© Edward Trammel · 9 Prionyx atratus Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Apoid wasp species Prionymx Sphecidae Sphecini 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Steve Nanz · 9 Prionyx atratus © Tom Murray · 9 Prionyx atratus © Edward Trammel · 9 Prionyx atratus, head © Steve Nanz · 9 Prionyx atratus, head © Steve Nanz · 9 Prionyx atratus, side Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Prionyx atratus, side Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Prionyx atratus, face Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Prionyx atratus, abdomen Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Prionyx atratus, top Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 1 Prionyx atratus Bohart, R.M., Menke, A.S. 1963 · 0 Prionyx atratus, map 19 thumbnails  •  slide show Overview Taken from: Bohart, R.M., Menke, A.S. 1963. A Reclassification of the Sphecinae: With a Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Tribes Sceliphronini and Sphecini. Male.—Average length 12 mm; head, thorax, and gaster black; wings dark; erect hair of head and thorax black; face with some appressed silvery pubescence; flagellum with fossulae about as in figure 102 (see Parker, 1960, fig. 4); scutum dull, individual punctures obscured by shagreening; scutellum slightly raised but dull; sternite VII entire; genitalia illustrated in Parker, 1960, figure 14. Female.—Average length 15 mm; face with extensive appressed silvery pubescence. Names Scientific source: Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato, Pulawski, 2011, California Academy of Sciences Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist, Ascher and Pickering. Integrated Taxonomic Information System Prionyx atratus (Lepeletier) (Fig. 34) Sphex labrosa Harris, 1835, in Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mm. Rot Zool. Mass., p. 588. Nomen nudum. Sphex atrata Lepeletier, 1845, Hist. Nat. Insect., Hymen., 3:355. Lectotype ♀, “sans Patrie” (TURIN). Present designation. Priononyx brunnipes Cresson, 1872, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 4:213. Holotype ♂, Texas (USNM). Geographic distribution Distribution.—T his species is the most abundant black Prionyx in the United States and northern Mexico. To the north it ranges into southern Canada (fig. 34). Natural history There are two female syntypes in Turin labeled atrata but without locality data. We are designating one as lectotype. The other all-black Nearctic species, subatratus, has different flagellar fossulae and a more strongly raised scutellum. Biology.—Evans (1958) listed the prey recorded for this species (Acridinae, Oedipodinae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Rau and Ran (1916) and Rau (1938) observed males and females of at rat us in gregarious slumber on plants. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-05-04 19:03:16 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation