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Superfamily VESPOIDEA
Family EUMENIDAE

The arrangement of genera adopted here is that used by van der Vecht and Fischer for the
Palaearctic fauna with interpolation in the appropriate position of the genera restricted to North
America or to the New World.

Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 203-210 (key to genera). — Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc.
Amer., Ann. 10: 364-366 (synopsis of N. Amer. spp.). —Bohart, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15:
97-98 (key to Odynerus, sens. lat. subgenera). —Bohart, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 107-113
(status of spp. described by Cameron). —Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5:
173-174 (key to genera), —van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972. Hym. Cat. 8: 1-199
(Palaearctic spp.). —Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, 9 figs, (use of
chromosomes in classification).

Biology: Krombein, 1961. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 51: 89-93, 6 figs, (symbiosis between
saproglyphid mites and eumenid wasps). —Cooper, 1967 (1966). Psyche 73: 238-250, 11 figs,
(egg hatch, number of instars, adult emergence from nest).

Subfamily EUMENINAE

Genus ODYNERUS Latreille

Genus ODYNERUS Subgenus ODYNERUS Latreille

Odynerus Latreille, 1802-1803. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., v. 3, p. 362.

Type-species: Vespa spinipes Linnaeus. Desig. by Shuckard, 1837.
Odynera Illiger, 1807. Mag. Insektenk. 6: 196. Emend.




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Epipone Kirby and Spence, 1815. Introduct. to Ent., v. 1, p. 349. Preocc.

Type-species: Vespa spinipes Linnaeus. Monotypic.
Oplopus Wesmael, 1836. Acad. Sci. Belg., Bui. 3: 45. Preocc.

Type-species: Vespa spinipes Linnaeus. Desig. by Girard, 1879.
Oplomems Westwood, 1840. Introduct. Mod. Class. Ins., v. 2 (Synopsis), p. 84. N. name.
Hoplonierus Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. ZooL, Index Univ., p. 185. Emend.
Hoplopus Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. ZooL, Index Univ., p. 186. Preocc. Emend.
Epiponus Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst. Misc. Collect. 254: 363.

Type-species: Odynerus dilectns Saussure. Monotypic.
Euepipona Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 39.

Type-species: Vespa spinipes Linnaeus. Desig. by Richards, 1937.

The nests are usually made in the ground but 0. erythrogaster utilizes twigs of elderberry
(Sambucus).

Revision: Bohart, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15: 76-84 (N. Amer. spp.)

Taxonomy: Richards and van der Vecht, 1968. Ent. Ber. 28: 196 (type-species of Odynerus).

Odynerus cinnabarinus Bohart
Calif., Ariz., Utah, Tex. in U. Sonor. Zone.

Odynerus cinnabarinus Bohart, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15: 83. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus dilectus Saussure
N. Y., Minn., Mont., Wyo., Colo., N. Mex., Calif., Wash., Oreg., Alaska, Alta.
in Canadian Zone. Ecology: Nests in ground burrows topped by erect turrets fashioned
of mud pellets. Prey: Hypera postica (Gyll.), H. punctata F., larvae; caterpillars.
Odynerus (EpipoJia) dilectus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 141. ♂.

Biology: Linsley and Michener, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 27 (nest, prey).

Odynerus erythrogaster Bohart
Calif, in U. Sonor. and Transit. Zones; Mexico (Baja California).
Ecology: Nests in Sambucus twigs. Parasite: Sarcophagidae sp.; Spliaeropthalma
(Plwtopsis) sp. Predator: Trichodes oniatus Say.
Monobia bicolor Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 421. ♀.

Preocc. in Odynerus.
Odynerus erythrogaster Bohart, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15: 81. S, 9. N. name.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 3 (nest, parasites, predator).

Odynerus margaretellus Rohwer
Colo., Oreg., Wash.

Odynerus margaretellus Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 242. ♂, ♀.

Genus PTEROCHEILUS Klug

The species are all ground nesting so far as is known and carry earth from their nests in
"baskets" formed by the long, fringed labial palpi. Caterpillars are used in provisioning.

Revision: Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 162-208.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1966. Ent. Ber. 26: 161-162 (type-species of Pterocheilus and
Nannopterocheilus).

Genus PTEROCHEILUS Subgenus PTEROCHEILUS Klug

Pterocheilus Klug, 1805. Beitr. z. Naturkunde, v. 1, p. 143.

Type-species: Vespa phalerata Panzer. Desig. by Blanchard, 1840.
Nannopterocheilus Bluethgen, 1961. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Abhandl. 1961: 62.

Type-species: Vespa phalerata Panzer. Orig. desig.

The typical subgenus does not occur in the New World.

Genus PTEROCHEILUS Subgenus MEGAPTEROCHEILUS Bohart

Pterocheilus subg. Megapterocheilus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 173.
Type-species: Pterochilus mirandus Cresson. Orig. desig.
This subgenus may be a synonym of Cephalochilus Bluethgen, 1939, which van der Vecht con-
siders to be of generic rank. Bohart noted that the Palaearctic grand is Lep. might belong to
Megapterocheilus; it is the type-species of Cephalochilus.




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Pterocheilus arizonicus Bohart
Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Max., Tex. in L. Sonor. Zone deserts.

Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) arizonicus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 174. ♂.
9.

Pterocheilus biplagiatus Cresson
Calif., Wash., Wyo. in U. Sonor. and Transit. Zones. Usually collected at
Phacelia.
Pterochilus (!) biplagiatus Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Pro'c, p. xix. 9 (6
misdet.).

Pterocheilus bradleyi Bohart
Ariz. (Nogales); Mexico (Sonora).

Pterocheilus {MegapterocheUus) bradleyi Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 195. ♂.
9 (?).

Pterocheilus crispocornis Bohart
Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz, in L. Sonor. Zone.

Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) crispocornis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 178.
S, 9.

Pterocheilus decorus
***authority mismatch
decorus Cresson. Oreg., Mont., Wyo., Colo., Nebr., Ariz., Utah, Nev., Calif, in Canadian
and Transition Zones.
Pterochilus (!) decorus Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. xviii. 9.
Pterochilus (!) zonatus Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. xviii.
Odynems (Pachodynerus) cosmiogaster Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 123. ♂.

Pterocheilus decorus
***authority mismatch
leucotaenius Rohwer. Alta., Wash., Oreg., Calif., Nev., Wyo., in Transition and
Canadian Zones.
Pterochilus (!) leucotaenius Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 554. ♀.

Pterocheilus denticulatus (Saussure)
Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico.

Leptochilus denticulatus Saussure, 1855. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 7: 373. ♂.
Pterochilus (!) lewisii Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 382. ♀.
Pterochilus (!) aztecus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 141. ♀.

Pterocheilus linsleyi Bohart
Western Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon).

Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) linsleyi Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 176. cJ, 9.

Pterocheilus mirandus Cresson
Utah, Nev., Calif, in U. Sonor. and Transit. Zones.

Pterochilus (!) 7ni7-andus Cresson, 1879. Amer. Erit. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. xvii. ♂, ♀.
Pterochilus (!) luteicollis Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 84. ♀.

Pterocheilus nigricaudus Bohart
Calif., Ariz., Nev.

Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) nigricaudus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 181.

9.
Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) inyoensis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 186. ♂.

Pterocheilus oregonensis Bohart
Oreg. (Lakeview, Lake Co.).

Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) oregonensis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 33: 182.
9.

Pterocheilus pedicellatus Bohart
Idaho, Calif., Ariz., Utah, Colo., N. Mex., Tex. in U. Sonoran Zone; Mexico.
Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) pedicellatus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 188.
i, 9.

Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus Say
B. C. Alta., Wash., Greg., Idaho, Mont., Wyo., S. Dak. to Tex., N. Mex.
Ecology: Nests in sand; the obliquely vertical burrow is divided into two horizontal
galleries ending in 1-3 cells. Prey: Noctuidae sp.
Pterochilus (!) 5-fasciatus Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 347. ♀.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 294-296, pi. 26, fig. 1 (nest, prey).
texanus Cresson. Tex., Fla., N. C. Ecology: Constructs 1-celled nest at end of vertical burrow
in sandy soil. Prey: Heliophana mitis Grt.
Pterochilus (!) texanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 244. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 265-267, figs. 5, 6 (nest, prey).

Pterocheilus trichogaster Bohart
CaHf., Oreg. in Transition Zone. Ecology: Nests in sandy soil in

aggregations. Parasite: Fedtschenkia anthracina (Ashm.). Prey: Hydriomeyia sp.
Pterocheilus (MegapterocheUus) trichogaster Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 183.

i, 9.

Biology: Bohart and Schuster, 1972. Pan-Pacific Ent. 48: 149 (nesting habits, prey, parasite).




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Genus PTEROCHEILUS Subgenus ONCHOPTEROCHEILUS Bohart

Pterocheilus subg. Onchopterocheilus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 191.
Type-species: Pterochilus(l) coviptus Cresson. Orig. desig.

Pterocheilus bakeri Cameron
Calif, in Transit. Zone from San Diego Co. to Butte Co.; Mexico (Baja
California).
Pterochilus (!) bakeri Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 123. ♀.

Pterocheilus comptus Cresson
Calif, in L. Sonor., U. Sonor., and Transit. Zones.

Pterochilus (!) comptus Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. xviii. 9.

Pterocheilus hirsutipennis Bohart
Calif., Nev., Ariz, in deserts in L. Sonoran Zone; Mexico (Baja
California).
Pterocheilus {Onchopterocheilus) hirsutipennis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33:
200. ♂, ♀.

Pterocheilus hurdi Bohart
Calif., Nev.

Pterocheilus (Onchopterocheilus) hurdi Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 197. ♂, ♀.

Pterocheilus laticeps Cresson
Tex., Ariz., Calif. (Owens Valley and southern deserts) in L. Sonoran Zone;
Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango).
Pterochilus (!) laticeps Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 244. ♀.
Odynerus leucospilus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 133. ♀. Preocc.

Pterocheilus micheneri Bohart
Calif., Nev., Utah, Idaho.

Pterocheilus {Onchopterocheilus) micheneri Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 196. ♂.
9.

Pterocheilus panamintensis Bohart
Calif., Ariz.

Pterocheilus {Onchopterocheilus) panamintensis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33:
192. ♂.

Pterocheilus pimorum (Viereck)
Southern Calif., Nev., Ariz, in deserts, in L. Sonoran Zone; Mexico (Baja
California).
Odynerus pimorum Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 405. ♂.

Pterocheilus sculleni Bohart
Ariz., Colo., Tex.

Pterocheilus {Onchopterocheilus) sculleni Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 196. ♂.
9.

Pterocheilus timberlakei Bohart
Calif, in U. Sonoran and Transition Zones north to Eldorado Co., Ariz.
Pterocheilus {Onchopterocheilus) timberlakei Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 194.
6, 9.

Pterocheilus trachysomus Bohart
Calif, in L. Sonoran Zone of southern deserts and Owens Valley.

Pterocheilus {Onchopterocheilus) trachysomus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 193.
i (9 misdet.).

Genus PTEROCHEILUS Subgenus MICROPTEROCHEILUS Bohart

Pterocheilus subg. Micropterocheilus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 201.
Type-species: Pterocheilus desertorum Bohart. Orig. desig.

Pterocheilus acuceps Bohart
Calif., Wyo.

Pterocheilus {Micropterocheilus) acuceps Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 208. ♀.

Pterocheilus cyathopus Bohart
Calif, in Transition Zone.

Pterocheilus {Micropterocheilus) flavobalteatus cyathopus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc Amer.,
Ann. 33:206. ♂, ♀.

Pterocheilus desertorum Bohart
Wash., Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Mex. in L. Sonoran Zone.

Pterocheilus {Micropterocheilus) desertorum Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 202.
6, 9.

Pterocheilus diversicolor Rohwer
Southern Calif., Nev., Ariz, in Desert of L. Sonoran Zone; Mexico (Baja
California).
Pterochilus (!) diversicolor Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 40: 554. ♀.

Pterocheilus morrisoni Cresson
Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz, in Transition, Canadian and Hudsonian
Zones.
Pterochilus (!) morrisoni Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. xix. ♂, ♀.
Pterochilus {I) flavobalteatus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 84. ♀.




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Taxonomy: Bohart, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 109 (synonymy).

Pterocheilus paenacuceps Bohart
Wyo., Idaho, Utah.

Pterocheilus (Micropterocheilus) paenacuceps Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 200.
9.

Pterocheilus provancheri
***authority mismatch
albotinctus Bohart. Calif., Oreg., Wash., Wyo., Nev.

