

Pepsis pallidolimbata
***authority mismatch
smithi Hurd. Calif, (west-central flanks of Sierra Nevada and Mt. Diablo-Mt.
Hamilton ranges). Prey: Aphonopelma sp.
Pepsis pallidolimbata sinithi Hurd, 1948. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 8: 126, 142. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Williams, 1956. Ent Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 456 (prey, life history).

Pepsis thisbe Lucas
Tex. to Nebr. w. into Calif.; Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja
California). Prey: Aphonopelma sp., Avicularia califoniica Bks.
Pepsis thisbe Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 732, 733, 744. ♂, ♀.
Pepsis sayi Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. 6 ( 9 misdet.).
Pepsis sherillae Hurd, 1948. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 8: 124, 146. ♂.

Taxonomy: Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 457, figs. 10-13 (egg, larva). —Evans,
1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 431, figs. 1-7, 40 (larva).

Biology: Cockerell, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 55 (prey). —Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann.
49: 452-456, figs. 2, 9-14, 19, 21, 23-26 (prey, hunting behavior, life history).




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Genus PEPSIS Subgenus STENOPEPSIS Banks

Pepsis subg. Stenopepsis Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 82.
Type-species: Pepsis hymenaea Mocsary. Orig. desig.

Pepsis venusta Smith
South. Ariz, to Brazil.

Pepsis venusta Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit., Mus., v. 3, p. 196. ♂.

Genus PEPSIS Subgenus DINOPEPSIS Banks

Pepsis subg. Dinopepsis Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 83.
Type-species: Pepsis grossa Fabricius. Orig. desig.

Pepsis formosa
***authority mismatch
formosa (Say). Mo., Tex. to Kans. w. into Ariz, and Nev.; Mexico (Chihuahua). Prey:
Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamb., Dugesiella sp.
Pompilus formosus Say, 1832. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 76. ♀.
Pepsis nephele Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 732, 739. ♀.
Pepsis pseudofonnosa Cockerell, 1898. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., Proc. 7: 146. ♂.

Biology: Buckley, 1862. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 138-139 (prey, misdet. as Mygale).

— Lincecum, 1867. Amer. Nat. 1: 137-141, 2 figs, (prey, misdet. as Mygale). — Cazier and
Mortenson, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 533-541, 8 figs, (prey, nesting behavior).

Pepsis formosa
***authority mismatch
pattoni Banks. N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California).
Pepsis pattoni Banks, 1941. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 181. ♂, ♀.

Genus PEPSIS Subgenus GIGANTOPEPSIS Lucas

Pepsis subg. Gigantopepsis Lucas, 1919. Arch, f Naturgesch., div. A 83: 10, 41.
Type-species: Pepsis gigantea Lucas. Orig. desig.

Pepsis aquila Lucas
South. Ariz, and N. Mex.; Mexico (Durango).

Pepsis aquila Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 797. ♂.

Pepsis arizonica Banks
Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango).

Pepsis arizonica Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. ♂.

Pepsis hirsuta Salman, 1933. Pan-Pacific Ent. 9: 9. ♀.

Pepsis marginata
***authority mismatch
Pahsot de Beauvois. South. Fla.; West Indies. Prey: Cyrtopholis portoricensis
Chamb.

Pepsis marginata Palisot de Beauvois, 1809. Ins. Afr., Amer., p. 94, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3. ♂, ♀.

Pepsis heros Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 122. ♀.

Biology: Petrunkevitch, 1926. Jour. Expt. Zool. 45: 367-394, 2 pis. (prey, hunting behavior,
nest, life history). — Petrunkevich, 1952. Sci. Amer. (for Aug.), pp. 20-23 (prey, hunting
behavior, nest, life history).

Genus PEPSIS Subgenus UNASSIGNED

Pepsis angustimarginata Viereck
Tex. to Kans. w. to south. Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua).

Pepsis angustimarginata Viereck, 1908 (1907). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 398. ♀.

Pepsis sayi Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. ♀ (♂ misdet.).

Pepsis azteca Cameron
Tex. south to Panama.

Pepsis azteca Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 215. ♀.
Cerberus Lucas. Kans., Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Baja California).

Pepsis Cerberus Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 780, 790. ♂.

Pepsis inermis Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 141, 146. ♀.

Pepsis novitia Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. 6. Apparently a hybrid between
Cerberus and elegans Lep. with most characters as in cerberus.

Taxonomy: Hurd, 1952. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 98: 295 (status of novitia).

Pepsis elegans Lepeletier
Pa. to Kans., s. to Fla. and Tex. Ecology: Nests in rodent burrow. Prey:
Huge spider.
Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 489. ♂.
Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 144. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 67-71 (prey transport, nesting site).




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Morphology: Salman, 1929. Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 55: 119-153, pis. VI-IX.

Pepsis mildei Stal
Tex. to Kans. w. into Calif.; Mexico (Coahuila, Baja California). Ecology: Nests in
prey burrow. Prey: Bothriocyrtum caiifomicum (Camb.), Aphonopelma sp.
Pepsis mildei Stal, 1857. Ofvers. Kongl. Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14: 64.
Pepsis hesperiae Patton, 1894. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 3: 46. ♂.
Pepsis Boguei Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 141, 142, 146. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Passmore, 1933. Natl. Geog. Mag., 64: 203, 205 (prey capture, nest). — Passmore,
1936. Nat. Mag. 27: 155-159 (prey capture, nest; misdet. as forynosa). — Hurd, 1952. Amer.
Mas. Nat. Hist., Bui. 98: 268 (prey). —Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 458, 460,
figs. 4-8, 15-19 (prey capture, nest, life history).

Pepsis saphirus Palisot de Beauvois
South. Fla.; West Indies.

Pepsis saphirus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805. Ins. Afr., Amer., p. 39, pi. 1, fig. 4. ♀.

Genus HEMIPEPSIS Dahlbom

Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 123.

Type-species: Hemipepsis capensis Dahlbom. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900.
Pallosonia Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 492.

Type-species: Pallosoma barbara Lepeletier. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900.
Tetraodontonyx Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 187.

Type-species: Tetraodontonyx rufipes Ashmead. Orig. desig. (=Pompiius heros
Guerin).
Crypfocheiius subg. Tetracryptocheilus Zavattari, 1907. R. Univ. Torino, Mus. Zool.
Compar. Anat., Bol. 22 (555): 4.

Type-species: C ryptocheiliis (Tetracryptocheilus) ascensi Zavattari. Orig. desig.
Tetracryptochiius Schulz, 1911. Zool. Ann. 4: 122. Emend.
Trichonyx Haupt, 1929. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 17: 195.

Type-species: Hemipepsis unguicidaris Kohl. Orig. desig.
Pachynimia Haupt, 1929. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 17: 197, 202.

Type-species: Priocnemis tinctor Saussure. Orig. desig.
Hemipepsis subg. Xenopepsis Arnold, 1932. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 14: 291, 323, 367.

Type-species: Hemipepsis (Xenopepsis) commixta Arnold. Orig. desig.
Hemipepsis subg. Moropepsis Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 69: 6, 8.

Type-species: Hemipepsis (Moropepsis) croesus Banks. Monotypic.
Hovagenia Banks, 1941. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 92: 343.
Type-species: Hovagenia saussurei Banks. Orig. desig.

Hemipepsis mexicana (Cresson)
Tex. (Davis Mts.), s. to Panama.

Mygnimia mexicana Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 143. ♀.

Hemipepsis toussainti (Banks)
Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Durango, Michoacan, Mexico); Haiti.

Mygnimia toussainti Banks, 1928. Studies on Cuban Insects, v. 1, p. 5. ♂.

Hemipepsis ustulata
***authority mismatch
ochroptera Stal. Cent, and south. Calif., Ariz., Nev., in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones.
Prey: Brachythele longitarsis Simon, Aphonopelma sp.
Hemipepsis ochroptera Stal, 1857. Ofvers. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14: 64.
Mygnimia hesperina Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 102. ♂, ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 432-433, fig. 42 (larva).
Biology: Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 460-462, figs. 20, 22 (prey capture, nest,
life history).

Hemipepsis ustulata
***authority mismatch
ustulata Dahlbom. Tex., Okla., Kans., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz, in L. Austr. and U.
Austr. Zones, less common in Transit. Zone; Mexico (Baja California, Durango,
Michoacan, Hidalgo, Mexico).
Hemipepsis ustulata Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 123. ♀.
Mygnimia cressoni Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 203. ♂, ♀.

Genus PRIOCNESSUS Banks

Priocnessus Banks, 1925. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 77: 337.

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Cressochilus Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 119, 120.

Type-species: Ponipilus nuperus Cresson. Orig. desig.
Amerocnemis Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 93.

Type-species: Amerocnemis bequaerti Banks. Orig. desig.

Priocnessus apache (Banks)
Tex., Ariz, in L. Austr. Zone.

Priocnemis {Priocnessus) apache Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 11. ♀.

Priocnessus coloradensis (Banks)
Colo., Tex.

Cryptocheilus coloradensis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 121. ♀.

Priocnessus dakota (Cresson)
Conn, and N. Y. to Ga., W. Va., Kans., "Dakota".

Pompilus (Agenia) Dakota Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 124. ♂.

Pompilus (Agenia) Dakota pallidicomis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 124. J,.

Preocc
Priocnemis (Priocnessus) kiowa Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 12. ♀.

Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 151-152 (female, male description, synonymy).

Priocnessus nebulosus (Dahlbom)
Ont., U. S. to 100° W. in Transit., U. Austr., and L. Austr. zones.

Ecology: Occurs in open woods. Prey: Agelenopsis potteri (Blackw.), A. emertoni Chamb.
and Ivie, A. pensylvanica (Koch), A. naevia (Walck.), A. sp.
Priocnemis nebulosus Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 96. ♀.
Pompilus (Agenia) pulchrinus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 126. ♂.
Priocnemis subconicus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 40: 556. ♀.
Priocnemis leibyi Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 203. ♂.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 43 (prey records). — Kurczewski, 1961.

Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 23 (prey record). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc.

Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 100-101 (ecology, prey records). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968.

Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 3 (prey records).
nigrricans Townes. Ariz.

Priocnessus nigricans Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 47. ♀.

Priocnessus nuperus (Cresson)
N. Y. to Ga., Kans., Tex. in U. and L. Austral zones.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) nuperus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 118. ♀.

Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 150-151 (male description).

Genus ENTYPUS Dahlbom

Entypus Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 35.

Type-species: Entypus ochrocerus Dahlbom. Monotypic
Priocnemioides Radoszkowski, 1888. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, Bui. (n. s.) 2: 482.

Type-species: Pompilus fulvicomis Cresson. Desig. by Banks, 1944.
Prionocnemoides Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 211. Emend.
Priocnemoides (!) Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 187.
Cheilotus Bradley, 1946. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat., Mem. 18: 124.

Type-species: Pompilus ignipennis Cresson. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Day, 1974. Ent. News 85: 92-94 (generic synonymy).

Entypus angusticeps (Townes)
n. comb. Tex.; Mexico (Sinaloa). Prey: Lycosa antelucana Mont.

Priocnemioides angusticeps Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 60, pi. 2, fig. 17. ♂.
9.

Entypus aratus (Townes)
n. comb. Idaho, Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., Tex., Kans., in U. and L. Sonoran
Faunas; Mexico (Durango). Prey: Lycosa carolinensis Walck.
Priocneynioides aratus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 51. ♀, ♂.

Entypus austrinus
***authority mismatch
austrinus (Banks), n. comb. Tex., Kans., Colo.

Cryptocheilus austrinus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 102. ♀.

Entypus austrinus
***authority mismatch
fuscatus (Townes), n. comb. Ala., Kans.

Priocnemioides austnnus fuscatus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 53. ♀.

Entypus fulvicornis (Cresson)
Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. Prey: Lycosa
avida Walck.
Pompilus (Priocnemis) fulvicomis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 112. ♂, ♀.




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Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 59 (prey record).

Entypus magnus (Cresson)
n. comb. Gulf and Atlantic States, Tex. to N. Y.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) magnus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 111. ♀.

Entypus texanus
***authority mismatch
atripennis (Townes), n. comb. La. (Opelousas).

Priocnemioides texanus atripennis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 56. ♂.

Entypus texanus
***authority mismatch
texanus (Cresson), n. comb. Kans. to Tex., w. to Calif.; Mexico (Coahuila).

Priocne.mis texanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 204. ♂, ♀.

Entypus unifasciatus
***authority mismatch
californicus (Townes), n. comb. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Lycosa
pacifica Bks.
Priocnemioides unifasciatus californicus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 65, pi.
2, fig. 19. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 393 (prey).

Entypus unifasciatus
***authority mismatch
cressoni (Banks), n. comb. Kans. and Utah s. to Tex. and Ariz., s. to Guatemala.
Prey: Lycosa antelucayia Mont.
Cryptocheilus cressoni Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 326. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey record).

Entypus unifasciatus
***authority mismatch
unifasciatus (Say), n. comb. Conn., N. Y. to Fla., w. to Wis., 111., Kans. and Tex. in
U. Austral Zone. Ecology: Occurs in open woods and overgrown fields. Prey: Lycosa
rabida Walck., L. riparia Hentz.
Pompilus unifasciatus Say, 1828. American Entomology 3: 92. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 63 (ecology, prey record). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 100 (prey record).

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99, no. 14: 46-47, pi. 16,. figs. H-Q
(male genitalia).

Genus CRYPTOCHEILUS Panzer

Salius Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 124. Preocc.

Type-species: Sphex sexpunctata Fabricius. Desig. by Guerin, 1849.
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806. Krit. Rev. Insektenf. Deutschlands, v. 2, p. 120.

Type-species: Sphex annulata Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1840.
Cryptochibis Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse de la Nature., p. 125. Emend.
Adonta Billberg, 1820. Enum. Ins., p. 101. N. name for Salius.
Stenoclavelia Arnold, 1932. Transvaal. Mus., Ann. 15: 44.

Type-species: Stenoclavelia mirablis Arnold. Orig. desig.
Chilochares Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 119, 120.

Type-species: Cryptocheilus birkmanni Banks. Orig. desig.
Adirostes Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 465.

Type-species: Adirostes tolteca Banks. Orig. desig.

Cryptocheilus attenuatum Banks
Tenn., La., Iowa, Kans., Tex., Colo.; Mexico (Morelos and Jalisco). Prey:

Lycosa antelucana Mont., L. avida Walck., L. near helluo Walck., L. sp.; all prey records
are of juvenile spiders.
Cryptocheilus attenuatum Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 8. ♂.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 76 (prey record). -Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 3 (prey records).
Hesperus (Banks). Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah.

Priocnemis hesperus Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 401. ♀.
Cryptocheilus atratus Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 247. ♂, ♀.

Cryptocheilus idoneum
***authority mismatch
birkmanni Banks. 100° W. to Rocky Mts. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones; also

Ariz., N. Mex., and south. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Lycosa tigana Gertsch
and Wallace, adult.
Cryptocheilus birkmanni Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202 6, 9.

Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey record).

Cryptocheilus idoneum
***authority mismatch
idoneum Banks. Va., N. C, Ga., Fla., Minn. Prey: Lycosa impavida Walck., juvenile.
Psammochares tenuicortiis Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 249. ♂. Preocc.




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Cryptocheiius idoneus Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 250. ♀.

Psammochares graciliconiis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 225. N. name.

Biology: Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 209 (prey transport).

Cryptocheilus pallidipenne (Banks)
Oreg., Calif., Ariz., and N. Mex. in L. Sonor. Zone.

Priocnevwides (!) palUdipennis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 236. ♀.

Cryptocheilus severini Banks
100 °W. to Rocky Mts. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones; also N. Mex., Ariz.,
and south. Cahf.; Mexico (Durango, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon).
Cryptocheiius severini Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. ♂.
Cryptocheiius arizonicus Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 7. 9 (c5 misdet.).
terminatutn subopacum (Cresson). Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. Zone.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) subopacus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 114. ♂, ♀.

Cryptocheilus terminatum
***authority mismatch
terminatum (Say). 100° W. to Rocky Mts. in U. Austr. Zone; Mexico (Zacatecas
and Teotihuacan). Prey: Lycosa sp.
Pompilus terminatus Say, 1828. American Entomology v. 3, p. 92.
Cryptocheiius carinatus Banks, 1920. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 140: 480 (prey, nest).

Genus PRIOCNEMIS Schiodte

So far as known all species are ground-nesting. Many species apparently do not dig a burrow
from the ground surface, but construct a cell or cells off the side of a mammal burrow or a
pre-existing crevice in the ground.

Genus PRIOCNEMIS Subgenus SPHICTOSTETHUS Kohl

Sphictostethus Kohl, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 34: 37, 47.

Type-species: Pompilus gravesii Haliday. Orig. desig.
Haploneura Kohl, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 34: 37, 47. Preocc.

Type-species: Haploneura apogona Kohl. Orig. , desig.
Haploneurion Kohl, 1885. Ent. Nachr. 11: 163. N. name.
Anapriocnemis Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 25-26.

Type-species: Pompilus flavipes Guerin. Orig. desig.

Priocnemis pretiosa Banks
Ariz., N. Mex. at 5,000 to 9,100 ft.; Mexico. Prey: Lycosa sp., juvenile.
Priocnemis pretiosa Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 13. ♂.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 83 (prey record).

Genus PRIOCNEMIS Subgenus PRIOCNEMISSUS Haupt

Priocnemissus Haupt, 1949. Beitr. Tax. Zool. 1: 75.

Type-species: Priocnemis coriaceus Dahlbom, Orig. desig. Mispelled coriarius in
orig. descr.

The North American species are all vernal.

Priocnemis minorata Banks
N. S., Que., Ont., U. S. east of 100th Meridian in Alleghanian and Carolinian
Faunas, and in Transition Fauna in Pacific Northwest. Ecology: Occurs in woods and
appears to dig its own burrow. Prey: Coras juvenilis (Keys.), C. sp., Wadotes calcaratus
(Keys.), W. hyhridus (Em.), W. sp.; Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz; Arctosa mbicunda
(Keys.), Lycosa gulosa Walck., L. sp., Trochosa prateyisis (Em.); Agroeca omata Bks.,
Clubiona canadensis Em., C. obesa Hentz., C. spiralis Em.; Aysha gracilis (Hentz);
Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.).
Priocnemis minorata Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 197. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 434, figs. 8-13, 44 (larva).

Biology: Yoshimoto, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 130-138, 2 figs, (prey, nesting
behavior). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 99 (prey, nest).
— Kurczewski, 1963 (1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 86-87 (prey transport, nest).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 182-184 (prey records).




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Priocnemis nigripes (Cresson)
N. C, Tenn., Ark., Mo., Nebr., Kans.

Pompilus {Priocnemis) nigripes Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 454. ♀.
Priocnemis govielza Brimley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 43. ♀.

Priocnemis oregona Banks
B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Utah, Ariz. Prey. Brachythele sp.;
Aciiywxia t'ersicolor Sim.; Atypoides riversi P.-Camb.
Pompilus comparatus Walker, 1866. hi Lord, Naturalist in Vancouver Isl. and B. C, v. 2,

p. 341. ♀. Preocc.
Priocnemis oregona Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 11. N. name.

Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey record). — Wasbauer
and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 394 (prey records).