Pterocheilus (Micropterocheilus) provancheri albotinctus Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
Proc. 63: 199. ♂, ♀.

Pterocheilus provancheri
***authority mismatch
provancheri (Huard). Calif., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Transition to Canadian and
Hudsonian Zones.

Odynerus truncatus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 158. ♂, ♀. Preocc.

Odynerus provancheri Huard, 1897. Nat. Canad. 24: 25. N. name.

Leptochilus cratocenis Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 122. ♂.

Pterocheilus pruinosus Cameron
Ariz., Idaho in Transition Zone.

Pterochilus (!) pruinos^is Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 227. ♀.

Pterocheilus seneconis Rohwer
Colo., Wyo., Mont., Idaho, Nev. in Canadian Zone.

Pterochilusi}.) seneconis Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 553. ♂, ♀.

Pterocheilus sparsipunctatus Bohart
Calif.

Pterocheilus (M icropterocheilus) sparsipunctatus Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63:
198. ♂, ♀.

Pterocheilus tricoloratus Bohart
Ariz. (Maricopa Co.), Calif. (San Bernardino Co.).

Pterocheilus (M icropterocheilus) tricoloratus Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 207.
9.

Genus LEPTOCHILOIDES Bohart

Leptochiloides Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 165.

Type-species: Leptochiloides utahensis Bohart. Orig. desig.

Leptochiloides arizonae Bohart
Ariz.

Leptochiloides arizonae Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 166. ♂.

Leptochiloides brevicornis Bohart
South. Calif.

Leptochiloides brevicornis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 167. ♂.

Leptochiloides utahensis Bohart
Utah (Bellevue, Washington Co.).

Leptochiloides utahensis Bohart, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 166. ♀.

Genus HYPALASTOROIDES Saussure

Hypalastoroides Saussure, 1856. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 328. Proposed
originally as a division of Alastor subg. Alastoroides Sauss.; validated by Op. 189,
Internatl. Comn. Zool. NomencL, 1970.

Type-species: Alastor brasiliensis Saussure. Monotypic.

Revision: Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 322-323.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1967. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 31 (request for validation of

Hypalastoroides Sauss., 1856). —Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1970. Bui. Zool.

Nomencl. 26: 187 (validation of Hypalastoroides Sauss., type-species Alastor brasiliensis

Sauss.).

Hypalastoroides mexicanus (Saussure)
Southern Tex.; Mexico to Canal Zone.

Alastor (Alastoroides) mexicanus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 141. ♀.

Hypalastoroides slevini (Bohart)
Ariz. (Baboquivari Mts.); Mexico (Baja California).

Alastoroides slevini Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 323. cJ, 9.

Genus MICRODYNERUS Thomson

Microdyneriis Thomson, 1874. Hym. Scand., v. 3, p. 58.

Type-species: Odynerus exilis Herrich-Schaeffer. Desig. by Jones, 1937.

Two North American species have been reared from nests in twigs; both species stored cater-
pillars as prey. A few Palaearctic species have been reported to nest in cavities in plants, walls
or rocks, and to provision with larvae of small Curculionidae.




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Taxonomy: Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 287-299, 19 figs, (review of trinodus
group). -Parker, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 241-253, 52 figs. (key).
arenicoius (Bohart). Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.

Leptochilus arenicoius Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 299, fig. 19. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus bakerianus (Cameron)
Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., Colo., Wyo. Ecology: Nests in
Sambucus stems. Parasite: Toxophom virgata 0. S., Anthrax irroratus Say; Clirysis
parkeri Moore, C. pattoni Aar., C. stenodyneri Krom.; Mutillidae sp. Prey: Lepidoptera
larvae. Predator: Triclwdes ornatus Say.
Ancistrocenis bakenanus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 220. ♂.
Leptochilus occidentalis Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 291, figs. 3, 8, 10. cJ, 9.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 108 (synonymy).

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 3 (parasites, predator). —Parker,
1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 242-243, figs. 51, 52 (nest, life history).

Microdynerus bechteli (Bohart)
Calif., Ariz.; deserts.

Leptochilus bechteli Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 294, figs. 1, 12. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus cavatus (Bohart)
South. Calif.

Leptochilus cavatus Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 295, fig. 13. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus gibboceps (Bohart)
Calif.

Leptochilus gibboceps Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 296, fig. 17. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus hurdi Parker
N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California).