Genus PRIOCNEMIS Subgenus PRIOCNEMIS Schiodte

Priocnemis Schiodte, 1837. Kroyer's Naturhist. Tidsskr. 1: 324.

Type-species: Sphex exalfata Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1840.

Prionocnemus Burmeister, 1872. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 33: 235. Emend.

Prionocnemis Kirby, 1884. Zool. Rec 20, Ins., p. 131. Emend. Preocc.

Myrviecosaliiis Ashmead, 1903. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 5: 307.

Type-species: M yrmecosalius nigriceps Ashmead. Monotypic

Priocnemis abbreviata Townes
Tex. (Ft. Davis).

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) abbreviatus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 102. ♀.

Priocnemis aequalis (Banks)
Transcont. in Canad. Zone and cooler parts of Transit. Zone.

Ageniella aequalis Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 243. ♂.

Priocnemis cornica (Say)
N. B., Ont., Man., transcontinental in U. S.; Mexico (Puebla, Durango). Ecology:
Occurs in open country, usually in sandy soil, but also in heavier soil. Prey: Di-assylus
mfulus Bks.; Clubiona abbotti Koch, C. tibialis Em., C. sp., Trachelas tranquillus
(Hentz); Aysha gracilis (Hentz), A. sp.; Oxyopes salticus Hentz; Habronatfus decorus
Black., Evarcha hoyi (Peckh.), Zygoballus nervosus Peckh., Pellenes viridipes (Hentz),
P. borealis (Bks.), P. spp., Salticus scenicus (Clerck); Arctosa littoralis Hentz, Lycosa
avida Walck., L. helluo Walck., L. spp., Pardosa milvina Hentz, P. moesta Bks., P.
saxatilis (Hentz), P. groenlandica (Thor.), P. spp., Pirata arenicola Em., P. sedentaria
Montg., P. sp., Trochosa avara Keys., Sosippiis floridanus Sim., Lycosidae sp.

Pompilus (Miscus) comictis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 305. 9 (6 misdet.?).

Pompilus {Miscus) conicus Leconte, 1859. Writings of Thomas Say on Entomology, v. 2, p.
746. Emend.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) pomilius Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 116. ♀.

Agenia atrata Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 263. ♂, ♀.

Salius pompilus (!) Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 237.

Priocnemis pompilus (!) Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 245.

Ageniella eximia Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 83. ♂.

Ageniella aludra Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 201. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 434, fig. 38 (larva). —Townes, 1963. Ent.
Soc Wash., Proc. 65: 115 (synonymy of atrata).

Biology: Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 53-55 (prey capture). — Rau
and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 71-77, fig 14 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto,
1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 17 (prey). -Townes, 1959. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209:
200-201 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 96-97 (prey,
nesting behavior). — Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 23 (prey).
— Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 210 (prey transport). —Kurczewski, 1963. Brooklyn Ent.
Soc, Bui. 57: 87-88 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour.
41: 3-4 (prey records). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 368
(prey records). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 184-185
(prey records).

Priocnemis germana (Cresson)
Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones, Colo., Ariz. Ecology:
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juvenilis (Keys.), Wadotes hybridus (Em.), W. sp.; Chibiona spiralis Em.; Aysha gracilis
(Hentz); Maevia vittata (Hentz); Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.), A. sp.

Pompilus (Priocnemis) gervianus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 116. ♀.

Pompilus {Agenia) iridipennis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 127. ♂.

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 98 (hunting behavior,
prey transport, nest ?). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 4
(prey records). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 185-186
(prey records).

Priocnemis hestia (Banks)
N. H. to Va., W. Va. Ecology: Occurs in woods. Prey: Agroeca sp.
Ageniella hestia Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 400. ♂.
Ageniella crassicortiis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 108. ♂.

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 98 (prey hunting,
transport, nest ?).

Priocnemis minuscula (Banks)
N. C, S. C, Tex., Kans., 111.

Ageniella minuscula Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 110. ♂.

Priocnemis nigriceps (Ashmead)
Iowa, Kans., Tex.

Mymiecosalius nigriceps Ashmead, 1903. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 5: 308. ♀.

Priocnemis notha
***authority mismatch
alaskensis Townes. Alaska, N. W. T. Prey: Paraphidippus margiyiahis (Walck.).

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) notha alaskensis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 106.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 106 (prey).

Priocnemis notha
***authority mismatch
navajo Banks. B. C, Oreg., Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.; Transit, and Canad. Zones; Mexico.

Priocnemis navajo Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 15. ♀.

Priocnemis notha
***authority mismatch
notha (cresson). P. E. I., N. B., Que., Ont., Man., in U. S. from Atlantic to Rocky Mts. in
Canad., Transit., and U. Austr. Zones. Ecology: Occurs in open country. Prey: Trochosa
pratensis Em., Schizocosa crassipes (Walck.), S. sp., Chibiona sp.
Pompilus {Priocnemis) nothus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 118. ♀.
Cryptocheilus paeneparcus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 202. ♀.

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 97-98 (prey transport,
nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 4-5 (prey transport).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 186 (prey).

Priocnemis notha
***authority mismatch
occidentis Banks. Oreg., Wash., Calif.; in Transit, and Canad. Zones.
Priocnemis occideiitis Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 94: 172. ♀.

Priocnemis scitula
***authority mismatch
relicta Banks. Que., Ont. to N. C, W. Va., Ohio, Wis. Ecology: Occurs in bottomland
woods. Prey: Habrocestum pulex (Hentz), Maevia vittata (Hentz); Agelenopsis sp.;
Agroeca sp., Chibiona kastoni Gertsch, C. spiralis Em., C. spp.; Xysticus sp.;
Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.).
Priocnemis relicta Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 198. ♀.
Ageniella tenella Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 400. ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 62 (prey transport). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 98-99 (prey transport, nest). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 186-187 (prey).

Priocnemis scitula
***authority mismatch
scitula (Cresson). Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. Zone. Ecology: Bottomland woods.
Pompilus {Priocnemis) scitulus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 118. ♀.
Agenia perfecta Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 44. ♂.

Taxonomy: Townes, 1963. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 65: 115 (synonymy o{ perfecta).

Genus CALICURGUS Lepeletier,

Calicurgus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 397.

Type-species: Pompilus fasciatellus Spinola. Desig. by Kohl, 1884 (^Sphex
hyalinatus Fabricius).
Caliadurgtis Pate, 1946. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 72: 78.

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hyalinatus alienatus (Smith). Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones. Ecology:
Occurs along stream and river bottoms; nests in sand and heavier soil. Prey: Ara7ieus
marmoreus Clerck., A. patagiatus Clerck., A. spp., Araniella displicata (Hentz),
Neoscona spp., Wixia ectypa (Walck.), Eustala anastera (Walck.), Acanthepeira stellata
(Walck.), Araneinae sp. C. hyalinata hyalinata (Fabricius) occurs in Europe.

Pompilnsfascipennis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, app. p. 332. ♀.
Preocc.

Povipilus alienatus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 159. N. name.

Pompilus (Agenia) calcaratus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 128. ♂.

Salius fasciipennis Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 223. Emend.

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 17 (prey). — Townes, 1957. U.

S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 113 (prey). — Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 21 (prey

transport). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 52-53 (prey). —Krombein, 1961.

Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 62 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer.,

Misc. Pub. 3: 101 (prey transport, nest). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent.

Soc, Jour. 41: 5 (prey and transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc,

Jour. 41: 368 (prey and capture). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc,

Jour. 45: 187 (prey and transport).
hyalinatus borealis (Banks). Transcont. in Canad. Zone.

Priocnemis alienatus borealis Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 10. ♀.
hyalinatus excoctus Townes. N. Mex, Ariz.; Mexico (Morelos, Durango, Jalisco).

Calicurgus hyalinatus excoctus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 115. ♀, ♂.
hyalinatus rupex (Cresson). Md., N. C, Ga., Kans., Tex., mostly in Austroriparian Fauna;
Mexico (Puebla).

Pompihis (Priocnemis) rupex Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 12: 372. ♀.

Pompilus {Agenia) accolens Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 12: 374. ♂.

Salius ruspex (!) Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 239.

Genus DIPOGON Fox

Our species are most commonly found in wooded areas. The North American species for which
the nesting habits are known all use pre-existing cavities in wood as a nesting site. The nest con-
sists of a linear series of cells usually separated by complex partitions of debris such as bits of
wood or leaf, dead insects, caterpillar frass with an outer layer of compacted soil. Errant spiders
are used as prey.

Revision: Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 29-51, 23 figs. (spp. of southwestern U.
S., Mexico, Central America).

Genus DIPOGON Subgenus DEUTERAGENIA Sustera

Ageyiia Schiodte, 1837. Kroyer's Naturhist. Tidsskr. 1: 321. Preocc.

Type-species: Sphex variegata Linnaeus. Desig. by Westwood, 1840.
Pogonius Dahlbom. 1845. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 453. Preocc.

Type-species: Sphex variegata Linnaeus. Desig. by Pate, 1946.
Deuteragenia Sustera, 1913. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 16: 191. N. name for Agenia.
Dipogon subg. Adipogon Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 181.

Type-species: Pompilus pulchripennis Cresson. Orig. desig.

Dipogon calipterus
***authority mismatch
calipterus (Say). Mass. to N. C, Ind., 111. Prey: Amaurobius sp.
Pompilus calipterus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 302. ♀.
Deuteragenia pilosa Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 16. ♀.
Dipogon femur-aureus Dreisbach, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 832. ♀.

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 394 (prey).

Dipogon calipterus
***authority mismatch
duplicatus Townes. Fla., Ga.

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) calipterus duplicatus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209:

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Dipogon calipterus
***authority mismatch
nubifer (Cresson). Calif, s. to Panama. Ecology: Nests in hollow stems. Prey:
Gnaphosa sp.; Misumena sp.; Trachelas pacificus Chamb. and Ivie.
Pompiius (Agenia) nubifer Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 12: 374. ♀.
Pseudagenia isthmica Cameron, 1891. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 2: 165, pi. 10, fig. 11. ♀.
Pseudagenia isthmia(\) Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 204.

Taxonomy: Wasbauer, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 174, figs. 4-6. S. —Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent.
Soc, Trans. 100: 36, fig. 19. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Williams, 1966. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 33-47 (prey, nest, life history). —Parker and
Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 94 (nest).

Dipogon geronimo Evans
Southeastern Ariz.

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) geronimo Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 37, figs. 4, 7,
17, 18. ♀, ♂.

Dipogon hurdi Evans
Southeastern Ariz.; Mexico (Durango). Prey: Icius sp.

Dipogon (D enter agenia) hurdi Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 41, figs. 5, 21. ♀.
6.

Biology: Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 41 (prey).

Dipogon iracundus Townes
Ariz.; Mexico (Durango). Ecology: Nests in borings in wood.

Dipogon (D enter agenia) iracundus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 127. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 40-41. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 168-169 (nest, life history).

Dipogon melanocephalus (Cameron)
Tex. (Hidalgo Co.); Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos).

Pseudagenia melanocephala Cameron, 1891. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 172, pi. 10,
fig. 18. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 43-45, figs. 3, 8, 15, 22. ♀, ♂.

Dipogon papago
***authority mismatch
anomalus Dreisbach. Canad., Transit, and U. Austr. Zone from Atlantic to 100° W.
Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Prey: Paraphidippus aurantius. (Luc), Phidippus
sp.; Sergiolus variegatus (Hentz), Haplodrassus hiemalis (Em.), Poecilochroa capulata
(Walck.); Chibiona canadensis Em.
Dipogon anomalus Dreisbach, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 834, figs. 4, 8. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 436 (larva).

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 122 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto,
1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 104-105 (prey transport, nest). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 167-168 (prey, nest, life history). — Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 368 (prey).

Dipogon papago
***authority mismatch
floridanus Townes. Fla.

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) papago floridanus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 122.
9,6.

Dipogon papago
***authority mismatch
papago (Banks). B. C., Ariz., Tex.; Mexico (Morelos).

Deuteragenia papago Banks, 1943. Psyche 40: 17. ♀.
puichripennis (Cresson). Atlantic to 100° W., mostly in Canad. and Transit. Zones; also Ariz.
(9,000 ft. in Santa Catalina Mts.); Mexico (Durango). Prey: Xysticus sp.; Amaurobius
bennetti (Blackw.); Phidippus audax (Hentz).
Pompiius {Agenia) puichripennis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 123.
Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 188 (prey).

Dipogon sayi
***authority mismatch
nigrior Townes. Transit. Fauna, B. C, Oreg., Calif., Mont., Colo., N. Mex. Prey: Xysticus
sp.
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi nigrior Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 130. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 131 (prey).

Dipogon sayi
***authority mismatch
sayi Banks. Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones. Ecology: Nests in
borings in wood. Parasite: Anthrax irroratus Say; Melittobia chalybii Ashm.,
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X. elegans Keys., X.ferox (Hentz), X. pellax Camb., X. triguttatus Keys., X.fratemus
Bks., X.funestus Keys., X. canadensis Gertsch, X. discursans Keys., X. obscurans Coll.,
X. punctatus (Keys.), X. luhdentus Gertsch, X. spp., Misnmena vatia (Clerck),
Misumenoides fomiosipes (Walck.), Tmarus angulatus (Walck.), Coriaraclme versicolor
Keys., C. ufahensis Gertsch; Agelenopsis utahana (Chamb. and Ivie); Phidippus
whitmanii Peckh.; Nodocion melanie Levi, Poecilochroa capulata (Walck.), P. montana
Em.; Amaurobius bennetti(Blackw.), A. sp.

Dipogon sayi Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 122. ♂, ♀.

Deuteragenia fascipennis Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no 141: 32, fig. 16. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 436, figs. 14-19, 45 (larva). —Evans, 1974.
Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 100: 30 (synonymy).

Biology: Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 144 (prey, nest; misdet. as
calipterus). — Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 130 (nest). — Medler and Koerber,
1957. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 50: 621-625, 6 figs, (nest, prey, life history, parasite).
— Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 52 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent.
Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 102-104 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). — Fye, 1965. Canad.
Ent. 97: 735-736 (nest, prey, life history). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees,
pp. 161-167, pi. 10, figs. 46 (?), 47 (?), 48 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). — Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 188 (prey).

Dipogon sericeus Banks
Oreg., Calif.

Dipogon sericea Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 94: 180. ♀.

Dipogon thoracicus Townes
N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa, Durango, Morelos). Prey: Xysticus spp.,
juv.

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) thoracicus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 126. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1974. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 100: 40 (prey).

Genus DIPOGON Subgenus DIPOGON Fox

Dipogon Fox, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 241.

Type-species: Dipogon populator Fox. Orig. desig.
Agriogenia Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 83.

Type-species: Pompilus brevis Cresson. Orig. desig.

Dipogon brevis
***authority mismatch
brevis (Cresson). Carol. Fauna, Mass. to N. C. Prey: Phidippus purpurqtus Keys.,
Pellenes hoyi (Peckh.), P. sp.
Pompilus (Agenia) brevis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 123. ♂.

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 105 (prey transport).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 5 (prey).

Dipogon brevis
***authority mismatch
ochreus Townes. Md., S. C. Prey: Phidippus (?) sp., juv.

Dipogon {Dipogon) brevis ochreus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 137. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 137 (prey).

Dipogon brevis
***authority mismatch
recalvus Townes. AUeghan. Fauna, Que. and Ont. to Va. and Wis.

Dipogon (Dipogon) brevis recalvus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 134. ♀, ♂.

Dipogon diablo Wasbauer
Calif. (Contra Costa Co.).

Dipogon (Dipogon) diablo Wasbauer, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 172, figs. 1-3. ♀, ♂.

Dipogon graenicheri
***authority mismatch
atratus Townes. N. J., N. C.

Dipogon (Dipogon) graenicheri atratus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 139, pi. 2,
fig. 29. ♀.

Dipogon graenicheri
***authority mismatch
graenicheri Banks. Fla., La.

Dipogon graenicheri Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 230. ♀.

Dipogon leechi Wasbauer
Calif. (Marin Co.); Mexico (Baja California).

Dipogon (Dipogon) leechi Wasbauer, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 171. ♀.

Dipogon paludis Townes
N. J. (Atsion).

Dipogon (Dipogon) paludis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 133. ♀.

Dipogon parkeri Wasbauer
Nev. (Washoe Co.). Ecology: Nests in borings in Sambucus stems.

Dipogon (Dipogon) parkeri Wasbauer, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 17. ♀, ♂.




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Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 94 (nest).

Dipogon pygmaeus Townes
Ala. (Prattsville).

Dipogon (Dipogon) pygynaeus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 132. ♀.

Dipogon texanus
***authority mismatch
texanus Banks. Tex. (Brownsville). Another subspecies occurs in Mexico.
Dipogon texanus Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 179. ♀.

Genus DIPOGON Subgenus WINNEMANELLA Krombein

Dipogon subg. Winnemanella Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 7.
Type-species: Dipogon (Winnemanella) fulleri Krombein. Grig, desig.

Dipogon fulleri Krombein
Md., S. C. Prey: Icius hartii Em.

Dipogon (Winnemanella) fulleri Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 8. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 8 (prey).

Tribe AUPLOPODINI

Members of this tribe usually amputate one or more of the spider's legs, presumably to
facilitate prey transport, although there are records of some wasps feeding on body fluids exud-
ing from the severed leg stumps. Phanagenia and Auplopus are mud-daubers, constructing mud
cells in sheltered situations. A few species of Ageniella have been recorded as nesting in the
ground, either in pre-existing crevices or in burrows which they dig themselves. The nesting
habits of Priocnemella are unknown, but the lack of a pygidial area in the female suggests that
it is not a mud-dauber.

Genus PHANAGENIA Banks

Phanagenia Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 18.

Type-species: Phanagenia osceola Banks. Grig, desig. i=Pompilus bombycinus
Cresson).

Only the type-species occurs in the New World. At least two other species occur in Africa.

Phanagenia bombycina (Cresson)
Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones, also N. Mex.
Ecology: Builds mud cells beneath loose bark and under stones. Parasite: Ceropales
robinsonii Cr.; Ephuta scnipea (Say ). Prey: Lycosa avida Walck., L. gulosa Walck.,
Lycosidae sp.; Maevia vittata (Hentz); Agelenopsis sp.

Pompiius (Ageiiia) bombycinus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 125. cJ, 9.

Age7iiella annecta Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 233. ♀.

Phanagenia osceola Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 18. ♀.

Biology: Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 131-132, 136, 163 (nest, parasite). — Peckham
and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 164-165 (nest, prey, life history).
—Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps social and solitary, pp. 244-247 (nest, life history,
prey). —Savin, 1924. Nat. Hist. 24: 520-522 (nest, prey). —Schuster, 1951. N. Y. Ent. Soc,
Jour. 59: 34 (parasite). —Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 143 (nest, prey).
— Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 23 (prey transport). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 108 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 5 (prey).

Genus AUPLOPUS Spinola

Auplopus Spinola, 1841. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 10: 108.

Type-species: Pompiius femoratus Fabricius. Monotypic
Aoplopus Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool, Index Univ., pp. 27, 41. Emend.
Pilpomus Costa, 1859. Fauna Regno Napoli, Imenotteri Aculeati, Pompilidea, p. 3.