Microdynerus hurdi Parker, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 248, figs. 4, 21, 27, 34. cJ, 9.

Microdynerus inusitatus Parker
Calif.

Microdynerus iyiusitatus Parker, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 248. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus lissosomus (Bohart)
Calif.

Odynerus lissosomus Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 88. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus monolobus (Bohart)
Tex., Fla.

Odynerus heterospilus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 201. ♀. Preocc. by

Cameron, 1907.
Leptochilus monolobus Bohart, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 897. N. name.

Microdynerus patagoniae Parker
Ariz. (Patagonia).

Microdynerus patagoniae Parker, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 252, fig. 23. ♂.

Microdynerus sayi (Cameron)
Calif., Nev., Oreg., Idaho.

Ancistrocerus sayi Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 221. ♂.
Leptochilus williamsi Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 297, fig. 14. cJ, 9.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 112 (synonymy).

Microdynerus schlingeri (Bohart)
Calif.

Leptochilus schlingeri Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 57: 298, figs. 4, 5, 18. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus singulus (Bohart)
S. Dak. south to Tex., west to Idaho, Ariz., Calif. Ecology: Nests in
Sambucus stems. Prey: Lepidoptera larvae.
Leptochilus singulus Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 293, fig. 11. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 243 (nest, life history).

Microdynerus trinodus (Bohart)
Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.

Leptochilus trinodus Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 289, figs. 2, 6, 7, 9. ♂, ♀.

Microdynerus umbifer (Bohart)
Calif.

Leptochilus umbifer Bohart, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 297, fig. 16. cJ, 9.

Genus LEPTOCHILUS Saussure

Genus LEPTOCHILUS Subgenus LEPTOCHILUS Saussure

Leptochilus Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 233.

Type-species: Pterochilus (!) mauritajiicus Lepeletier. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.
Zendalia Robertson, 1928. Flowers and Insects, p. 12.

Type-species: Odynerus zendaloides Robertson. Desig. by Bohart, 1951
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Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America. The nests are constructed in pre-existing
cavities, usually in stems or twigs, but a Mexican species is recorded as nesting in a rock crevice,
and the type-species from Europe apparently nests only in empty snail shells. The species are
known to prey upon larvae of Coleoptera or Lepidoptera, or sometimes a combination of both.

Revision: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 153-229, 239 figs., 18 maps (Nearctic
spp.).

Species Group Mesolobus

Leptochilus mesolobus Parker
Southern Calif, in Mojave Desert.

Leptochilus mesolobus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 177, figs. 33, 38, 39, 42,
43, map 16. cJ, 9.

Species Group Minutissimus
Taxonomy: Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 87 (group characters).

Leptochilus gibberus Parker
Southern Ariz, in mts.

Leptochilus gibberus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 180, figs. 34, 37, 40, 44,
45, map I. 3 , 9 .

Leptochilus minutissimus (Bohart)
Tex. to Calif., Nev.; Mexico (Baja California).

Odynenis minutissimus Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 87. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus petilus Parker
Southwest Tex.; Mexico south to Oaxaca and Puebla. Ecology: Nest in old
beetle burrow in dead twig. Prey: Leaf-mining larvae of Coleoptera.
Leptochilus petilus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 178, figs. 35, 36, 41, 46, 47,
map 1. (J, 9.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 166, fig. 4 (nest, prey).

Species Group Erubescens

Both species nest in twigs and use macerated pith rather than mud in nest construction.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 89 (group characters).

Leptochilus erubescens (Bohart)
Wash, and Idaho south to Calif, and Nev. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus
stems. Prey: Larvae of Coleoptera.
Odynerus erubescens Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 89. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 162 (nest, life history).

Leptochilus periallis Parker
Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz. Ecology: Nests in Hving and dead stems and
twigs. Parasite: Anthrax irroratus Say; Aritranis notata sierrae Tow.;
Microdontomems anthidii (Ashm.); Ceratochrysis thysana Boh. Prey: Larvae of
Gelechioidea.
Leptochilus periallis Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 182, figs. 50-54, 58, 59,
map 2. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 160-162, fig. 2 (nest, life history).

Species Group Bellulus

Leptochilus autumnus Parker
Western Nev.

Leptochilus autumnus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 185. ♀.