Type-species: Sphex carbonarius Scopoli. Desig. by Pate, 1946.
Pseudagenia Kohl, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 34: 38, 42.

Type-species: Sphex carbonarius Scopoli. Grig, desig.
Tumagenia Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc 69: 39, 67.

Type-species: Tumagenia iris Banks. Monotypic.
Calagenia Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc 69: 40, 72.




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Type-species: Calagenia hermosa Banks. Orig. desig.
Lophagehia Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 69: 40, 74.
Type-species: Pseudagenia erigone Bingham. Orig. desig.

The genera Stenagenia Saussure, 1892, and Schizagenia Cameron, 1910, are questionable
synonyms.

Members of this genus make mud cell nests under stones, under logs, and in other protected
places.

Auplopus adjunctus (Banks)
Md. to Fla., west to Tex. Ecology: Reared from mud cell; occurs in damp

bottomland woods. Prey: Chiracanfhiion inclusum (Hentz); Phidippus riviafor (Walck.).
Pseudagenia niellipes var. adjiincta Banks, l9ll. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 238.
Pseudagenia marionae Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 202. ♂.

Taxonomy: Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 19: 233. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 151 (nest). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski,

1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6 (prey).

Auplopus architectus
***authority mismatch
architectus (Say). Transit, to Austrorip. Zones from Atlantic to Rocky Mts., and
west of Rocky Mts. in Colo., N. Mex. and Ariz.; Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Puebla).
Ecology: Builds mud cells under loose bark, under stones, and in abandoned burrows of
ground-nesting bees. Parasite: Sphaeropfhalma pensylvanica scaeva (Bl.). Prey:
Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz), Clubiona sp.; Phidippus princeps (Peckh.), P. audax
(Hentz), P. sp. near whitmannii Peckh., /cms similis Bks.; Misumenops oblongus
(Keys.).

Pompilus architectus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 303. ♀.

Taxonomy: Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 163.

Biology: Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 303 (nest). —Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer.
Ent. 1: 132, 163 (nest). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 83-84, fig. 16 (nest).

— Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 14-15 (prey transport). —Townes, 1957. U.
S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 164-165 (nest, prey). —Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui.
56: 24 (prey transport). —Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 62-63 (prey).
—Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 108-109 (nest, prey).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6 (prey transport).

Auplopus architectus
***authority mismatch
metallicus (Banks). West of Rocky Mts., from B. C. to north Mexico. Parasite:
Sphaeropthalvia difficilis (Bak.). Prey: Thiodina sp., Phidippus formosus Peckh. and
Peckh.; Trachelas pacificus Chamb. and I vie.
Pseudagenia meiallica Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 125. ♀.

Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 109 (prey).

Auplopus caerulescens
***authority mismatch
caerulescens (Dahlbom). Md. to S. C, Kans., Tex.

Agenia caerulescens Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 93. ♀.
Pseudagenia caerulescens (!) Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 232. ♂, ♀.

Auplopus caerulescens
***authority mismatch
floridanus (Banks). Austrorip. Fauna, Fla. to S. C.

Pseudagenia floridana Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. ♀.

Auplopus caerulescens
***authority mismatch
subcorticalis (Walsh). Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit., U. Austr., and L. Austr.
Zones, though replaced in parts of its range by the subspecies a^itennalis and
caerulescens; Mexico (Guayamas). Ecology: Makes mud cells beneath loose bark and in
borings in wood; occurs in woods. Prey: Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz), Clubiona obesa
Hentz, C. sp.; Phidippus audax (Hentz); Anyphaena pectorosa Koch.
Agenia subcorticalis Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 162. ♂, ♀.
Pseudagenia antennalis Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 251. ♀.
Pseudagenia ariella Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 122. ♀.

Biology: Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 131-132 (nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 17 (prey). -Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 159 (nest).

— Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc Pub. 3: 109-110 (prey transport).
—Medler, 1964. Ent. News 75: 190-191 (nest, prey, life history). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 170-171, pi. 9, figs. 42-44 (nest, prey, life history).




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Auplopus flavicoxae (Banks)
Ariz. (Palmerlee).

Pseudagenia mexkana wax. flavicoxae Banks, 1911. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 238. ♂, ♀.

Pseudagenia mexkana war. flavkoxa(!) Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 233.

Auplopus inermis Townes
Tex.; Mexico (Morelos). Prey: Lycosa sp.

Auplopiis inermis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 148. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 306 (prey transport).

Auplopus mellipes
***authority mismatch
mellipes (Say). N. J. to Fla., west to Kans. and Tex. Ecology: Builds mud cells in cells
of abandoned nests of Polistes, Sceliphron, and Trypargilum, in borings in wood,
beneath loose bark, under exposed roots, and in abandoned borings of ground-nesting
bees; occurs in woods. Parasite: Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica scaeva (Bl.). Prey:
Pisaurina luidata Hentz, P. mira (Walck.); Herpyllus vasifer (Walck.); Philodromus sp.;
Marpissa undata (DeG.), Phidippus audax (Hentz), P. sp.

Pompiius mellipes Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 304. ♀.

Agenia fulvipes Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 92. ♀.

Pseudagenia mellipes var. interior Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 233. ♀.

Biology: Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 132 (nest). — Rau and Rau, 1916. Jour. Anim. Behavior 6:
42-43 (nest). —Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 86-89, figs. 18-20 (nest). —Rau,
1926. St. Louis Acad. Sci., Trans. 25: 196-197 (nest, prey). —Rau, 1928. St. Louis Acad. Sci.,
Trans. 25: 342-358 (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 176-177
(nesting behavior, prey). —Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (prey).
—Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 153 (nest). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting
wasps and bees, pp. 171-173, pi. 9, fig. 45 (nest, life history).

Auplopus mellipes
***authority mismatch
meridianus Townes. Fla. (Paradise Key).

Auplopus mellipes meridianus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 154. ♀.

Auplopus mellipes
***authority mismatch
variitarsatus (Dalla Torre). Atlantic to 100° W. in Canad. and Transit. Zones.

Ecology: Makes mud nests in and under decaying logs and stumps, and in borings in

wood; occurs in woods.
Po7npilus {Age7iia) varipes Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 126. 9. Preocc
Ageiiia variitarsata Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 210. N. name.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 155 (nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962.
Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 110 (nest). — Medler, 1964. Ent. News 75: 191 (nest).

Auplopus mexicanus (Cresson)
South. Ariz.; Mexico (Veracruz).

Pompiius (Agenia) mexicanus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 130. ♀.

Auplopus mollis Townes
South. Tex.

Auplopus mollis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 157. ♀.

Auplopus nigrellus (Banks)
Most of south. Canad. and U. S., but not known from northwest except
Oreg., or from southeast; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Occurs in or at edge of
woods; builds mud cells beneath stones and in boring in stem. Prey: Clubiona abboti
Koch, Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz), T. sp.; Phidippus spp., Maevia inclemens (Walck.);
Anyphaena fratema Bks., Aysha gracilis (Hentz).
Pseudagenia nigrella Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc Jour. 19: 232. ♀.
Pseudagenia nanella Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 198. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 4 (prey). —Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn
Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (prey). —Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 167 (nest).
—Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 109 (prey transport).
—Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 94 (nest). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey).

Auplopus variolarum Townes
Tex. (Chisos Mts.).

Auplopus variolaruyn Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 149. ♀.

Genus AGENIELLA Banks

Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus LEUCOPHRUS Townes

Ageniella subg. Leucopkrus Townes, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 917.




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Type-species: Priocnemis sewitincta Banks. Orig. desig.

Ageniella fulgifrons (Cresson)
U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones from Atlantic to 100° W. Prey: Phidippus
audax Hentz, P. sp., Pamphidippiis sp. near margiitafus (Walck.).
Pompilus (Priocnemis) fulgifrons Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 114. ♀.
Pompilus (Agenia) agilis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 125. ♂.
Salius fulgidifrons Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 225. Emend.

Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski,

1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6-7 (prey).

Ageniella incita (Banks)
Kans., Tex.

Cryptocheilus incitus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 234. ♀.

Ageniella reynoldsi (Banks)
Colo., Kans., Tex.

Priocnemis reynoldsi Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 12. ♀.

Ageniella semitincta (Banks)
Transcont. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. Prey: Agelenopsis potteri
Blackw., A. pe7insylva7iica (Koch), A. spp.

Priocnemis semitincta Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 197. ♀.

Ageniella festina Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 109. ♂.

Ageniella fratemella Banks, 1917. Mus. (iompar. Zool, Bui. 61: 109. ♂.

Priophanes holonis Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 94: 174. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 171 (prey). —Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn
Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 24 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 41: 7 (prey).

Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus NEMAGENIA Banks

Ageniella subg. Nemagenia Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 179.
Type-species: Pompilus (Ageyiia) longuliis Cresson. Orig. desig.

Ageniella longula (Cresson)
Calif., "Dakota", Kans., Mo., La., Tex.; British Guiana; Bolivia. Prey:
Pardosa sp., Lycosa mccooki Montgomery, L. sp.
Pompilus (Agenia) longulus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 129. ♂.
Agenia longa Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 205. "♀"=♂.
Priocnemis directa Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 197. ♀.
Priophanes otiosa Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 96: 442. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 918 (prey). —Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey).

Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus PRIOPHANES Banks

Priophanes Banks, 1944. Psyche 50: 82.

Type-species: Priocnemis facetus Cresson. Orig. desig.

Ageniella agenioides (Fox)
Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. Prey: Xysticus sp.;
Maevia inclemens (Walck.), M. vittata (Hentz), Salticidae sp.
Priocnemis agenioides Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 54. ♀.
Pseudagenia virginica Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 251. ♂.
Ageniella subra Brimley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 42. ♂.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 187 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 8 (prey transport).

Ageniella arcuata (Banks)
Md. to Fla., Alta., Colo., Kans., Tex. to south. Calif.; Mexico (Nayarit,

Durango, Zacatecas, Teotihuacan, Veracruz, Jalisco). Prey: Oxyopes salticus Hentz;
Misnmenops celer Hentz, Sassacus papenhoei Peckh.
Cryptocheilus arcuatus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 120. ♀.
Pseudagenia birkmanni Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 124. ♂.

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 107 (prey transport).
— Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 306 (prey transport).

Ageniella arizonica
***authority mismatch
arizonica (Banks). Ariz. (Tempe).

Priocnemis arizonica Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 14. ♀.




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Ageniella arizonica
***authority mismatch
concolor Townes. Kans. (Manhattan).

Ageniella (Priophanes) arizonica concolor Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 179. ♀.
6.

Ageniella carolae Wasbauer
Calif. (Riverside Co.). On flowers of Asclepias erosa.

Ageniella (Priophanes) carolae Wasbauer, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 109, fig. 4. ♀.

Ageniella faceta
***authority mismatch
faceta (Cresson). Md. to Ga., Tex. Prey: Pardosa sp., Schizocosa sp.

Priocnemis facetus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 205. ♀.

Cryptocheilus pallescens Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 121. ♀.

Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 8 (prey).

Ageniella faceta
***authority mismatch
ventralis Townes. Fla.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon).

Ageniella (Priophanes) faceta ventralis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 183. ♀.
6.

Ageniella fuscipennis Townes
Calif. Prey: Oxijopes salticus Hentz; Xysticus sp.

Ageniella (Priophanes) fuscipennis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 189. ♀.

Taxonomy: Wasbauer, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 109-111, figs. 1-3. ♂.

Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey). —Wasbauer and

Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 395 (prey).

Ageniella placita
***authority mismatch
placita (Banks). Ala., La., Tex.

Cryptocheihis placitns Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 122. ♀.

Psendagenia apicipennis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 123. ♂.

Ageniella placita
***authority mismatch
sonorensis Townes. Calif.; Mexico (Nogales).

Ageniella (Priophanes) placita sonorensis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 185. ♀.

Ageniella rufescens (Banks)
Kans., N. Mex., Ariz., Wyo.

Priocnemis rufescens Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 229. ♀.

Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus AGENIELLA Banks

Ageniella Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 222.

Type-species: Pompilus (Agenia) acceptiis Cresson. Orig. desig.

Ageniella accepta (Cresson)
Transcont. in L. Austr. Zone; Mexico (Coahuila). Prey: Lycosa sp.
Pompilus (Agenia) acceptus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 130. ♀.
Psendagenia texana Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 125. cj.
Ageniella adara Brimley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 41. ♂.

Biology: Dow, 1930. Psyche 37: 182 (prey).

Ageniella blaisdelli (Fox)
South. B. C. to south. Calif., Idaho, Utah in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones.

Ecology: Nests in compacted sand along river. Prey: Pardosa sp., Tarentula sp., prob.
kochi (Keys.).
Psendagenia Blaisdelli Fox, 1892. Ent. News 3: 171. ♀.
Ageniella praestans Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 305. ♂.

Biology: Wasbauer and Leech, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 182 (prey, nest).

Ageniella conflicta Banks
Alta., U. S., Transcont., mostly in U. Austr. Zone; Guatemala. Prey: Trochosa
gosiuta Chamb., T. avara (Keys.), T. sp., Arctosa littoralis Hentz, Pardosa valens
Barnes, Lycosa spp.
Pompilus (Agenia) petiolatus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 127. ♂. Preocc.
Ageniella accepta var. conflicta Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 176. ♀.

Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey). —Townes, 1957. U.
S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 211 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc
Pub. 3: 106-107 (prey capture, transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 41:7 (prey transport).

Ageniella coronata Banks
South. B. C. to south. Calif., Utah in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones. Prey:
Clubionidae sp., prob. Liocranoides sp.
Ageniella coronata Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 242. ♀.

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Ageniella cupida (Cresson)
N. Y., Pa., Va., W. Va., Ga., Iowa, Kans., Colo.; Guatemala.

Ponipilus (Agenia) ciipidus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 122. ♀.

Ageniella euphorbiae (Viereck)
Common in Calif., less common in B. C, Oreg., Ariz., N. Mex., Colo., and
Tex. Prey: Agelenopsis sp.; Pardosa sp.

Agenia euphorbiae Viereck, 1903 (1902). Acad. Nat. Sci.Phila., Proc. p. 734. ♂.

Ageniella subaequalis Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 63: 243. ♂.

Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 7 (prey).

Ageniella evansi Townes
Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Teotihuacan). Prey: Lycosa sp., Tarentula kocki Keys.
Ageniella (Ageniella) evansi Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 205. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 206 (prey). —Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc,

Jour. 32: 76 (prey).

Ageniella grisea Townes
Idaho (Hollister, Wendell).

Ageniella (Ageniella) grisea Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 195. ♀.

Ageniella mintaka Brimley
Fla., N. C, Va., W. Va.

Ageniella mintaka Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 202. ♂.

Ageniella neglecta Banks
Colo., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Puebla, Zacatecas, Teotihuacan).

Ageniella neglecta Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 176. S-

Ageniella nivalis (Cameron)
Ariz.; Mexico (Durango, Guerrero). Host: Lycosa sp.

Salius nivalis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 182, pi. 11, fig. 2. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 306-307 (prey transport).

Ageniella norata Banks
Ont. and Mass. south to N. C, Ind., Kans. Ecology: Occurs in woods.
Ageniella norata Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 305. ♂.
Ageniella cupidella Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 400. ♀.

Ageniella pallida Banks
Iowa, Nebr., Kans., Tex.

Ageniella pallida Banks, 1945. Psyche 52: 106. ♀.

Ageniella partita Banks
Transcont. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones; Mexico (Durango, Puebla, Nayarit,
Zacatecas, Hidalgo). Parasite: Ceropales hatoda Brim. Prey: G7iaplwsa sericata (Koch),
Zelotus sp., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), A. sp., Pardosa falcif era Camb.
Ageniella partita Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 244. ♂.
Alasagenia ruhineus Dreisbach, 1950. Ent. News. 61: 68. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (parasite). —Townes, 1957. U. S.
Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 194 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub.
3: 107 (prey transport). — Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 395 (prey).
— Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 209 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 7-8 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey).
Seminole Townes. Fla.

Ageniella (Ageniella) seminole Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 196. ♀, ♂.

Ageniella submetallica (Banks)
Tex. (Austin).

Pseudagenia submetallica Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 108. ♀.

Ageniella utilis
***authority mismatch
delicata Banks. D. C, Va., S. C.

Ageniella delicata Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 174. ♂.

Ageniella restricta Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 94: 175. ♂.

Ageniella utilis
***authority mismatch
utilis (Cameron). Fla., La., Tex.; Mexico (Tabasco), Panama.

Pseudagenia utilis Cameron, 1891. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. v. 2, p. 170. ♀.

Ageniella obscura Banks, 1925. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 67: 331. ♀.

Ageniella vogeli Townes
Carol. Fauna, Pa. to Ga., Kans. Prey: Lycosa avara (Keys.), juv.

Age7iiella (Ageniella) vogeli Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 202. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 203 (prey).

Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus AMERAGENIA Banks

Ameragenia Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 125.

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Pseudageniella Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 22-23.

Type-species: Pompilus rusticus Fabricius. Orig. desig.
AUagenieUa Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 23.

Type-species: AUagenieUa obsoleta Haupt. Orig. desig.
Brachyagenia Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 25.

Type-species: Brachyagenia nigra Haupt. Orig. desig.
ParagenieUa Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 26.

Type-species: Priocnemis rufofemoratus Taschenberg. Orig. desig.

Ageniella fasciata Townes
Tex. (Brownsville); Mexico (Cordoba).

AgenieUa (Avieragenia) fasciata Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 217. ♀.

Ageniella salti (Banks)
Fla.; Cuba. Prey: Clubiona spp.

PriocnemeUa saUi Banks, 1928. Studies on Cuban Insects, v. 1, p. 6. ♀.
Priocnemis osceola Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 230. ♀.

Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 219 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 8 (prey).

Ageniella striga Townes
Tex. (Brownsville).

AgenieUa (Ameragenia) striga Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 216. ♀.

Genus PRIOCNEMELLA Banks

Priocnemis subg. PriocnemeUa Banks, 1925. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 67: 337.

Type-species: Priocnemis (PriocnemeUa) fairchildi Banks. Desig. by Pate, 1946.
Eragenia Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 421.

Type-species: Eragenia infelix Banks. Orig. desig.
Cosmagenia Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 27-28.

Type-species: Agenia amabilis Taschenberg. Orig. desig.

Priocnemella tabascoensis (Cameron)
South Tex. to Ecuador.

Pseudagenia tabascoensis Cameron, 1891. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 3, p. 172. ♂.
AgenieUa rufula Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 117. ♀.

Subfamily POMPILINAE

Revision: Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 1-442, 2 text figs., 80 maps, 11 pis.
(Mexican and Cent. Amer. spp.; includes records and synonymy of some spp. north of
Mexico).

Tribe APORINI

Wasps of this tribe, so far as known, prey upon trapdoor spiders (Ctenizidae); the burrow of
the spider is utilized as a nest by the wasp.

Revision: Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 32-139 (New World spp.).

Genus EPIPOMPILUS Kohl

Epipompilus Kohl, 1885. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, Verh. 34: 57.

Type-species: Epipompilus maximiliani Kohl. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900.
Aulocostethus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 54: 133.

Type-species: Aulocostethus bifasciatus Ashmead. Orig. desig.
Epicostethus Banks, 1947. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 99: 445.