Leptochilus bellulus (Cresson)
Ga., Ala., Miss., Ark., Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz,
Guanajuato).
Odynerus belluius Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 243. ♀.
Odynerus fedorensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 200. ♂.
elienae Parker. Calif., Ariz. Ecology: Nests in old beetle borings in dead Ephedra branches.
Leptochilus elienae Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 185, figs. 60, 63-65, 71, 72,
map 3. cJ, 9.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 162 (nest).

Leptochilus marshi Parker
N. Mex., Ariz.

Leptochilus marshi Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 184, figs. 61, 69, 70, map 3.

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Species Group Rufinodus

The species of this group build the most complex nests in the family Eumenidae. The known
species construct a linear series of cells in old borings in twigs. Each cell is closed with a com-
plex plug consisting of a layer of macerated pith above which is a layer of mud or sand. At matu-
rity the larva moves through the pith layer into the earthen layer and moves the earthen parti-
cles around, spinning them together with silk to form a cocoon.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 81-82 (key to spp., group characters).

Leptochilus chiricahua Parker
Southern Ariz, and Calif. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stem traps.

Parasite: Macrosiagon c. cruentum (Germ.); Sphaeropthalma amphion (Fox). Prey:
Larvae of leaf-mining Coleoptera.
Leptockilus chiricahua Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 190, figs. 91, 97, 98,
map 6. cJ, 9.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 166 (nest, prey, parasite).

Leptochilus ornatus Saussure
Mass. to Fla., Nebr., Colo., Kans., Tex. Ecology: Nests in old borings in
twigs o{ Rhus and Sambiicus. Parasite: Toxophora amphitea Wlkr.; Rhydinofoenus
tarsatorius (Say); Epistenia os7niae Ashm., E. coeruleata Westw.; Ceratochrysis
enhuycki Coop. Prey: Chalepus scapularis Oliv.?, C. dorsalis Thunb. ?; Brachys ovatus
complex; Prionomerus calceatus (Say); all are leaf-mining beetle larvae.

Leptochilus Ornatus Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 236. ♀, ♂.
Preocc. in Odynerus.

Odynenis republicanus Dalla Torre, 1889. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 8: 125. N. name.

Odynerus zendaloides Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. ♂.

Biology: Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 400-404 (nest, life history). — Krombein,
1959. Ent. News 70: 17-23 (nest, life history).

Leptochilus rubicundulus (Bohart)
Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Odynerus rubicundulus Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 90. ♂, ♀.
rufinodus (Cresson). Wash, to Calif., east through Idaho to Wyo., western Kans. and N. Mex.
Ecology: Nests in stems oi Sambucus, Foeniculum, Cirsium, Tetradymia, Nama.
Parasite: Anthrax irroratus Say; Clistopyga canadensis Prov.; Eurytoma stigmi Ashm.;
Epistenia odyneri Ashm., E. sp.; Ceratochrysis tuberella Boh., Chrysis derivata Buyss.,
C. parkeri Moore?
Odynerus rufinodus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 381. ♀.
Odynerus rufobasilaris Ashmead, 1896. Psyche 7: 335. ♀.
Odynerus bruesi Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 81. ♂.

Biology: Davidson, 1896. Psyche 7: 335-336 (nest). —Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc.
Pub. 5: 163-165, figs. 5, 6 (nest, life history).

Leptochilus trachysomus (Bohart)
Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in trap-stems.

Odynerus trachysomus Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 84. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus washo Parker
Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua). Ecology:
Nests in stems of Argemone, Stanleya, Sambucus. Parasite: Macrosiagon c. cruentum
(Germ.); Phaenacra sp.; Anthrax irroratus Say; Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) sp.;
Chrysis pattoni Aar. Prey: Leaf-mining larvae of Exema sp.
Leptochilus washo Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 189, figs. 79, 80, 87, 88, 93,
map 4. Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 165 (nest, life history).

Species Group Acolhuus
Taxonomy: Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 85 (characters of tylocephalus group).

Leptochilus acolhuus (Saussure)
N. J. to Fla., Ala., Tex. to Ariz.; Mexico to Costa Rica. Prey: Leaf-mining
larvae of Gracilariidae from Galactica.
Odynerus (Odynerus) acolhuus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 280. ♀.
Odynerus tylocephalus Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 85. c?, 9.
Odynerus monotylus Bohart, 1940. Pan-Pacific Ent. 16: 86. ♂, ♀.