Type-species: Epicostethus williamsi Banks. Orig. desig.

Revision: Evans, 1961. Psyche 68: 25-37.

Epipompilus pulcherrimus (Evans)
Fla. (Royal Palm Hammock in Everglades Natl. Park); Bahamas
(Andros Is.).
Aulocostethus pulcherrivuis Evans, 1955. Ent. News 66: 150. ♀.




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Genus APORUS Spinola

Genus APORUS Subgenus APORUS Spinola

Aporus Spinola, 1808. Insectorum Liguriae, v. 2, p. 5.

Type-species: Aporus bicolor Spinola. Desig. by Latreille, 1810.
Actenopoda Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 88.

Type-species: Actenopoda rileyi Ashmead, Grig, desig. (=Planiceps niger Cresson).
Melanaporits Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 132.

Type-species: Planiceps enferalis Fox. Grig, desig.
Odontaporus Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 110.

Type-species: Planiceps notabilis Smith. Grig, desig.

Aporus calcaratus (Fox)
S. Fla.

Planiceps calcaratus Fox, 1893. Canad. Ent. 25: 115. ♂.

Aporus concolor (Smith)
Tex. to Calif., s. to Costa Rica.

Planiceps concolor Smith, 1860. Jour. Ent. 1: 80. ♀.

Pompilus monticola Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym. 2: 190. ♂.

Aporus luxus
***authority mismatch
assimilis (Banks). U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, Calif, and Utah to B. C. and Idaho.

Planiceps assi7nilis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 100. ♀.

Aporus luxus
***authority mismatch
luxus (Banks). L. Sonor. Fauna of Calif., Ariz. Ecology: Occurs in sandy areas.

Planiceps luxus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22:' 304. ♀, ♂.

Aporus niger (Cresson)
Carol, and Austrorip. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to Nebr., 111., south. Gnt. and
Mass.

Planiceps niger Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 136. ♀. Preocc. in Pompilus.

Plariiceps minor Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 55. ♂.

Planiceps dubius Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 55. cj.

Planiceps clericus Dalla Torre. 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 281. N. name.

Planiceps compressus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 61: 99. ♀.

Aporus (Aporus) hemies Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 94. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1956. Ent. News. 67: 6 (Syn. of liermes).
notabilis prolongatus Evans. South. Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Durango,
Veracruz). Typical notabilis (Sm.) ranges from south. Mexico to Costa Rica.
Aporus (Aporus) notabilis prolongatus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 57. ♀, ♂.
notabilis pulchritarsis (Cameron). South. Ariz, to Gaxaca and Yucatan.

Pompilus (Planiceps) pulchritarsis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 2: 185. ♀.
Planiceps bequaerti Banks, 1931. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 26: 131. 9. Intergrade with

typical notabilis (Sm.).
Planiceps yavapai Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 1. ♀.

Unplaced Taxa of APORUS Subgenus APORUS Spinola

Aporus concolor
***authority mismatch
(Patton). Kans.

Planiceps concolor Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 367. ♀.

Aporus feralis (Cresson)
Tex.

Planiceps feralis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. "♀"=♂.

NoMEN Nudum in APORUS Subgenus APORUS Spinola
Actenopoda rileyi Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 88.

Genus APORUS Subgenus PLECTRAPORUS Bradley

Aporus subg. Plectraporus Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 97.
Type-species: Planiceps hirsutus Banks. Grig, desig.

Aporus hirsutus (Banks)
Greg, and Idaho to Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Nests
in sand dunes in burrows of trapdoor spider prey. Prey: Aptosticlius sp., prob.
stanfordianus Sm.
Planiceps hirsutus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 99. ♀.




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Biology: Williams, 1928. Hawaii. Sugar Planter's Assoc. E.xpt. Sta., Ent. Ser., Bui. 19:
135-140, figs. 201, 204 (hunting behavior).

Genus CHELAPORUS Bradley

Chelaporus Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 70: 116.

Type-species: Pedinaspis anomala Banks. Orig. desig.

Chelaporus anomalus (Banks)
Austrorip. Fauna of Tex.; Mexico south to Veracruz.
Pedinaspis anomala Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 100. ♀.

Genus ALLAPORUS Banks

Allaporus Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 2.

Type-species: Planiceps pulchella Banks. Orig. desig. (=Aponis rufiventris
Cresson).

Allaporus aurulentus Evans
Ariz. (Cochise Co.).

Allaporus aurulentus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 78. ♀, ♂.

Allaporus fascipennis Evans
Tex. (Cameron Co.).

Allaporus fa scipennis Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 29. ♀, ♂.

Allaporus pulchellus (Banks)
Transcont. in U. S., Pa. to Oreg. in U. and L. Austr. Zones, south in Mexico
to Campeche.

Planiceps pulchella Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 123. ♀.

Planiceps hesperus Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 327. ♀, ♂.

Euplaniceps aquilonaris Dreisbach, 1952. Ent. News 63: 95, 3 figs.

Allaporus rufiventris (Cresson)
Tex. and southeast. Ariz, south to Morelos and Michoacan.

Aporus rufiventris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. ♀. Preocc. in Pompilus.

Aporus minimus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. ♂.

Pompilus rufiventricosus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 318. N. name.

Allaporus mexicanus Evans, 1950. Ent. News 61: 3. ♀.

Allaporus smithianus (Cameron)
South. Tex., Ariz., Calif, south to Morelos and Veracruz.

Pompilus {Aporus) smithianus Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym. 2: 191, pi. 11, fig.
9. ♀.

Allaporus amabilis Evans, 1950. Ent. News 61: 2. ♀.

Genus PSORTHASPIS Banks

Pedinaspis subg. Psorthaspis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 231.

Type-species: Ferreola laevifrons Cresson. Orig. desig.
Idopedinaspis Haupt, 1930. Berlin Zool. Mus., Mitt. 16: 724, 783.

Type-species: Fer)-eola laevifrons Cresson. Desig. by Haupt, 1937.
Idiopedinaspis (!) Neave, 1939. Nomencl. Zool. 2: 762.
Dicyrtomalis Bradley, 1944. Notulae Nat. 145: 11.

Type-species: Pompilus connexus Cresson. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1662: 14-17 (keys to males, and all black
females).

australis (Banks). Tex.

Pedinaspis australis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 122. ♂.

Psorthaspis brimleyi (Malloch)
Austrorip. Fauna, Tex., Ark. to N. C.

Pedi7iaspis brimleyi Malloch, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 30: 101. ♀.

Psorthaspis legata (Cresson)
Austrorip. Fauna, Tex., Kans., and Fla. to Tenn. and Md. Ecology: Occurs in
woods.

Pompilus (?) legatus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 109. ♀.

Psorthaspis luctuosa (Banks)
Tex.

Pedinaspis hictiiosa Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 123. ♀.
macronotum arizonensis Dreisbach. South. Ariz. Typical macronotum (Kohl) is Mexican.

Psorthaspis arizonensis Dreisbach, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 119. ♀.
macronotum cressoni Bradley. Tex. south in Mexico to Veracruz.

Psorthaspis levis Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 43. ♂.




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Psorthaspis yiahuatlensis Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 46, pi. 3, figs. 2, 13, 26.

6.
Psorthaspis cressoni Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 59. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1662: 11 (as first reviser placed levis as syn.
of cresso)ii).

Psorthaspis magna (Banks)
Tex. (Lee Co.).

Aporus magnus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 126. ♂.

Psorthaspis mariae (Cresson)
Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Fla. and Tenn. to 111. and N. J. Ecology:
Occurs in woods.
Pompilus (?) mariae Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 108. ♀.
Pedinaspis mariae var. antennalis Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. ♀.

Taxonomy: Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 155 (sex association).

Psorthaspis nigriceps (Banks)
N. Mex., Ariz., Utah.

Pedinaspis nigriceps Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 2. ♀.

Psorthaspis planata (Fox)
Calif., Utah, Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Bothriocyrtum califomicum
(Camb.).

Planiceps planatus Fox, 1892. Ent. News 3: 171. ♀.

Pompilus aequus Fox, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (2) 4: 99. ♀.

Sophropompilus tumifrons Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 103. ♂.

Pedinaspis bucephala Malloch, 1928. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 30: 101. ♂.

Pedinaspis albocaudata Malloch, 1928. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 30: 101. ♂.

Psorthaspis morosa Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 42. ♀.

Biology: Davidson, 1915. Ent. News 16: 233 (prey). — Jenks, 1938. Natl. Geog. Mag. 74:

807-828.

Psorthaspis portiae
***authority mismatch
conocephala Bradley. Tex.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon).

Psorthaspis conocephala Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 67. ♂.

Psorthaspis portiae
***authority mismatch
portiae (Rohwer). South. Ariz, to Sinaloa and Jalisco, east to Nuevo Leon.

Pedinaspis (Psorthaspis) portiae Rohwer, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 57: 228. ♀.

Psorthaspis sanguinea (Smith)
Austrorip. Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Kans. and N. C.

Ferreola sanguinea Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 170. ♀.

Parapompilus contiguus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 206. ♀.

Psorthaspis texana (Cresson)
Austrorip. Fauna of Tex.

Parapompilus fezanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 206. ♀.

Psorthaspis vicina (Cresson)
Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas).

Parapompilus vicinus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 206. 9. Preoccupied in

Pompilus.
Pompilus bombinator Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 277. N. name.

Tribe POMPILINI
Revision: Evans, 1950-51. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 133-270; 76: 207-361; 77: 203-340.

Taxonomy: Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 5-12 (key to N. Amer. and Antillean
genera).

Genus TASTIOTENIA Evans

Tastiotenia Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 150.

Type-species: Tastiotenia festiva Evans. Orig. desig.

Tastiotenia festiva Evans
South. Calif, to west. Tex.; Mexico (Sonora). Ecology: Occurs on sandy deserts;
probably nests on side of pre-existing burrow in sand. Prey: Latrodectus mactans F.
Tastiotenia festiva Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 152. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 103. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1961. Southwest. Naturalist 6: 51-52 (prey, probable nest site).




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Genus CHALCOCHARES Banks

Psammochares subg. Chalcochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 107.

Type-species: Psammochares hirsutifemur Banks. Monotypic.
Anotochares Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 228.

Type-species: Anotochares engleharti Banks. Monotypic.

Chalcochares engleharti (Banks)
Tex.; Mexico east of Sierra Madre Occidental, south to Hidalgo.

A7iotochares engleharti Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 228. ♀.

Chalcochares hirsutifemur (Banks)
L. Sonor. Fauna, west. Tex. to Calif.; south in Mexico to Zacatecas.
Psammochares hirsutifemur Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 304. ♀.

Genus EVAGETES Lepeletier

Evagetes Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 390.

Type-species: Evagetes bicolor Lepeletier. Monotypic (=Aponis dubius Vander
Linden).
Sophropompilus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. VII, fig. 13.

Type-species: Pompilus ingenuus Cresson. Monotypic.
Nannopompilus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 82.

Type-species: Nannopompilus argenteus Ashmead. Monotypic (=Pompilus parvus
Cresson).
Leuchimon Haupt, 1930. Zool. Mus. Berlin, Mitt. 16: 792.

Type-species: Leuchimon palmatus Haupt. Orig. desig.
Psammocharoides Moczar, 1946. Hist. Nat. Mus. Natl. Hungarici, Ann. 39: 114.

Type-species: Poinpilns crassicojmis Shuckard. Orig. desig.
Streptosella Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 570.

Type-species: Streptosella steyskali Dreisbach. Orig. desig.
Evagetes subg. Contemptevagetes Wolf, 1970. Beitr. z. Ent. 20: 52.

Type-species: Pompilus contemptus Tournier. Orig. desig.
Evagetes subg. Carinevagetes Wolf, 1970. Beitr. z. Ent. 20: 52.

Type-species: Pompilus crassicomis Shuckard. Orig. desig.

Members of this genus are social parasites of other Pompilini. The females seek the freshly
filled nests of their hosts, usually in sandy places, dig into them, destroy the host egg, deposit
one of their own, and refill the burrow.

Evagetes asignus Dreisbach
Mass. south to Fla., west to Mich., Alta., Colo., Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua,
Durango, Zacatecas).
Evagetes asignus Dreisbach, 1956. Ent. News 67: 147, 2 figs. 6,9.
calef actus Evans. Calif., Ariz., Tex., Mont. ?

Evagetes calefactus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. See, Mem. 20: 136. ♀, ♂.

Evagetes crassicornis
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consimilis (Banks). Canad. and Transit. Faunas, Yukon and Man. to higher parts
of N. Mex. and Calif.
Pompiloides consimilis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 228. ♀, ♂.

Evagetes crassicornis
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crassicornis (Shuckard). Canad. Zone, N. S. and Yukon to Wash., N. Dak., Mich.,
and Pa.; Europe.
Pompilus crassicornis Shuckard, 1835. Essay on Indig. Fossor. Hym., p. 63. ♀.
Pompiloides rufibasis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 226. ♀.
Streptosella michiganensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 571. Norn, nud., a

lapsus for steyskali.
Streptosella steyskali Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 571, figs. 1, 2. ♂.
Streptosella albertensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 572, figs. 3, 4. ♂.
Streptosella stricklandi Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 574, figs. 5, 6. ♂.

Evagetes hyacinthinus (Cresson)
Transcont., L. Austr. to Transit. Zone. Ecology: Sandy places,
especially along streams.
Pompilus hyacinthinus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 90. ♀.
Pompilus brevicomis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 90. ♂.
Pompilus castaneus Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 35, 39. ♂.

Psammochares (Arachnophila) scudderi Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 104,
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Sophropompilus bradleyi Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 237. ♀.

Nannopompilus texanus Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar., Zool., Bui. 94: 170. ♀.

Evagetes ingenuus (Cresson)
Transcont. in U. Austr. and lower part of Transit. Zone; Mexico

(Chihuahua, Mexico). Ecology: Occurs in sandy places, and on flowers of Solidago and
Daucus carota.
Po7)ipilus ingenuus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 89. ♀, ♂.
Pompilus brevicomis Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Gesell. Naturw. 34: 50. ♂, ♀. Preocc.
Pompilus Fiorentinii Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 289. N. name.

Evagetes macswaini Evans
Calif., Wyo.

Eimgetes luacswaini Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 181, fig. 1. ♂, ♀.

Evagetes mohave (Banks)
N. Y. to Fla., through southern U. S. to Calif., in western Mexico south to
Guerrero and Puebla. Host: Anoplius apiculatus autumnalis (Bks.), A. americanus
juxtns (Cr.).
Sophropompilus quadrispiyiosus Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. Preocc. in Evagetes.
Sophropompilus mohave Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 6. ♀.

Taxonomy: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 320-323. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Evans, Lin and Yoshimoto, 1953. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 61: 72-77 (hosts).

Evagetes padrinus
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minusculus (Banks). Austrorip. to Transit. Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Man., Mich., Ont.,
and N. H.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Coahuila). Host: Episyron q. quinquenotatus (Say).
Psammochares minusculus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 118. ♀.

Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 8-9 (host).

Evagetes padrinus
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padrinus (Viereck). B. C, N. W. T. and Man. south to Baja California and, at
moderate to high elevations, to El Salvador. Ecology: Occurs in sandy areas.
Anoplius (Pompilinus) padrinus Viereck, 1903 (1902). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 54: 734.
d.

Evagetes parvus (Cresson)
Transcont. in Canadian to U. Austral Zones, Yukon, N. W. T. and N. S. to
Calif, and Ga., south to Costa Rica. Ecology: Occurs in sandy places.
Pompilus parvus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 453. ♀.
Pompilus subviolaceus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 91. ♀.
Pompilus argenteus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 93. ♂.
Nannopompilus argenteus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 82.
Pompiloides minora Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 227. ♀.

Evagetes subangulatus (Banks)
Transcont., Huds. to Transit. Zone. Ecology: Occurs in sandy places,
and on flowers of Solidago and Spiraea.
Sophropompihis subangulatus Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 237. ♀, ♂.
Psanmtochares (Sophropompilus) tebemi Brimley, 1936. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 52:
127. ♀.

Genus AGENIOIDEUS Ashmead

Genus AGENIOIDEUS Subgenus RIDESTUS Banks

Ridestus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc Jour. 19: 223.

Type-species: Psammochares transversalis Banks. Orig. desig. (= Psammochares

Agenioideus biedermani
***authority mismatch
Banks).

Agenioideus biedermani (Banks)
L. Sonor. Fauna, entering U. Sonor., Kans., Utah, Oreg., Mont. ?, south

into Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Hidalgo). Prey: Loxosceles devius
Gertsch and Mulaik.
Pompihis mexicanus Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Ges. Naturw. 34: 52. ♀. Preocc.
Psammochares biedermani Banks, 1910 (June). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 116. ♂.
Psammochares striatulus Banks, 1910 (June). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 119. ♀.
Psammochares transversalis Banks, 1910 (Dec). Psyche 17: 248. ♀.
Arachnophroctonus anahnacensis Bradley, 1944. Notulae Nat. 145: 10. N. name.

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Genus AGENIOIDEUS Subgenus AGENIOIDEUS Ashmead

Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 85.

Type-species: Pornpiius humilis Cresson. Orig. desig.
Aporoideus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 86.

Type-species: Pompilus sericeus Vander Linden. Orig. desig.

Agenioideus humilis (Cresson)
Transit, to L. Austr. Zones, N. B. and B. C. to Fla. and Calif., south to
Panama. Ecology: Nests in sandy places, and around cliffs, walls, and buildings in
pre-existing crevices. Parasite: Bombyliidae sp.; Mutillidae sp. Prey: Acacesia hamata
(Hentz), Araneus comutus McC, A. sp., Neosconella pegnia (Walck.), Conepeira excelsa
(Bks.).
Pompilus humilis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 91. ♀.

Taxonomy: Kurd, 1947. Pan-Pacific Ent. 23: 133. ♂.

Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 15 (prey). —Kurd, 1947. Pan-Pacific Ent.
23: 132 (nest, parasites). — Krombein, 1953. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 48: 113-115 (prey,
nest). — Eberhard, 1971 (1970). Psyche 77: 243-247 (prey hunting).

Genus AGENIOIDEUS Subgenus GYMNOCHARES Banks

Gymnochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 107, 108.

Type-species: Psammochares birkmanni Banks. Desig. by Pate, 1946.

Agenioideus birkmanni (Banks)
Transcont. in L. Austr. Zone, entering U. Austr. in West. N. J., Kans.,
Wyo., and Oreg. southward in Mexico to Oaxaca. Prey: Herpyllns vasifer (Walck.).
Psammochares birkmanni Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 116. ♂.
Gymnochares texana Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 94: 170. ♀.

Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey).

Genus SERICOPOMPILUS Howard

Sericopompilus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. XI, fig. 17.

Type-species: Pompilus cinctipes Cresson. Monotypic (,= Ceropales apicalis Say).

Sericopompilus angustatus (Cresson)
L. and U. Austr. Zones of the Great Plains area; Tex. and N. Mex. to
Wyo., S. Dak., and Mich.; in Mexico south to Jalisco and Guanajuato in Central Plateau.

Pompilus angustatus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 452. ♀.

Psammochares fulvoapicalis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 117. ♀.

Sericopompilus fumosus Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 5. ♂.
apicalis (Say). Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to Nebr., Mich., and Conn. Ecology:
Nests in sand and soft earth. Parasite: Miltogrammini sp. Prey: Phidippus audax Hentz,
P. aiidax var. bryantae Kast., P. whitmanii Peckh., P. put^iami Peckh., P. sp.,
Paraphidippus chi-ysis Walck., Thiodina sylvana (Hentz); Thomisus sp., Xysticus ferox
(Hentz), X.funestiis Keys., Philodromus washita Bks.; Aysha gracilis (Hentz);
Lycosidae sp.; Oxyopes scalaris Hentz; Eriophora ravilla (Koch), Acanthepeira stellata
(Walck.), Eustala anastera (Walck.), Neoscona arabesca (Walck.), N. sp.

Ceropales apicalis Say, 1835. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 366. 6 ■

Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 434. ♀. Preocc.

Pompilus sordidus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 160. 9. N. name.

Pompilus cinctipes Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 102. 6. N. name.

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 140-144 (prey,
nest). —Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 55: 116-117 (prey, parasite). —Krombein,
1955. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 57: 149 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc,
Jour. 28:17-18 (prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 60: 101 (prey). —Krombein,
1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 61: 193 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer.,
Misc. Pub. 3: 89-91 (prey, nest, parasite, life history). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 66 (prey).

Sericopompilus neotropicalis (Cameron)
L. Austr. Zone, Calif., Ariz., Kans., Ark., Tex., Ala., Ga., Fla., and N.
C, south to Costa Rica.
Pompilus neotropicalis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 203. ♀.




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Pompiliis guatenialensis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 206. ♂.

Psammochares posticatiis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 119. ♂.

Psammochares fuscipennis var. georgiana Banks, 1911. Ent. Soc, Wash., Proc. 13: 238. ♀.

Genus EPISYRON Schiodte

Episyron Schiodte, 1837. Kroyer's Naturhist. Tidsskr. 1: 341.

Type-species: Sphex rufipes Linnaeus. Monotypic.
Spilopompilus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 81.

Type-species: Pompilus biguttulatus (!) Fabricius. Orig. desig.
Epizuron (!) Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 82.

These are extremely active wasps, two of which have been dubbed the "Tornado Wasp" and
the "Hurricane Wasp" by the Peckhams. They nest in short burrows in sand, which they provi-
sion invariably with orb-weavers (Araneidae). They visit flowers of many kinds.

Episyron biguttatus
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biguttatus (Fabricius). Temperate N. Amer. east of the Rockies, Tex. and Fla. to
Labr. and N. W. T. Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Miltogrammini sp. Prey: Araneus
diade7natiis Clerck, A. spp., Eustala anastera (Walck.), Metepeira labyrintha (Hentz),
Neoscona benjam ina (Walck.), N. sp., near sacra (Walck.), N. sp.

Po7npilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 249. ♀.

Episyron atrytone Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 229. ♀.

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 138-140 (prey
transport). — Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 9-10 (prey, nest, parasite).
— Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 264-266 (nest, prey, parasite). — Krombein, 1953.
Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 55: 115-116 (nest, prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc
Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 93 (prey). — Kurczewski, 1963 (1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 88
(prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41:9 (prey).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 66 (prey).

Episyron biguttatus
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californicus (Banks). U. Sonor. to Canad. Fauna, Calif, to B. C, Alta., and S. Dak.
Prey: Neoscona naiba Chamb. and Gertsch.
Psammochares califomica Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 117. ♂.

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 396 (prey).

Episyron biguttatus
***authority mismatch
montezuma (Cameron). Ariz., N. Mex., west. Tex. south in Mexico to Morelos,
Guerrero and Veracruz. Prey: Neoscona naiba Chamb. and Gertsch.
Pompilus montezuma Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 193, pi. 11, fig. 10.

9.
Episyron arizonica Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 5. ♀.

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 396 (prey).
conterminus posterus (Fox). N. Y. to Fla., west to south. Calif., 111., south to Costa Rica.

Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Senotainia sp., Miltogrammini sp.; Evagetes sp. Prey:
Eustala anastera (Walck.), E. cepina (Walck.), E. sp., Araneiis ozarkensis (Arch.), .4. sp.,
Larinia sp., Neoscona arabesca (Walck.), N. vertebrata McCook, A^. sp., Neosconella
pegnia (Walck.), Argiope aurantia Luc, Drexelia directa (Hentz), Gea heptagon (Hentz).
Typical conterminus (Sm.) occurs in South America.

Pompilus posterus Fox, 1893 (May). Canad. Ent. 25: 115. ♀, ♂.

Pompilus exactus Cameron, 1893 (Sept.). Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 202. ♀, ♂.

Pompilus porus Fox, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 4: 98. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 439 (larva).

Biology: Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 225 (prey). —Krombein, 1953. Wasmann
Jour. Biol. 10: 266-268 (prey, nest, parasite). —Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57:
149-150 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 102 (prey, nest,
parasite). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 194 (prey, nest). —Wasbauer and
Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 396 (prey). -Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46:
210-212 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 10-11 (prey, nest).




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— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 9 (prey). — Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 66-67 (prey, nest, parasite).
Oregon Evans. Transit, and Canad. Fauna, Yukon and Alta. to Wyo., Colo, and Calif. Prey:
Arayieus trifolium (Hentz).
Episyron Oregon Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 231. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 481 (prey, transport).

Episyron quinquenotatus
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hurdi Evans. Transit, and U. Sonor. Fauna, B. C. and Alta. to Utah and Calif.;
Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Epeira sp.
Episyron quinquenotatus hurdi Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 221. ♀, ♂.

Episyron quinquenotatus
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quinquenotatus (Say). Canad. in U. Austr. Zone, N. S., Sask., and B. C. to
Mont., Colo., Tex., and Ala. Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Senotainia triii^ieata
(Wulp). Prey: Metazygia wittfeldae (McC), Araneus comutus Cferck, A. patagiatus
Clerck, A. diadematus Clerck, A. sp. near diadematus Clerck, A. thaddeus (Hentz), A.
rnamioreus Clerck, A. ozarkensis (Arch.), A. sp., Epeira displicata Hentz, E.foliata
Fourcr., Singa eugeni Levi, Neoscona arabesca (Walck.), N. minima (Camb.), A^. sp.,
Eustala anastera (Walck.), E. triflex (Walck.), E. cepina (Walck.), Allepeira stellata
(Walck.).
Pompilus 5-notatus Say, 1835. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 304. ♀.
Pompilus griseus Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 35, 36. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 52: 439, fig. 46 (larva).

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 126-138 (prey,
nest). —Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 220 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (prey). — Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 60: 102
(prey). —Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 24 (prey transport). —Krombein,
1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 63 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc.
Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 91-92 (prey, nest, parasite). —Evans, 1963. Ent. News 74: 238-239, fig.
2 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 118 (prey, nest).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 9-12 (prey). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 370 (prey). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar.
Zool., Bui. 140: 482 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46:
67 (prey).

Episyron snowi (Viereck)
Transcont. in L. and U. Austr. Zones, n. to N. J., 111., S. Dak., Mont, and

Oreg.; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Durango). Parasite: Miltogrammini sp. Prey:

Neosco7ia benjamina (Walck.), Cyclosa conica (Pall.).
Anoplius {Pompilinus) snowi Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 202. ♂.
Psammochares maneei Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 117. ♀.
Episyron laevis Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 4. ♀.

Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 10 (prey transport). —Krombein, 1953.
Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 268-269 (prey, nest, parasite). —Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash.,
Proc 55: 116 (prey, nest).

Genus POECILOPOMPILUS Howard

Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. V. fig. 1, and pi. XI, fig. 18.

Type-species: Pompilus navus Cresson. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902 (= Ccropalcs
interrupta Say).
Batozonus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. XI, fig. 24.

Type-species: Pompilus algidiis Smith. Monotypic
Batazonus (!) Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 221, 224.
Eubatozonus Haupt, 1950. Explor. Pare Nat. Albert, Mission de Witte, fasc. 69, p. 52.

Type-species: Eubatozonus pulcher Haupt. Orig. desig.

Wasps of this genus, as in the closely related Episyron, prey exclusively upon Araneidae, and
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Poecilopompilus algidus
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algidus (Smith). Austrorip. and Carol. Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Mass., Mich., and N.
Dak.
Po7npilus algidus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 158. ♀.

Poecilopompilus algidus
***authority mismatch
coquilletti (Provancher). U. Sonor. Fauna, south. Calif, and N. Mex. to Utah and
north. Calif.
Pompilus coquilletti Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Fauna Ent. Canad., Hym., p. 261. ♂.
Batazonus (,\) flavipennis Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 20. ♀.

Poecilopompilus algidus
***authority mismatch
marcidus (Smith). South. Tex. s. to Nicaragua.
Pompilus marcidus Smith, 1862. Jour. Ent. 1: 395. ♀.

Pompilus pygidialis Kohl, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, Verhandl. 36: 314, 334. ♀.

Poecilopompilus algidus
***authority mismatch
willistoni (Patton). S. Dak. and Colo, to N. Mex. and Ariz., s. in Mexico to Durango
and Baja California.
Pompilus willistoni Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 352. ♀.

Poecilopompilus flavopictus
***authority mismatch
flavopictus (Smith). South. Tex to Surinam and Colombia. Other subspp. occur in
the Antilles and Brazil.
Pompilus flavopictus Smith, 1862. Jour. Ent. 1: 396. ♀.

Poecilopompilus interruptus
***authority mismatch
cressoni (Banks). North. Va. and east. Ohio to Mass. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey:
Epeira trifolium Hentz, Argiope trifasciata (Forsk.).
Batazonus (!) interruptus var. cressoni Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 167. ♀.
6.

Biology: Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 253 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski,

1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 12-13 (prey, nest).

Poecilopompilus interruptus
***authority mismatch
interruptus (Say). Transcont. in L. and U. Austr. Zones, north to N. J., Ohio,

Mich., S. Dak., Utah, and south. Calif. Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Miltogrammini
sp. Prey: Neoscona betijamina (Walck), N. vertebrata McCook, N. sp., Ararietis
cornutus CI, A. trifoliiim (Hentz), Argiope aurantia Luc, A. trifasciata (Forsk.), Epeira
foliata (Fourcr.), Acantliepeira stellata Walck.; Lycosidae sp.

Ceropales internipta Say, 1835. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 365. ♂.

Pompilus navus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 105. ♀, ♂.

Pompilus ichneumoniformis Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bui. 5: 351. ♀. Preocc.

Pompilus ichneumonoides Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 295. N. name.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 438, figs. 26-30 (larva).

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 152-153 (prey,
nest). — Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 269-272 (nest, prey, parasite).
— Strandtmann, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 45-46 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto,
1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc
Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 93-94 (nest, prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 41: 13 (prey).

Poecilopompilus interruptus
***authority mismatch
semiflavus Evans. Calif. (Central Valley).

Poecilopompiius interruptus semiflavus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 224. ♀, ♂.

Genus TACHYPOMPILUS Ashmead

Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 83

Type-species: Tachypompilus abbotti Ashmead. Orig. desig. (=Spliex analis
Fabricius).
Arachnophroctonus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 83. Preocc.

Type-species: Ceropales femiginea Say. Orig. desig.
Balanoderes Haupt, 1929. Berlin Zool. Mus., Mitt. 15: 119, 155.

Type-species: Sphex analis Fabricius. Desig. by Haupt, 1929.
Afropompilus Arnold, 1936. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 18: 107.

Type-species: Pompilus ignitus Smith. Orig. desig.
Zarachnophroctonus Pate, 1946. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 72: 130. N. name.

Wasps of this genus occur around walls, stone piles, and buildings, where they nest in crevices,
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Tachypompilus ferrugineus
***authority mismatch
annexus (Banks). Tex.; northeast. Mexico ? Ecology: Nests in loose dry soil
beneath house. Prey: Lycosa rabida (Walck.), L. antelucana Mont.
Arachnophroctonus ferrugineus var. annexus Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94:

168. ♀.

Biology: Strandtmann, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 46-48, fig. 1 (nest, prey). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 87 (prey).

Tachypompilus ferrugineus
***authority mismatch
ferrugineus (Say). L. and U. Austr. Zones, east. Tex. and Fla. to N. J., Ohio,
Minn., and Colo. Ecology: Nests in crevices in walls. Prey: Lycosa helluo Walck., L.
Osceola Wall., L. rabida Walck., L. spp.; Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, D. sp.
Ceropales fei-ruginea Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 334. ♂.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 78-83 (prey, nest). — Rau, 1922. Acad.
Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 12 (prey). —Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 260 (prey).
— Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 87 (prey). — Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 13 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 67 (prey).

Tachypompilus ferrugineus
***authority mismatch
nigrescens (Banks). North. Va. and west. N. Y. to N. H.

Arachyiophroctonus ferrugineus var. nigrescens Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94:

169. ♀, ♂.

Tachypompilus ferrugineus
***authority mismatch
torridus (Smith). South, parts of Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., and Calif.; Mexico s. to
Chiapas.
Ponipiius torridus Smith, 1862. Jour. Ent. 1: 396. ♀.
Arachnophroctonus ferrugineus var. unicolor Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94:

168. ♀. Preocc.
Tachypompilus femigineiis Yavapai Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 263. N.
name.

Tachypompilus unicolor
***authority mismatch
cerinus Evans. South. Calif., Utah, N. Mex. and Tex. s. to Costa Rica.

Tachypompilus unicolor cerinus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 235, map 41. ♀.
6.

Tachypompilus unicolor
***authority mismatch
unicolor (Banks). L. and U. Sonor. Faunas, Calif, and Utah, Wyo., Idaho, and B. C.
Arachnophroctonus unicolor Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 239, 240. ♀.
Arachnophroctonus latifrons Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 229. ♀, ♂.

Genus ANOPLIUS Dufour

Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus LOPHOPOMPILUS Radoszkowski

Lophopompilus Radoszkowski, 1887. Soc. Ent. Rossica, Horae 21: 42.

Type-species: Pompilus grandis Eversmann. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902 {=Sphex
samariensis Pallas).
Pompilogaster Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. V, fig. 19.

Type-species: Pompilus aethiops Cresson. Monotypic.
Pom pilogastra Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 81.

Type-species: Pompilus aethiops Cresson. Orig. desig.

Wide-ranging, strong-flying species which prey chiefly on Lycosidae and nest in tunnels in
sand or soft earth. They are frequent visitors to flowers and occasionally come to light at night.

Revision: Regan, 1923. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 16: 177-194.

Anoplius aethiops (Cresson)
N. S. to B. C. s. to Ga., Tex., Calif, in Transition to L. Austral Zones;

Mexico (higher altitudes), Guatemala. Ecology: Occurs in fields, meadows, and prairies;
commonly visits flowers; nests in pre-existing crevices in soft soil. Prey: Lycosa
frondicola Em., L. helluo Walck., L. gulosa Walck., L. carolinensis Walck., L. santrita
Chamb. and Ivie, Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz).
Pompilus aethiops Cresson, 1865. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 4: 451. ♂ (♀ misdet.).
Psammochares ilione Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 249. ♀.
Lophopompilus azotus Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 326. ♀.




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Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 217 (ecology, prey). —Evans and
Yo.shimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 70 (prey transport, nest). — Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 13 (prey transport, nest). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 370 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey).

Anoplius atrox (Dahlbom)
L. and U. Austr. Zones, N. Mex. and Fla. to S. Dak., Ont., and Mass. Ecology:
Occurs in fields, meadows and open woods; nests in sand or soft soil. Prey: Lycosa
rabida Walck., Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, D. urinator Hentz.
Pompilus atrox Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 63. ♀.

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1900. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 1: 87 (prey). —Evans, 1951.
Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 224 (ecology, prey). — Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc
57: 150 (prey). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 61: 194 (prey).

Anoplius bengtssoni (Regan)
Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to S. Dak., Mich., and Mass.

Lophopompilus bengtssoni Regan, 1923. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 16: 185, 186. ♀, ♂.
Carolina (Banks). Alleghanian Fauna, south. Que. to north. Ga. Ecology: Occurs in open

woodlands, and on flowers of Daucns carota; nests in mammal burrows or in bare soil.
Prey: Wadotes hybridus (Em.), W. sp.; A7naurobius bennetti (Blackw.).
Lophopompilus Carolina Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 14: 20. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442, fig. 50 (larva).

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 222 (ecology, prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent.
Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 53 (prey transport). —Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 63
(prey transport). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 70-71 (prey
transport, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey).

Anoplius cleora (Banks)
P. E. I. to B. C, south to N. C, Ind., Tex., Ariz., mostly in U. and L. Austral
Zones; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Jalisco, Puebla). Ecology: Nests in sand; rarely
visits flowers. Parasite: Senoiainia litoralis Allen. Prey: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz),
Lycosa helluo Walck., Trochosa avara Keys., T. sp.
Psammochares cleora Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 105. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1952. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 78: 93 (prey). —Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc
Wash., Proc. 55: 116 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18
(prey, nest). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 55: 116 (prey). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 69-70 (prey transport, nest, parasite).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 13-14 (prey). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 371 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey).

Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus NOTIOCHARES Banks

Notiochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 107, 108.

Type-species: Potnpilus pliiladelphicus Lepeletier. Monotypic (.=Sphex amethystina
Fabricius).
amethystinus amthystinus (Fabricius). Southern Fla., Ariz., Calif south to Panama. Prey:
Lycosa sp. Another subsp. occurs in South America.
Sphex amethystina Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System., Emend, et Aucta, v. 2, p. 210. ♀.
Pompilus anceps Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 4: 130. 6 ■ Preocc
Pompilus cubensis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 93. N. name.
Pompilus propinquus Fox, 1891. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 18: 339. ♀. Preocc.
Pompilus dux Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 286. N. name.
Pompilus amethystinoides Strand, 1911. Arch, f Naturges., v. 77, bd. 1, sup. 2, p. 147. N.

name for amethystinus Tasch., believed to differ from amethystinus F.
Psammochares philadelphicus \&r. floridensis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61:
106. ♀.
lepidus atramentarius (Dahlbom). Southern New England, Ohio and Nebr. to Fla. and Tex. in
Austroriparian and Carolinian Faunas; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango). Ecology: Nests in
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L. antelucana Mont., L. sp., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz). Typical lepidus (Say) occurs from

Mexico to British Guiana and Ecuador.
Pompiius atramentarius Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 48.
Pompilus philadelphicus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 423. ♀.
Pompiius philadelphicus var. sericatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 202. ♀.
Sericopompilus plutonis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 228. ♂.
Notiochares a7igusiiceps Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 227. ♀.

Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 13-15 (prey, nest). —Evans, 1951. Amer.
Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 233-234 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour.
28: 18 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 71-72 (prey
transport, nest).

Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus ANOPLIODES Banks

Anopliodes Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 226.

Type-species: Anopliodes viodestus Banks. Monotypic (=Anoplius bolli Banks).

boUi Banks. Tex. to Kans., Mo., and N. J.; Mexico (Tamaulipas).

Anoplius bolli Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 104. ♂.

Anopliodes modestus Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 226. ♀.

Anoplius parsonsi (Banks)
South. Fla.; Cuba, Mexico south to Costa Rica.

Psammochares parsoyisi Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 94: 183. ♀.

Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus ARACHNOPHROCTONUS Howard

Arachnophroctonus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. VII, figs. 11, 14.

Type-species: Sphex tropica Fabricius. Desig. by Pate, 1946.
Arachnophila Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 86. Preocc.

Type-species: Pompiius divisus Cresson. Orig. desig.
Anoplinelius Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc 69: 84.

Type-species: Pompiius clotho Smith. Monotypic.
Arachnodaicter Pate, 1946. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 72: 74. N. name.

Day (1974) synonymized the subgenus Pompilinus Ashm. under the subgenus Arachnophroc-
tonus How. This action was taken too late to be used in this edition of the catalog.

The wasps of this group inhabit sandy places, where they nest in short burrows in the earth,
stocking their burrows with errant spiders of several families. They visit flowers of many kinds.

Taxonomy: Day, 1974. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Ent., Bui. 30: 379-380 (subgeneric syn.). —Day,
1974. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Ent. Bui. 31: 49-51 (identity of Anoplinelius Bks.).

Anoplius acapulcoensis (Cameron)
L. Austr. Zone, Ariz, to Fla. and south. N. J., south to Guatemala.

Ecology: Visits flowers of many kinds.
Pompiius acapulcoensis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 198. ♂.
Psammochares bellicosus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 224. ♂.
Lophopompiius a7itilone Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. ♂.

Anoplius americanus
***authority mismatch
ambiguus (Dahlbom). Tropical and L. Austr. Zones, Greater Antilles and Panama

to Calif., Utah, Kans., and Ala. Ecology: Nests in sand-clay soil. Parasite: Evagetes

mohave (Bks.). Prey: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), Lycosa spp., Schizocosa crassipes

Walck.; Peucetia viridans Hentz.
Pompiius ambiguus Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Europaea, sup. 1, p. 452. ♀.
Pompiius coruscus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 156. ♀.
Pompiius juxtus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 128. ♀.
Pompiius subargenteus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 129. ♂.
Anoplius puella Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 121. ♂.
Pompilinus orthodes Banks, 1944. Zool. 29: 112. ♀.
Anoplius varunus Banks, 1947. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 99: 419. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 270 (prey transport, nest, parasite).
— Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (prey, nest). — Hurd and
Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent.




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Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 76-77 (prey transport, nest). — Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans.
Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 397 (prey).

Anoplius americanus
***authority mismatch
americanus (Palisot de Beauvois). Cent. Tex. and north. Ga. to S. Dak., Minn.,

south Ont, and southeast. N. Y. Ecology: Nests in clay. Prey: Pardosa milvina (Hentz),

P. sp.; Philodroynus sp.
Pompilus a7nericayius Palisot de Beauvois, 1811. Ins. Afr. Amer., p. 117. ♀.
Po7>ipilus plebejus Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 60. ♀.
Psammochares albomarginatiis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 114. ♂.
Pompiloides agnema Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 204. ♂.

Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 10-11 (prey transport, nest).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 15 (prey).

Anoplius americanus
***authority mismatch
trifasciatus (Palisot de Beauvois). Austrorip. Fauna, N. C, Ga. and Fla. Prey:
Geoiycosa hubbelli Wall.
Pompilus trifasciatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1811. Ins. Afr. Amer., p. 118. ♀.
Psannnochares eurydice Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 19. ♀.

Biology: Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 212 (prey).

Anoplius apiculatus
***authority mismatch
apiculatus (Smith). Tropical and L. Sonor. Zones, south Calif., Ariz., and cent. Tex.
to Panama. Ecology: Occurs along sandy streambanks and seashores.
Pompilus apiculatus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit., Mus., v. 3, p. 157. ♀.
Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879. Descr. New Species Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 155. ♀. Preocc.
Arachnophroctonus apiculatus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1954. Amer. Midland Nat. 52: 439.
6.

Anoplius apiculatus
***authority mismatch
autumnalis (Banks). Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to Ga., west. N.
Y., south. Onl., Minn., and Kans. Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Evagetes mohave
(Bks.). Prey: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz).
Pompiloides autumnalis Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 301. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442, fig. 49 (larva).

Biology: Evans, Lin and Yoshimoto, 1953. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 61: 61-78 (prey transport,
nest, parasite, life history). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18
(prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 74-75 (prey transport,
nest, parasite). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 15 (prey).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 371 (prey). — Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey, nest).

Anoplius apiculatus
***authority mismatch
pretiosus (Banks). Coastal plain, Fla. to Maine. Ecology: Nests in sand, especially
along bodies of water. Parasite: Senotainia litoralis Allen. Prey: Arctosa littoralis
(Hentz), Lycosa helluo (Walck.).

Psammochares pretiosa Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 119. ♂.

Pompiloides autumnalis var. atlanticus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 301. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442 (larva).

Biology: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 272-275 (prey, nest, life history, parasite).

— Krombein and Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 56: 230 (prey). —Krombein, 1959. Ent.

Soc Wash., Proc 61: 194 (prey). —Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 11 (nest,

prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 15-16, fig. 3 (prey,

nest).

Anoplius marginalis (Banks)
Ariz., Tex., and Fla. to Utah, Man., south. Ont., and Mass. Ecology: Nests
in sand. Parasite: Evagetes mohave (Bks.). Prey: Geoiycosa pikei (Marx), G. wrighti Em.,
G. missouriensis Bks., G. spp., Lycosa baltimoriana Keys., L. carolinensis Walck., L.
frondicola Em., L. avida Walck., L. sp. near lenta Hentz, L. sp. near ceratiola Gertsch
and Wall., L. spp., Arctosa littoralis Hentz; Pellenes coronatus (Hentz).

Sphex tropica Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 350. ♀. Preocc.

Psammochares marginalis Banks, 1910 (June). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 118. ♀, ♂.

Psammochares castella Banks, 1910 (Dec). Psyche 17: 248. ♂.

Psammochares fabricii Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 6. N. name.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 441, figs. 31-34, 48 (larva).




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Biology Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 45-58 (prey, nest). -Krombein, 1953.
Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 275-276 (prey, nest, life history). -Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc
Wash Proc 55" 116-117 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. boc, Jour.
28- 18 '(prey, nest). -Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 102-103 (prey, nest).
—Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 73-74 (nest, prey, parasite).
—Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 397 (prey). -Kurczewski, 1963
(1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 88-89 (prey). -Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates
2201: 11-13 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68
(prey, nest, parasite).

Anoplius moestus (Banks)
L. Sonor. Fauna, east. Tex. to southeast. Ariz.; Mexico.

Pompiloides moestus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 226. ♀.
Anoplms comanche Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 121. ♂.

Anoplius occidentalis (Dreisbach)
Calif. (Redwood City).

Arachnophroctonus occidentalis Dreisbach, 1954. Amer. Midland Nat. 52: 437, figs. 13, 17.

6.

Anoplius relativus (Fox)
Mass., Ont. and B. C. to Fla., Tex. and Calif., mostly in U. and L. Austral

Zones, south in Mexico at higher altitudes to Oaxaca and Guerrero. Ecology: Occurs in

fields and prairies; nests in sand and heavier soil. Prey: Lycosa rabida Walck., L.

antelucana Mont., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), Geolycosa missouriensis (Bks.), G. sp.;

Agelenopsis naevia (Walck.), A. pennsylvanica (Koch).
Pompilus relativus Fox, 1893. Canad. Ent. 25: 114. ♀.
Psammochares (Allocyphonyx) hesione Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 250. ♂.
Psammochares difficilis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 105. ♀.
Anoplius confraternus Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 201. ♀.
Psammochares henshawi Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 226. 9. »

Arachnoproctonus (!) variegatus Dreisbach, 1957. Ent. News 68: 72, 2 figs. 3.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 251-252 (nest, prey). —Evans and

Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (nest, prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962.

Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 72-73 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968.

Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 14-15 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans.

Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 371-372 (prey hunting). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent.

Soc, Jour. 46: 68-69 (prey, nest).

Anoplius semirufus (Cresson)
Tex. and Fla. to Mont., Man., and N. B. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey:
Lycosa gulosa Walck., L. rabida Walck., L. pmictulata Hentz, L. avida Walck., L. spp.,
Schizocosa crassipalpis (Em.), S. crassipes (Walck.), S. saltatrix (Hentz), S. bilineata
(Em.), S. ocreata (Hentz), S. spp., Pardosa milvina Hentz, P.falcifera Camb., P. sp. near
modica (Blackw.), P. distincta (Blackw.), P. sp. near floridana Bks., P. spp., Trochosa
pratensis (Em.), T. avara Keys.; Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (Koch), A. sp.; Amaurobitis
sp.

Pompilus semirufus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 100. ♀.

Pompilus divisus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 100. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442 (larva).

Biology: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 277-280 (prey, nest, life history). —Evans,
1953. Syst. Zool. 2: 168-169 (nest, prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc,
Jour. 28: 18 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 103 (prey, nest).

— Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 61: 194 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962.
Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 75-76 (prey, nest, life history). —Kurczewski, 1963. Brooklyn
Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 89 (prey transport). —Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 306 (prey
transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 16-18 (prey).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 372 (prey). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 69 (nest, prey).

Anoplius xerophilus Evans
L. Sonor. Fauna, Tex., N. Mex., to cent. Calif, and Utah; Mexico (Baja
California).
Anoplius xerophilus Evans, 1947. Ent. News 58: 10. ♀, ♂.
Arachnophroctonus gaigei Dreisbach, 1954. Amer. Midland Nat. 52: 438, figs. 4, 11. ♂.




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Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus POMPILINUS Ashmead

Psammochares Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins., p. 115. Suppressed by Internatl.

Comn. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 166, 1945.
Pompilinus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 85.

Type-species: Pompilus cylindricus Cresson. Orig. desig.
Anopliella Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 227.

Type-species: Pompilus tenebrosus Cresson. Orig. desig.

Day (1974) synonymized the subgenus Pompilinus Ashm. under the subgenus Arachnophroc-
tonus How. This action was published too late to be used in this edition of the catalog.

Wasps of this group inhabit gardens, waste places, clay banks, and sandy areas; they prey
upon a wide variety of spiders and nest in short galleries in the earth.

Revision: Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 12-58.

Taxonomy: Day, 1974. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Ent, Bui. 30: 379-380 (subgeneric syn.).

Anoplius californiae Evans
L. Sonor. Fauna, N. Mex. to Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California).
Ecology: Has been taken on Helianthus and Tamarix.
Anoplius {Pompiliims) californiae Evans, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 128. ♀, ♂.

Anoplius clystera (Banks)
L. and U. Sonor. Fauna, Tex. and south. Calif, to Colo, and cent. Calif.;
Mexico (Chihuahua, Baja California). Prey: Lijcosa sp.
Pompiloides clystera Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 302. ♂.
Pompilinus submarginatus Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 146, figs. 14, 17. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1968. Ent. News 79: 254-255, fig. 4 (redescription female).

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 35: 398 (prey).

Anoplius cylindricus (Cresson)
Conn., south. Ont., N. W. T., cent. Oreg. s. to Fla.,Tex. and Calif.; Mexico
(Chihuahua). Ecology: Nests in sandy places. Prey: Geolycosa wrightii (Em.), G. sp.
Pompilus cylindricus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 92. ♂.
Arachnophila brevihirta Banks, 1945. Psyche 52: 105. ♀.
Pompilinus truncatus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 15. ♂.
Pompilinus subtruncatus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 17. ♂.
Pompilinus hispidus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 23. ♂.
Pompilinus clavipes Dreisbach, 1958. Ent. News 69: 61, figs.
Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 19 (prey).
— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 69 (prey).

Anoplius estellina (Banks)
U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, Calif, and N. Mex. to Alta., s. to Guatemala.
Ecology: Nests in pre-existing crevices or burrows in soil. Prey: Lycosidae sp. ?
Pompiloides estellina Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 303. d, (9 misdet.).
Pompilinus utahensis Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 145, figs. 15, 16. ♂.
Pompilinus minutus Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 147, figs. 7, 8. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 305-306 (prey, nest).

Anoplius fraternus (Banks)
L. and U. Austr. Zones, N. Mex. and Fla. to Colo., Nebr., and southeast. N.
Y.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Sonora). Ecology: Nests on protected beaches and on elevated
salt flats inland in pre-existing crevices or burrows. Parasite: Ephuta s. sabaliana
Schus. Prey: Lycosa watsoni Gertsch, L. carrana Bryant, Sosippus floridanus Sim.,
Pardosa longispinnata Tull.; Habronattus sp., Pellenes sp.
Lophopompilus fraternus Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 120. ♀.
Pompilinus dowi Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 12. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440, figs. 35-37 (larva).

Biology: Krombein and Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 56: 231 (prey transport, nest).
— Evans, Krombein, and Yoshimoto, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 77-84, 3 figs,
(hunting behavior, prey, nest, life history).

Anoplius insolens (Banks)
Transcont. in Transit and U. Austr. Zones, Maine, Ont. and B. C. s. to Ga.,
Tex. and Calif., s. in Mexican central plateau to Veracruz and Morelos. Prey: Maevia
vittata (Hentz).
Pompiloides insolens Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 226. ♂.




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Anoplius krombeini Evans
Austrorip. Fauna, Fla. to N. J. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Pardosa
floridana Bks., Schizocosa sp.
Arioplius (Pompilinus) krombeini Evans, 1950. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 23: 88. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440-441 (larva).

Biology: Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55: 117-118 (prey, nest). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 80 (prey transport, nest, life history).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 69 (prey).

Anoplius leona (Cameron)
West. Tex. to Ariz., south to El Salvador.

Pompilus leona Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 198, pi. 11, fig. 20. "(J" =

9.
Anoplius (Pompilinus) grandiflexionis Evans, 1950. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 23: 84. ♀, ♂.

tnarginatus (Say). L. Austr. to Canad. Zone, Ariz., Colo., and Alta. east to the Atlantic.

Ecology: Nests in sand, gravel and other light soils. Parasite: Evagetes parvus (Cr.) ?
Prey: Odiellns pictus (Wood); Argiope aurantia Luc; Agelenopsis naevia (Walck.), A.
pennsylvanica (Koch), Pellenes borealis (Bks.), P. viridipes (Hentz), P. sp., Arctosa
emertoni Gertsch, Geolycosa fatifera Comst., Lycosa avida Walck., L. domifex Hancock;
Pardosa saxatilis (Hentz), P. sp., Pirata insularis Em., Schizocosa crassipes Walck., S.
sp., Trochosa avara (Keys.), T. pratensis (Em.), T. sp.; CaUilepis imbecillus (Keys.),
Drassodes neglectus (Keys.), Drassyhis niger (Bks.), Gnaphosa musconim (Koch), G. sp.,
Haplodrassus signifer (Koch), Herpylhis vasifer (Walck.); Castianeira longipalpus
(Hentz), Clubiona kastoni Gertsch, C. mixta Em., C. sp.; Anyphaeiia sp.; Philodromus
infuscatus Keys., P. washita Bks., Thanatus fomiicinus (Oliv.), Tibellus duttoni (Hentz),
Xysticus bicuspis Keys., X. elegans Keys., X.ferox (Hentz), X.funestus Keys.; Evarcha
hoyi (Peckh.), Habrocestum decorus (Blackw.), Maevia vittata (Hentz), Phidippus audax
(Hentz), P. clarus Keys., P. purpuratus Keys.; Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.). Females
of bequaerti (Dreis.), rectangularis (Dreis.) and townesi Evans are unknown and are
probably confused with females of marginatus; accordingly, some of the prey records
and biological references may refer to one of the former three taxa.

Pompilus marginatus Say, 1824. In Keating's, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 333. ♀.

Pompilus (Miscus) petiolatus Say, 1835. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 305. ♀.

Pompiloides reducta Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 302. ♀.

Pompiloides hageni Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 63: 235. ♀.

Pompilinus basirnfus Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 149, figs. 9, 10. c? ( 9
misdet.).

Pompilinus basirufous (!) Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 158.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 52: 440, fig. 39 (larva).

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 144-152 (prey
transport, nest). — Hartman, 1905. Tex. Univ., Bui. 65: 52-54 (prey, nest). — Rau and Rau,
1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 58-63 (prey hunting, transport). —Evans, 1948. Ent. News
59: 183-184 (prey, nest). —Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 164 (parasite).
—Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 280-281 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto,
1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 19 (prey). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 61: 194
(prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 78-80 (prey transport,
nest, life history). —Kurczewski, 1963 (1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 89 (prey
transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 19-20 (prey).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 373-374 (prey).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 69-70, fig. 1 (prey, nest).

Anoplius percitus Evans
Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. to Mass. Prey: Trochosa sp. probably

gosiuta Chamb., immature.
Anoplius (Pompilinus) percitus Evans, 1950. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 23: 85. ♀, ♂.

Anoplius rectangularis
***authority mismatch
gillaspyi Evans. Tex., N. C, N. J. in Austrorip. Fauna.

Anoplius (Poinpilinus) rectangularis gillaspyi Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76:
310, fig. 101. ♂.

Anoplius rectangularis
***authority mismatch
rectangularis (Dreisbach). Transit, and U. Austr. Zones, Mass. to Minn., s. to
Colo., Kans., Ohio and N. C. Prey: Lycosa avida Walck., Schizocosa sp., Pardosa




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distincta (Blackw.); Xysticus elegans Keys., X.ferox (Hentz); Phidippus whitmanii
Peckh.
PompiUnus rectangularis Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 18. ♂.

Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 20-21 (prey).
— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 374 (prey). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70 (prey).

Anoplius splendens (Dreisbach)
L. and U. Austr. Zones, Fla., Tex., and Ariz, to Alta., Man., Ont., and

Maine; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango). Ecology: Nests in sandy areas. Prey: Agelenopsis

pennsylvanica (Koch), A. spp.; Araneus patagiatus Clerck; Pisaurina mira (Walck.);

Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.); Pardosa distincta (Blackw.), P. Tnilviyia (Hentz), P. sp.

near florida7ia Bks., Schizocosa crassipes (Walck.), S. saltatrix (Hentz), S. sp., Trochosa

avara Keys., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), Geolycosa wrightii Em., Lycosa avida Walck., L.

frondicola Em., L. sp.; Xysticus pellax Camb., X.ferox (Hentz), X.funestus Keys., X.

elegans Keys., X. sp.; Thanatus formicinus (Clerck); Marpissa pikei (Peckh. and

Peckh.), PeUenes coronatus (Hentz), P. agilis Bks., P. sp., Phidippus audax (Hentz), P.

darns Keys., Habronattus viridipes (Hentz); Castianeira longipalpns (Hentz), C. sp.
PompiUnus splendens Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 20. ♂.
PompiUnus pseudoreductus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 21. ♂.
PompiUnus ohioensis Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 24. ♂.
PompiUnus shappirioi Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 148, figs. 5, 6. ♂. N. syn.

(H. E. Evans).

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 320 (prey). — Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc.
Wash., Proc 61: 194 (prey). — Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 398
(prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 21-22 (prey).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 374-375 (prey).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70 (prey).

Anoplius stenotus
***authority mismatch
bequaerti (Dreisbach). Tex. and Fla. to Alta., Minn., Mich., and N. C. Ecology: Nests
in sand. Prey: Lycosa sp.
PompiUnus bequaerti Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.). 29: 16. ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 13 (prey transport).