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Leptochilus californicus Parker
Southern Calif, in mts.

Leptochilus californicus Parker, 1966. Ent. Sec. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 195, figs. 104, 110,
115, 129, 130, map 7. c?, 9.

Species Group Paiute

Leptochilus paiute Parker
Nev., Calif.

Leptochilus paiute Parker, 1966. Ent. See. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 199, figs. 132, 135, 136, 138,
139, 147, 148, map 9. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus stangei Parker
N. Mex. (Jemez Springs); Mexico (Guanajuato). Ecology: Nests in hole in rock.
Leptochilus stangei Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 199, figs. 133, 149, 151,
map 9. (J , 9 .

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 166 (nest).

Species Group Irwini

Leptochilus irwini Parker
Southern Tex. to Calif., Nev. Ecology: Nests in old Harrnolita galls on Hilaria.
Leptochilus irwini Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 199, figs. 131, 137, 140, 144,
146, map 9. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 166-167 (nest).

Leptochilus krombeini Parker
Fla. (Highlands Co.). Ecology: May nest in dead twigs of live oak.

Leptochilus krombeini Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 201, figs. 134, 141, 143,
map 9. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 167 (nest).

Species Group Electus

Leptochilus crocatus Parker
Ariz. (Huachuca Mts.); Mexico (Morelos, Guerrero, Puebla).

Leptochilus crocatus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 210, figs. 158, 159, map
12. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus electus (Cresson)
S. C, Fla., Kans., Colo., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua,
Sonora, Sinaloa, Zacatecas). Ecology: Nests in small branches of dead composite in
desert. Parasite: Microdontomerus anthidii (Ashm.). Prey: Larvae of Lepidoptera.
Odynerus electus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 243. ♂.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 167, fig. 3 (nest, parasite).

Leptochilus ferrugineus Parker
Ariz, to Tex. in Chihuahuan Desert.

Leptochilus femiginetis Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 206, figs. 156, 157,
170, map 12. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus levinodus Bohart
Calif. (Needles); Mexico (Baja California).

Leptochilus levinodus Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 324. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus menkei Parker
Nev., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Nests in beetle burrow
in Ephedra, and in gall on Tetradymia.
Leptochilus menkei Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 206, figs. 1, 152, 153, 164,
166, 167, 171, 175, map \2. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 167 (nest).

Leptochilus michelbacheri Bohart
Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Leptochilus michelbacheri Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 326. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus tosquineti (Cameron)
Calif., Nev. Ecology: Nests in twigs of Sambucus and in gall on
Tetradymia. Prey: Yponomeutidae, larvae.
Odynerus tosquineti Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 82. ♂.

Biology: Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 167 (nest, prey).

Species Group Chichimecus

Leptochilus boharti Parker
Calif.

Leptochilus boharti Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 217, figs. 210, 211, 226,
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Leptochilus brachialis Parker
Southern Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Queretaro, Zacatecas, Durango).

Leptochihis brachialis Parker, 1966. Ent. Sec. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 215, figs. 214, 215, 230,
235, map 17. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus chichimecus (Saussure)
Southern Ariz, and Tex. south to El Salvador.

Odynerus chichimecus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 280. ♀.

Leptochilus dolius Parker
Ariz, in Sonoran Desert; Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa).

Leptochilus dolius Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 216, figs. 194, 195, 227, map
17. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus humerus Parker
Calif., Nev., Ariz., Tex.

Leptochilus humerus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 220, figs. 202, 203, 220,
map 10. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus labrosus Parker
Southern Ariz, and Calif.

Leptochilus labrosus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 218, figs. 196, 197, 218,
232, map 18. ♂, ♀.

Leptochilus milleri Parker
Southern Calif, in Colorado Desert.

Leptochilus milleri Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 5: 222, figs. 200, 201, 228, 231,
map 10. cJ, 9.

Leptochilus monticolus Parker
Nev., Ariz., N. Mex.

Leptochilus ni07iticolus Parker, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer. , Misc. Pub. 5: 220, figs. 204, 205,
221, map 10. cJ, 9.

Leptochilus propodealis Bohart
Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Leptochilus propodealis Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 325, figs. 4-6. cJ, 9.