Anoplius stenotus
***authority mismatch
stenotus (Banks). South. Fla. and Ala. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Lycosa sp.,
Trochosa sp.
Pompiloides stenotus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 302. ♂.

Biology: Krombein and Evans, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 230 (prey, nest).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70 (prey).

Anoplius subcylindricus (Banks)
L. Austr. to Transit. Zones, Fla., Tex., and Ariz, to Utah, Minn., Que.,
and Vt.; Mexico to Morelos and Guerrero. Ecology: Nests in sand and gravelly soil.
Parasite: Evagetes parvus (Cr.). Prey: Xysticus gulosus Keys., X. banksi Bry., X.ferox
(Hentz), X. triguttatus Keys., X.funestus Keys.; Micaria sp.
Pompiloides subcylindincus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 103. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440 (larva).

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 288 (prey). —Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc,
Trans. 77: 315 (prey). —Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 281 (prey). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 77-78 (prey transport, nest, life history,
parasite). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 18-19 (prey).

Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson)
Transcont. in Canad. and Transit. Zones, entering U. Austr. Ecology:

Nests in sand. Prey: Schizocosa saltatrix Hentz, Trochosa avara Keys., Tarentula kochi

Keys., Lycosa frondicola Em., L. avida Walck., L. baltimoriana Keys.; Xysticus gulosus

Keys., X.ferox Hentz, Thanatus formicinus (Oliv.).
Pompilus tenebrosus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 453. ♀.
Pompiius compactus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 111. ♀.
Pompiloides canadensis Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. ♂.
PompiUnus drakei Dreisbach, 1958. Ent. News 69: 62, 2 figs. 6. N. syn (H. E. Evans). The

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Biology Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 303 (prey). -Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962.
Ent Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 81 (prey). -Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 482
(prey) -Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 399 (prey). -Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70-72 (prey transport, nest).

Anoplius texanus (Dreisbach)
La. and Tex. s. in Mexico to Morelos and Yucatan.
Pompilinus texanus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 14. ♂.

Anoplius townesi Evans
Alleghan. Fauna, N. H. w. to Man., Conn, to Fla.

A7ioplius (Pompilinus) townesi Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 313, fig. 102. ♂.

Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus ANOPLIUS Dufour

Anoplius Dufour, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 2: 483.

Type-species: Sphex nigerrinius Scopoli. Desig. by Internatl. Comn. Zool. NomencL,
Op. 997, 1973.
Pompilioides Radoszkowski, 1887. Soc. Ent. Rossica, Horae 21: 94.

Type-species: Pompilioides unicolor Radoszkowski. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.
Aphiloctenus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 87.

Type-species: Pompilus virginiensis Cresson. Orig. desig.

Wasps of this subgenus nest in ready-made cavities of various kinds, and occupy a variety of
habitats.

Anoplius depressipes Banks
Carol, and Alleghanian Faunas, Tex., Ala. and Fla. to Wis. and Maine.

Ecology: Nests in pre-existing cavities in wood and soil; occasionally stores more than
one cell per cavity, each cell separated by^ a partition of the substrate. Prey: Dolomedes
triton sexpunctatus Hentz, D. scriptus Hentz, D. striatiis Giebel, D. tenebrosus Hentz.
Anoplius depressipes Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 81. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1949. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 51: 206 (prey transport). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 83-84 (prey transport, nest). —Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 22 (prey).

Anoplius dreisbachi Evans
Ariz, and south. Calif, to Colo., Wyo. and B. C, chiefly in Transit. Zone.
Anoplius (Anoplius) dreisbachi Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 353, fig. 49. ♂, ♀.

Anoplius elongatus Dreisbach
Mich., Minn.

Anoplitis elongatus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 576, figs. 11, 12. ♂.

Anoplius fulgidus (Cresson)
Extreme southern U. S., Fla., Tex., Ariz., Utah, Calif.; Antilles, Mexico,
Central and South America to Peru and Brazil. Ecology: Nests in heavy loam along
stream. Prey: Pirata sedentarius Montg., Arctosa sp. near littoralis (Hentz).

Pompilus fulgidus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 131. ♀.

Pompilus aeneopurpureus Fox, 1891. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 18: 339. ♀, ♂.

Pompilus championi Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer. Hym., v. 2, p. 196. ♀.

Pompilus mundulus Fox, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 243. ♀.

Anoplius amanis Banks, 1947. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 99: 416. ♀.

Biology: Wasbauer, 1955. Pan-Pacific Ent. 31: 63-66 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 22 (prey).

Anoplius hispidulus Dreisbach
Ill, Mich., N. Y., Conn., Md.

Anoplius hispidulus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 577, figs. 25, 26. ♂.

Anoplius illinoensis (Robertson)
U. Austr. and Transit. Zones, Ga., Tex., Utah, and Colo, to Mont.,

Mich., and Que. Ecology: Nests in firm soil. Prey: Lycosa avida Walck., L. helluo Walck.,
L. sp.
Pompilus illinoensis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 202. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 52: 439, figs. 20-25, 47 (larva).

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 82-83 (prey transport,
nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 72 (prey).

Anoplius imbellis Banks
Transcont. in U. Austr. and Transit. Zones south at higher altitudes to Costa
Rica. Ecology: Nests in soil near still water. Prey: Pardosa ramulosa McCook, P.
milvina (Hentz), P. disti7icta group, P. sp., Trochosa avara Keys., Arctosa sp.
Anoplius imbellis Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 169. ♀, ♂.




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Anoplius imbellis var. major Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 581, figs. 20, 24. ♂.
Anoplius subimbellis Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 155, figs. 23, 25. ♂.

Biology: Wasbauer, 1957. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 15: 81-97, 7 figs, (prey, nests). — Wasbauer
and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. See, Jour. 35: 399 (prey). — Kurczewsl 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 22 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 46: 72 (prey).

Anoplius ithaca (Banks)
Transcont. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones; Mexico (Nuevo Leon). Ecology:

Occurs along rocky stream-beds and nests under stones. Prey: Pardosa lapidicina Em.,
P. milvina (Hentz), P. groenlandica Th., P. steva Lowrie and Gertsch, P. sp., Arctosa
littoralis (Hentz), Lycosa sp.

Psammochares ithaca Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 224. ♀.

Anoplius selkirkensis Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 234. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440 (larva).

Biology: Evans, 1948. Ent. News 59: 180-183 (prey transport, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto,
1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 19 (prey). — Krombein, 1956. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 51: 42
(prey transport). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 83 (prey
transport, nest). —Kurczewski, 1963 (1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 89 (prey hunting
and transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 22 (prey).

— Ricards, 1969. Ent. News 80: 149-157, 2 figs, (prey transport, nesting behavior).

— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 72 (prey).

Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli)
Transcont. in Hudsonian and Canadian Zones, entering Transition Zone

rarely; Holarctic Ecology: Not known for North America; in Europe it nests in
pre-existing cavities in twigs or soil, or under stones. Prey: Not known for North
America; in Europe it preys chiefly on Lycosidae, occasionally on Pisauridae and
Gnaphosidae.

Sphex nigemma Scopoli, 1763. Ent. Carniolica, p. 295. 9 ?

Pompiliis incisus Tischbein, 1850. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 11: 8. ♂.

Pompilus excerptus Tournier, 1889. Ent. Genevois 1: 159. ♀.

Pompilus nigerrimus var. Kohli Verhoeff, 1892. Ent. Nachr. 18: 71. ♂.

Anoplius wheeleri Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 228. ♀, ♂.

Anoplius banksi Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 579, figs. 13, 14. ♂.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht and Menke, 1968. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 25: 120-124 (request for
designation of nigerrimus as type-species of Anoplius, and of a neotype for nigerrimus;
request approved in Op. 997, Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1973).

Biology: Richards and Hamm, 1939. Soc. Brit. Ent., Trans. 6: 98-100 (summarizes European ■•
Hterature on prey, nests).

Anoplius papago Banks
D. C. to Kans., s. to Fla. and Ariz, and Costa Rica. Ecology: Nests in loamy soil.
Prey: Lycosa sp.
Anoplius papago Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 120. ♂.

Anoplius subtarsatus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 578, figs. 18, 22. ♂.
Anoplius guatenialensis Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 154. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 304 (prey, nest).

Anoplius tenuicornis (Tournier)
Transcont. in Canad. Zone, s. to N. B., Vt., Man. and in mts. to N. Mex.
and Calif.; Holarctic.
Pompilus tenuicornis Tournier, 1889. Ent. Genevois 1: 159. ♀.
Pompilus pilivent'ris Morawitz, 1889 Soc Ent. Rossica, Horae. 23: 122. ♂.
Anoplius basalis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 578, figs. 9, 10. ♂.

Anoplius toluca (Cameron)
Calif, to west. Tex., s. to Costa Rica; adventive in Hawaii. Ecology: Nests in
soil. Prey: Alopecosa gertschii Schenkel, Lycosa sp., Schizocosa sp. in avida group,
Tarentula kochii Keys., Trochosa gosiuta Chamb., T. pratensis (Em.); adults.
Pompilus toluca Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 2: 195. ♀.
Anoplius tarsatus Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 233. ♀.

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Anoplius ventralis (Banks)
Austrorip. to Alleghanian Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Man., Ont., and N. S.
Ecology: Nests in sand and in hard-packed soil Prey: Agelenopsis naevia (Walck.);
Lycosa helluo Walck., Schizocosa saltatrix (Hentz), Trochosa frondicola (Em.).
Psammoclmres ventralis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 120. ♂.

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. See, Jour. 35: 399 (prey). -KurczTewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 23 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 375-376 (prey transport, nest).

Anoplius virginiensis (Cresson)
N. S., Sask., and B. C, s. to Wash., Colo., Mo., and Ga. Ecology: Occurs
in open woods; nests in pre-existing cavities in dead wood. Prey: Agelenopsis
pennsylvanica (Koch), A. utahana (Chamb. and Ivie), Wadotes calcaratus (Keys.); W.
hybridus (Em.), Coras juvenilis (Keys.); Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.); Pardosa
lapidicina Em.
Pompilus virginiensis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 92. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440 (larva).

Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 81-82 (prey hunting and
transport, nest, life history). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41:
22 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 72
(prey).

Genus POMPILUS Fabricius

The species of this genus prey upon errant spiders, principally of the families Lycosidae, Sal-
ticidae, and Pisauridae; they nest in sand or soft earth so far as is known.

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus POMPILUS Fabricius

Pompilus Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 212.

Type-species: Pompilus pulcher Fabricius. Desig. by Internatl. Comn. Zool.
Nomencl, Op. 166, 1945.

Members of the typical subgenus occur only in the Old World.

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus HESPEROPOMPILUS Evans

Pompilus subg. Hesperopompilus Evans, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 50: 141.
Type-species: Pompilus orophilus Evans. Orig. desig.

The seven known species of this subgenus occur in western North America south into Baja
California and Sonora.

Revision: Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 358-370.

Pompilus hilli Evans
Calif. (Pomona Mts.).

Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) hilli Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 183. ♂.

Pompilus idahoensis Evans
Idaho (Gooding).

Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) idahoensis Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 367. ♀.

Pompilus jacintoensis Evans
South. Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja CaHfornia, Sonora).

Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) jacintoensis Evans, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 146. 9

{6 misdet.).
Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) evagetoides Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 217. ♂.

Pompilus orophilus Evans
Transit. Fauna, Alta. and Nebr. to N. Mex. and Calif.; Mexico (Sonora).
Pompilus orophilus Evans, 1947. Ent. News 58: 14. ♀.

Pompilus rufopictus Evans
South. Calif, and Ariz, in deserts.

Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) rufopictus Evans, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 144. ♀.
Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) boharti Evans. 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 216, figs.
176,204. ♂.

Serrano Evans. South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) serrano Evans, 1966. Amer Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 369, figs. 58,

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Genus POMPILUS Subgenus XENOPOMPILUS Evans

Pompilus subg. Xenopompilus Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 531.

Type-species: Pompilus (Xenopompilus) tlahtiicanus Evans. Orig. desig.
tiahuicanus Evans. Ariz. (Portal): Mexico (Puebla, Morelos, Jalisco, Durango, Chihuahua).
Pompilus (Xenopompilus) tiahuicanus Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 534, fig. 1.

9,6.
Pompilus (Xenopompilus) tarahumarae Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 535. ♀.

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus PERISSOPOMPILUS Evans

Pompilus subg. Perissopompilus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 77: 222.
Type-species: Pompilus (Ammosphex) phoenix Evans. Orig. desig.

Pompilus perfasciatus Evans
South. Calif, and Ariz, in deserts; Mexico (Zacatecas).

Pompilus (Perissopompilus) perfasciatus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 225. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958. Ent. News 69: 147, figs. 1-2. ♂.

Pompilus phoenix Evans
Calif., Nev., Utah, west. Tex.; Mexico (Baja California and Sonora s. to Puebla
and Guerrero). Ecology: Occiu*s in open, semiarid areas. Prey: Filistata sp.
Pompilus (Am.mx)sphex) phoenix Evans, 1948. Pan- Pacific Ent. 24: 123. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 339 (prey).

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus XEROCHARES Evans

Pompilus subg. Xerochares Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 77: 218.
Type-species: Pompilus connexus Fox. Orig. desig.

Pompilus expulsus Schulz
South. Ariz.; Mexico to Nicaragua

Pompilus connexus Fox, 1893. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 4: 23. ♀. Preocc.
Pompilus expulsus Schulz, 1906. SpoUa Hym., p. 170. N. name.
Psammochares arizonica Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 115. ♀.
Pompilus rubriventris Bradley, 1944. Notulae Nat. 145, p. 9. N. name.

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus AMMOSPHEX Wilcke

Ammosphex Wilcke, 1942. Ent. Ber. 11: 25.

Type-species: Pompilus unguicularis Thomson. Orig. desig.
Anopompilinus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 7, 10, 11.

Type-species: Anopompilinus michiganensis Dreisbach. Monotypic.
Pompilus subg. Holarctopompilus Wolf, 1965. Schweiz. Ent. (Jesell., Mitt. 38: 101. N. syn.
(H. E. Evans).

Type-species: Psammochares gibbomimus Haupt. Orig. desig.
Pompilus subg. Boreopompilus Wolf, 1965. Schweiz. Ent. CJesell., Mitt. 38: 101. N. syn. (H.
E. Evans).

Type-species: Pompilus trivialis Dahlbom. Orig. desig.

Pompilus angularis
***authority mismatch
angularis (Banks). Transcont. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones; Mexico (Baja

California). Ecology: Occurs in sandy areas, and also nests in hard-packed soU. Prey:
Callilepis altitudonis Chamb., C. imbecilla (Keys.); Xysticus spp.; Pellenes spp.,
Habronattus ? sp., Thomisidae sp. Another subsp. occurs in Mexico.
Psammochares angularis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 115. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 32: 76 (prey transport). — Wasbauer and Powell,
1962. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 35: 399-400 (prey). —Evans, 1963. Ent. News 74: 239 (prey
transport). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 482 (prey transport).
— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 46: 72-73 (prey transport).
— Alcock, 1973. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 31: 323-324, fig. 1 (nest, prey).

Pompilus anomalus
***authority mismatch
anomalus (Dreisbach). U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, Alta. to Ariz., Calif.; Mexico
(Baja CaUfomia). Prey: Xysticus conctator Thor. Another subsp. occiu^ in Mexico.
Anopompilinus anomalus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 725, 737. ♂.
Anopompilinus amaudi Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 153, figs. 1, 2. ♂.

Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 35: 400 (prey).




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Pompilus dakota
***authority mismatch
dakota (Dreisbach). Transit. Zone, Alaska, Mont, and N. Dak. s. to Ariz, and N. Mex.
Prey: Thanatus foitnicinus (Oliv.). Another subsp. occurs in Europe.
AnopompUiniis dakota Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 728, figs. 9, 10.
Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 246 (prey).

Pompilus imbecillus
***authority mismatch
imbecillus (Banks). Transcont. in Transit. Zone except Pacific States. Ecology:
Occurs in open woods.
Anopliella imbecUla Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 227. ♀.

Anopompilinus coloradensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 724, 737. ♂.
Anopompilinus banksi Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 728, 737. ♂.

Pompilus imbecillus
***authority mismatch
ojibwae Evans. Canad. and Hudson. Zones, N. B. and B. C. , n. to N. W. T.

Pompiius (Ammosphex) imbecillus ojibwae Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 249.
9, S.

Pompilus luctuosus
***authority mismatch
luctuosus Cresson. Transcont. in Canad. Zone, entering Transit. Zone in West.
Ecology: Occurs in open woods. Other subspp. occur in Palaearctic Region.
Pompiius luctuosus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 452. ♀.
Anopompilinus hirsutus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 733, 737. ♂.
Anopompilinus mainensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 733, 737. ♂.

Pompilus michiganensis
***authority mismatch
michiganensis (Dreisbach). Hudson., Canad., and Transit. Zones from N. B., N.
W. T., Yukon, s. to Alta., Minn., N. Y., and in mts. to Colo, and Ga. Ecology: Occurs in
open woods and fields; nests in sand and sandy loam. Prey: Xysticus conctator Thor., X.
transversatus (Walck.), X.ferox (Hentz), X.funesius (Keys.), X. sp. Another subsp.
occurs in the Palaearctic Region.
Anopompilinus michiganensis Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: pi. 1, f\g. 3. ♂.
Anopompilinus aspinosus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 730, 738. cJ, 9.

Biology: Kurczewski and Snyder, 1964. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77:215-222, 6 figs, (prey
transport, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 23 (prey).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 376 (prey, nest).
—Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 73 (prey).

Pompilus occidentalis (Dreisbach)
Transit. Fauna, B. C. and Alta. to Colo, and Calif., s. in Mexico to

Morelos and Puebla. Ecology: Nests in gravel bank. Prey: Pardosa uintana Gertsch, P.
sp.
Anopompilinus occidentalis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 726, 736, 738. cJ, 9.

Biology: Powell, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 39-40 (prey). —Evans, 1963. Ent. News 74: 239
(prey transport).

Pompilus parvulus (Banks)
U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, N. Mex. and Alta., w. to the Pacific, s. in
Mexico to Baja California and Zacatecas.
Pompiloides parvulus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 227. ♀, ♂.
Pompiius {Ammosphex) parvulus tepahuanus Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 542.
i.

Pompilus silvivagus Evans
Transit. Zone forests, Tex., N. Mex., Colo., Ariz., Calif.

Pompiius (Ammosphex) solo7ius silvivagus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 241,
figs. 184,218. cJ, 9.

Pompilus solonus
***authority mismatch
solonus (Banks). L. and U. Sonor. Faunas, Calif., Colo., and cent. Tex.; Mexico (Baja
California). Prey: Lycosa sp. Another subsp. occurs in Mexico.
Pompiloides solonus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 303. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 241 (prey).

Pompilus wasbaueri Evans
Calif. (Contra Costa and Tuolumne Go's.).

Pompiius (Ammosphex) ivasbaueri Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 396. ♂.

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus ARACHNOSPILA Kincaid

Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900. Wash. Acad. ScL, Proc. 2: 509.

Type-species: Arachyiospila septentrionalis Kincaid. Monotypic
Pycnopompilus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 83.

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Pompilus arctus Cresson
Transcont. in Canad. and Transit. Zones; Mexico (Hidalgo, Mexico). Ecology:
Occurs in open woods; nests in gravelly soil. Prey: Arctosa sp., Schizocosa saltatrix
(Hentz), Trochosa a vara Keys.; Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.), A.ferox Walck.;
Clubiona sp.; Orodrassus coloradensis Em.

Pompilus arctus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 453. "♀"=♂.

PsainfHochares anoplinus Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 231, 232. ♀.

Pycnopompilus siouxensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 592, figs. 46, 47. ♂.

Pycnopompilus scuUeni Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 594, figs. 33, 37. ♂.

Pycnopompilus parvus Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 152, figs. 3, 4. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 260-261 (nest, prey). —Evans and
Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 86 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 376 (prey).

Pompilus fumipennis
***authority mismatch
eureka (Banks). Canad. and Transit. Zones, B. C. and Mont, to Calif, and N. Mex.;
Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Nests off side of mammal burrow. Prey: Tarentula
koclii Keys., Trochosa prateyisis Em., Lycosa sp.
Psarmnochares eureka Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 231. 9 ( Psam7)iochares catalinae Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 7. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. oc, Trans. 77: 268 (prey, nest). —Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey). — Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 400
(prey).

Pompilus fumipennis
***authority mismatch
fumipennis Zetterstedt. Transcont. in Canad. Zone, Alaska, N. W. T., and

Labrador to Wash., Alta., N. Dak., and N. Y.; north. Europe.
Pompilus fumipennis Zetterstedt, 1838. Ins. Lapponica, v. 1, p. 438. ♀.
Arachnospila septeyitrionalis Kincaid, 1900. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 2: 509. ♀.
Psammochares lasiope Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 81. ♀.

Pompilus scelestus Cresson
Transcont. in Transit, and U. Austral Zones, southern Canada to Calif, and

Ga., s. in Mexico at higher altitudes to Guerrero and Oaxaca. Ecology: Occurs in open

woods and on sand dunes; nests in light soil or sand. Parasite: Evagetes parvus (Cr.),

Ceropales sp. Prey: Lycosa ffulosa Walck., L. frondicola Em., L. sp., Trochosa avara

Keys., Lycosidae sp.; Dolomedes sp.; Phidippus sp.
Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 451. ♀, ♂.
Pompilus pulchriyiellus Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 194, pi. 11, figs. 12,

12a. 9.
Pompilus Om.iltemensis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 197, pi. 11, figs.

18, 18a. i.
Psammochares astur Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 225. ♀.
Psammochares sublaevis Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 20. ♀.
Pycnopompilus subscelestus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 591, figs. 39, 40. ♂.

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 153-163 (prey,
nest, parasite). —Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, social and solitary, pp. 230-242
(prey, nest, parasite). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 64-67 (prey, nest).
—Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 264 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski,
1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 23 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent.
Soc, Jour. 41: 377 (prey). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 483 (prey transport,
nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 73-74, fig. 2 (prey,
nest).

Genus POMPILUS Subgenus ANOPLOCHARES Banks

Anoplochares Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 229.

Type-species: Pompiloides rectus Banks. Orig. desig.

The North American species are found in open woods. The lack of a tarsal pecten suggests
that the females nest in pre-existing cavities, such as those of the prey as in the European spis-
sus Schiodte.

Pompilus apicatus Provancher
Newfoundland, Sask., and B. C. s. to Fla., Tex., and Calif.
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Pompiloides rectus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 303. ♀, ♂.
Pompiloides elsinore Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 235, 236. ♀.

Pompilus similaris (Banks)
Alleghanian and Carol. Faunas, Ont. and New England s. to Fla. and w. to
111.
Anoplius similaris Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. ♀.

Genus APORINELLUS Banks

Apori7iellus Banks, 1912 (1911). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 238.

Type-species: Aporus fasciatus Smith. Desig. by Banks, 1912.
Ferreoloides Haupt, 1929. Zool. Mus. Berlin, Mitt. 15: 150.

Type-species: Pompilus moestus Klug. Desig. by Bradley, 1944.
Eupompiloides Gussakovsky, 1935. Konowia 14: 141.

Type-species: Pompilus moestus Klug. Monotypic.
Ceratopompilus Bradley, 1944. Eos 20: 95, 97.

Type-species: Povipilus sexmaculatus Spinola. Orig. desig.

Occur chiefly in sandy places, and visit honeydew and occasionally flowers; prey usually upon
spiders of the family Salticidae.

Revision: Bequaert, 1919. Psyche 26: 115-123. —Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20:
402-423.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 185-186 (revised key).

Aporinellus basalis Banks
Kans., Tex. and Oreg. s. to Costa Rica. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Oxyopes
helius Chamb.
Aporinellus basalis Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 3. ♀.
Aponnellus bridwelli Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 291, figs. 197, 265. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 76 (prey transport).

Aporinellus borregoensis Evans
South. Calif., Ariz, and Nev.

Aporinellus borregoensis Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 184, fig. 2. ♂, ♀.

Aporinellus completus Banks
Transcont. in south. Canada and U. S., s. in Mexico to Chiapas at higher
altitudes. Ecology: Nests in soil. Prey: Phidippus clams Keys., Habroyiattus sp.,
Pellenes oregonensis Peckh., P. viridipes (Hentz), P. borealis (Bks.), P. sp., Evarcha
hoyi (Peckh.), Habrocestum pulex (Hentz), Maevia vittata (Hentz), Sitticus palustris
(Peckh.).
Aporinellus completus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 61: 97. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 294 (prey). —Evans, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc,
Trans. 32: 76 (prey). — Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 63 (prey, nest).
— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 377 (prey). — Kurczewski
and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 74 (prey).

Aporinellus fasciatus (Smith)
N. C, 111., Alta. and B. C, s. to Fla., Tex. and Calif., s. in Mexico at higher

altitudes to Puebla and Morelos.
Aporus fasciatus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 175. 6. Preocc in Pompilus.
Pompilus unionis Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 330. N. name.
Aporus apicatus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 126. ♂.

Aporinellus medianus Banks
Calif., Wyo., Mich, and N. Y. s. to Costa Rica. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey:

Oxyopes salticus Hentz, Maevia vittata Hentz, Phidippus whitmanii Peckh. ?, P. sp.,

Salticus sp.; Tibellus duttoni (Hentz), Xysticus sp. near gulosris Keys. This sp. was

consistently misdet. as fasciatus Sm. until 1966.
Aporinellus medianus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 97. ♀.
Aporinellus intermedius Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 240. ♀.

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 55-57 (prey, nest).
—Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 194-195 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and
Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 23-24 (prey hunting and transport, nest).

Aporinellus taeniatus
***authority mismatch
baboquivari Evans. Ariz. (Baboquivari Mts.).

Aporinellus taeniatus baboquivari Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 286. ♀.




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Aporinellus taeniatus
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rufus Banks. Colo., Minn., Nebr.

Aporinellus rufus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 230. ♀.

Aporinellus taeniatus
***authority mismatch
taeniatus (Kohl). B. C, Minn, and Mass. s. to Calif., La. and Fla., and to Guatemala
from sea level to at least 7500 ft. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Habronattus calcaratus
(Bks.), Pellenes agilis (Bks.), P. borealis (Bks.), P. viridipes (Hentz), P. sp.

Pompilus taeniahis Kohl, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 36: 315. ♀.

Pompilus taeniolatus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 326. N. name.

Aporus femigineipes Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 203. ♀.

Aporinellus califomicus Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 240. ♀.

Aporinellus banksi Bequaert, 1919. Psyche 26: 118. ♀.

Aporinellus seniirufus Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 326. ♀.

Aporinellus bequaerti Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 3. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 284 Novitates 2201: 13 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46:
74 (prey, nest).

Aporinellus taeniatus
***authority mismatch
wheclcri Bequaert. Alleghanian Fauna, Mass. to N. C.

Aporinellus wheeleri Bequaert, 1919. Psyche 26: 118. ♀.

Aporinellus yucatanensis (Cameron)
N. J., Iowa, Mont, and Oreg. s. to Costa Rica except at high altitudes.
Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Xysticus sp.
Pompilus (Aporus) yucatanensis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 189. ♀.
Aporinellus laticeps Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 230. ♀.
Aporinellus sinuatus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 298, figs. 199, 246, 250, 253,
256. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 194 (prey, nest; misdet. as apicatus).

Genus ALLOCHARES Banks

Allochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 98.
Type-species: Allochares bruesi Banks. Monotypic.

Revision: Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 148.

Allochares azureus (Cresson)
Fla. to south. Calif., s. in Mexico to Puebla and Veracruz.

Pompilus (Agenia) azureus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 131. ♀.
Pompilus sinaloae Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 192. ♀.
Allochares bruesi Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 98. ♀.

Genus PARACYPHONONYX Gribodo

Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. (2) 1: 306.

Type-species: Paracyphononyx melanicrus Gribodo. Monotypic.
Schistosalius Saussure, 1892. In Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, v. 20, Hym., v. 1, p.
313.

Type-species: Salius ellioti Saussure. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.
Paracyphonyx Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 81.

Type-species: Paracyphonyx metemmensis Magretti. Orig. desig.
Allocyphonyx Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 136.

Type-species: Pompilus maurus Cresson. Orig. desig.
Pompiloides Sustera, 1913. Zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 62: 180.

Type-species: Pompilus ruficrus Klug. Monotypic.
Dicyrtomus Haupt, 1927. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., Beih., pp. 150, 256.

Type-species: Pompilus ruficrus Klug. Orig. desig.
Atopopompilus Arnold, 1937. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 19: 22.

Type-species: Pompilus venans Kohl. Orig. desig.
Anacyphononyx Haupt, 1950. Explor. Pare Nat. Albert, Miss, de Witte, fasc. 69, p. 59.

Type-species: Pompilus semiplumbeus Taschenberg. Orig. desig.

Paracyphononyx funereus (Lepeletier)
Mass., Mich., S. Dak. and Utah s. to Fla., Tex. and Ariz., s. in Mexico to
Yucatan. Prey: Lycosa lenta (Hentz).
Anoplius funereus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 449. ♂.




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PompUus maurus Cresson, 1867 Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 88. ♀, ♂.
Psammochares {Alloc y phony x) harpalyce Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 250. ♂.

Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey).

Subfamily CEROPALINAE

This group is considered a family by some workers.

Revision: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 221-272, 32 figs.

Tribe MINAGENIINI

Genus MINAGENIA Banks

Pseudagenia subg. Minagenia Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 69: 40, 64.

Type-species: Pseudagenia (Minagenia) brevicomis Banks. Orig. desig.
Nannochilus Banks, 1934. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 171.

Type-species: Pseudagenia externa Banks. Orig. desig.
Compsagenia Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 29.

Type-species: Compsagenia laevipes Haupt. Orig. desig.

Biological notes have been reported on osoria (Bks.) only. The larva lives as an external
parasite of an active lycosid spider. The wasp cocoon is spun under bark.

Minagenia clypeata (Banks)
Md. to N. C, Mich.

Ageniella clypeata Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 306. ♂.

Minagenia shappirioi Dreisbach, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 839, figs. 1, 5. ♂.

Minagenia congrua (Cresson)
Alleghan. Fauna, Que. to Va., W. Va., Mich. M. michiganensis Dreisb. is
possibly a syn.

Pompilus (Agenia) congruus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 129. ♀.

Agenia rufigastra Provancher, 1889. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 264. ♀.

Minagenia semirufa Dreisbach, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 841, figs. 10, 14. ♂.

Minagenia externa (Banks)
Tex. (Lee Co.).

Pseudagenia exteiiia Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 124. ♀.
Julia (Brimley). Atlantic and Gulf Coast States, Md. to Tex.

Ageniella julia Brimley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 42. ♂.

Minagenia lata Townes
S. C. (McClellanville, Columbia).

Minagenia lata Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 230, pi. 3, fig. 36, pi. 4, fig. 44. ♂.

Minagenia lutea Dreisbach
Okla. (Vinita).

Minagenia lutea Dreisbach, 1955. Ent. News 66: 106. ♀.

Minagenia major Townes
D. C, Ga.

Minagenia major Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 229. ♂, ♀.

Minagenia michiganensis Dreisbach
Mich. (Roscommon Co.). Possibly a syn. of congrua (Cr.).

Minagenia michiganensis Dreisbach, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 842, figs. 9, 12. ♂.

Minagenia montisdorsa Dreisbach
Ohio, Ga., La., Tex.; Mexico (Baja California, Zacatecas).

Minagenia montisdorsa Dreisbach, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 840, figs. 3, 7. ♂.

Minagenia osoria (Banks)
Md., Va., W. Va., Ga., Tex. Host: Lycosidae spp.

Nannochilus osoria Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 172. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Kaston, 1959. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 54: 103-106, fig. 9 (host, life history).

Tribe NOTOCYPHINI

Genus NOTOCYPHUS Smith

Notocyphus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 172.

Type-species: Notocyphus saevissi7nus Smith. Desig. by Smith, 1873.

Notocyphus dorsalis
***authority mismatch
arizonicus Townes. L. Sonoran Fauna of Ariz, and Calif.

Notocyphus dorsalis arizoyiicus Townes, 1957. U. . Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 223. ♂, ♀.




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Notocyphus dorsalis
***authority mismatch
dorsalis Cresson. Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango).

Notocyphus dorsalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. ♀.
Notocyphus texamis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. ♂.

Tribe CEROPALINI

Genus CEROPALES Latreille

Ceropales Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins., p. 123.

Type-species: Evania maculata Fabricius. Desig. by Curtis, 1839.
Ceratopales (!) Howard, 1901. Insect Book. pi. 5, fig. 10.
Ceratopales Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 174. Emend.
Agenioxenus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 137.

Type-species: Ceropales rufiventris Walsh. Orig. desig. i=Ceropales robinsonii
Cresson).
Hypsiceraeus Morice and Durrant, 1915. Ent. Soc. London, Trans, pp. 403, 405.

Type-species: Evania maculata Fabricius. Orig. desig.

Members of this genus are social parasites of other spider wasps. The female Ceropales lays
her egg in the book lung of the spider prey of the host either during transport of the prey or
while the prey is lying unguarded. The Ceropales larva hatches first, devours the host egg, and
then feeds on the host prey.

Revision: Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 49-63.

Taxonomy: Dreisbach, 1948 (1946). Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters, Papers 32: 249 (key to
Mich. spp.). —Dreisbach, 1948. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 56: 233-268 (key to U. S. spp.).

Ceropales bipunctata
***authority mismatch
bipunctata Say. Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones.

Ceropales bipunctata Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, app., p. 334. ♂.
9.

Ceropales bipunctata
***authority mismatch
tibialis Banks. N. C. to Fla.

Ceropales bipunctata var. tibialis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 126. ♂, ♀.
Ceropales floridensis Dreisbach, 1948. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 56: 233. ♀.

Ceropales brevicornis Patton
La., Tex., N. Mex. n. to Pa. and Alta., Wash.

Ceropales brevicornis Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 368. ♂.
cubensis albopicta Cresson. South. Tex. to Panama, Baja California. Typical cubensis Cresson
occurs in the West Indies.
Ceropales albopicta Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc 12: 378. ♂.

Ceropales elegans
***authority mismatch
aquilonia Townes. Alta., Minn.

Ceropales elegans aquilonia Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 256. ♂.

Ceropales elegans
***authority mismatch
elegans Cresson. Pacific to 100° W. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones.

Ceropales elegans Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 208. ♀.

Ceropales Cressoni Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 58. ♂, ♀.

Ceropales elegans
***authority mismatch
quaintancei Viereck, Md. to Fla., 111., Kans.

Ceropales quaintancei Viereck, 1902. Ent. News 13: 275. "♂"=♀.

Ceropales femoralis Cresson
Va. to Kans., s. to Panama.

Ceropales femoralis Cresson, 1869. Boston Soc Nat. Hist., Proc. 12: 378. ♀.

Ceropales foxii Rohwer, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 369. ♂.

Ceropales fulvipes Cresson
Tex.

Ceropales fulvipes Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 208. ♀.

Ceropales hatoda Brimley
N. Y. to N. C, Minn. Host: Ageniella partita Bks.

Ceropales hatoda Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 201. ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (host).

Ceropales longipes Smith
N. J. to Ga., Mo.

Ceropales fasciata Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, app., p. 333;

Leconte Ed. v. 1, p. 224 Preocc.
Ceropales longipes Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 179. ♀.
Ceropales frigida Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 180. N. name.



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maculata caenosa Townes. Calif. (Sierra Nevada Mts.).

C empales maculata caenosa Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 242. ♀, ♂.
maculata fratema Smith. Transcont., chiefly in Canad. and Transit. Zones, but replaced in far
West by maculata stretchii Fox and maculata caenosa Townes, and in the
Alberta-Dakotas area by maculata rhodomerus Townes. Host: Pompilus scelestus Cr.,
Priocnemis sp., prob. germana Cr. Typical maculata (Fabricius) is European.
Ceropales fratema Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 180. ♀.
Ceropales minima Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 265. ♂.
Ceropales fratemus occidentalis Cockerell, 1898. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 2: 455. ♂.

Taxonomy: Rohwer, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 369 (notes on type of minima).

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 154-155, 239 (host).
—Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 112 (host).
maculata rhodomerus Townes. South. Alta. and Mont, to N. and S. Dak., and occasional
individuals from Minn., Mich., N. Y., Mass. in range of maculata fratema Smith.
Ceropales maculata rhodomerus TowTies, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 243. ♀, ♂.
maculata stretchii Fox. Calif, east of Sierra Nevada Mts., n. to B. C. and e. to Idaho, north.
Nev., and Utah.
Ceropales Stretchii Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 19: 52. ♀.

Ceropales neomexicana Rohwer
N. Mex., Calif.; Mexico (Zacatecas, Durango).

Ceropales neomexicana Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 236. ♂.

Ceropales nigripes Cresson
Pacific to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones; Mexico (Durango,
Zacatecas).

Ceropales niffripes Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 1: 139. ♀.

Ceropales texana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 4: 208. ♂.

Ceropales pacifica Townes
Oreg., Calif.

Ceropales pacifica Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 264. ♂, ♀.

Ceropales robinsonii
***authority mismatch
robinsonii Cresson. Que. to Fla, Ont., Ohio, IlL Host: Phanagenia bombyciva (Cr.).

Ceropales Robinsonii Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 1: 140. ♂.

Ceropales rufiventris Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 136, 163. ♂, ♀.

Ceropales superba Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 36. ♀.

Biology: Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 136, 163 (host).

Ceropales robinsonii
***authority mismatch
stigmatica Banks. Kans., Tex.

Ceropales robinsonii var. stigmatica Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 126. ♀.

Ceropales rugata Townes
Oreg., CaUf ., Wyo., Utah, Gulf and South Atlantic States; Mexico (Zacatecas,
Teotihuacan).
Ceropales rugata Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 264. cJ, 9.

Unplaced Taxa of PoMPnjDAE

Pampilus bipaHitus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 439. 9 . Philadelphia.

Preocc; replaced by Pompilus semipartitus Dalla Torre.
Pompilus semipartitus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. HynL, v. 8, p. 321. N. name for Pompilus

bipartitus Lepeletier.


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