Genus CEPHALODYNERUS Parker

Cephalodynerus Parker, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 364.

Type-species: Cephalodynerus unicornis Parker. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Parker, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 365 (key to spp.).

deformiccps (Bohart). Southern Ariz.

Odynerus deform iceps Bohart, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 153, figs. 1, 8, 11, 12. ♂, ♀.

Cephalodynerus russipes (Bohart)
Calif., Nev. in U. Sonor. Zone.

Odynerus russipes Bohart, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 152, figs. 13, 15. ♂, ♀.

scuUeni Parker. Tex. (Big Bend Natl. Park).

Cephalodynerus sculleni Parker, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 365, figs. 4, 9, 14. ♂.

Cephalodynerus unicornis Parker
Ariz., Utah.

Cephalodynerus unicornis Parker, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 365, figs. 1, 6, 15, 16, 19.
d, 9.

Cephalodynerus vanduzeei (Bohart)
n. comb. (R. M. Bohart and J. van der Vecht). Western Tex., N. Mex.,
Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Prey: Caterpillars.
Stenodynerus vanduzeei Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 327. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 140 (nest, prey, life history).

Genus SMERINGODYNERUS Snelling

Smeringodynerus Snelling, 1975. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77: 56.
Type-species: Odynerus morelios Saussure. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Snelling, 1975. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77: 56-58, 7 figs.

Smeringodynerus morelios (Saussure)
Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex.; Mexico (temperate parts).
Odynerus (Odynerus) Morelios Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 276.
Odynerus Moreliae (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 186.
Odynerus Morelii Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 299. 6. Emend, of

morelios.
Odynerus Morelos (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 299.
Ancistrocerus (?) nigro-hirsutus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 203. ♀.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) canamexicus Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 448. ♂.




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Genus DOLICHODYNERUS Bohart

Odynenis subg. Dolichodynerus Bohart, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15: 101.

Type-species: Odynerus (Dolichodynerus) turgiceps Bohart. Orig. desig.

Dolichodynerus tanynotus (Cameron)
Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon).

Odynerus (?) tanyiwtus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 133. ♀.

Dolichodynerus turgiceps (Bohart)
Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.

Odynerus (Dolichodynerus) turgiceps Bohart, 1939. Pan-Pacific Ent. 15: 102, figs. 4-8. ♂.
9.

Dolichodynerus vandykei Bohart
Ariz.

Dolichodynerus vandykei Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 80. ♂, ♀.

Genus MARICOPODYNERUS Viereck

Odynerus subg. Maricopodynerus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 397.

Type-species: Odynerus (Maricopodynerus) maricoporum Viereck. Monotypic.

One species has been reared from stems of Sambucus. It is presumed that all species nest in
abandoned burrows or cavities in stems or twigs. The prey is unknown.

Revision: Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 17-25.

Maricopodynerus chisosensis Bohart
Western Tex.

Maricopodynerus chisosensis Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 20. ♂, ♀.

Maricopodynerus decorabilis Bohart
Oreg., Nev., Calif.

Maricopodynerus decorabilis Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 22. ♂, ♀.

Maricopodynerus lissus Bohart
Ariz., southeastern Calif.

Maricopodynerus lissiis Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 23. ♂, ♀.

Maricopodynerus maricoporum (Viereck)
Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Baja California).

Odynerus (Maricopodynerus) maricoporum Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 397.
6.

Odynenis chelonogastrus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 202. ♀.

Maricopodynerus rudiceps Bohart
Nev., Calif., Idaho, Colo., Mont., Oreg., Wash., Utah, Ariz.

Maricopodynerus rudiceps Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 21. ♂, ♀.

Maricopodynerus sericifrons Bohart
Southern Calif., Ariz. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems.

Maricopodynerus sericifrons Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 19. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2 (nest).

Maricopodynerus shannoni Bohart
Wash.

Maricopodynerus shannoni Bohart, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 24. ♂.

Genus STENODYNERUS Saussure

Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Mem. 16: 228. Proposed
originally as a division of Odynerus subg. Leionotus Sauss.; validated by Op. 893,
Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1970.

Type-species: Odynerus chinensis Saussure. Desig. by Bohart, 1939.
Nannodynerus Bluethgen, 1938. Konowia 16: 281.

Type-species: Lionotus teutonicus Bluethgen. Orig. desig.

Most species utilize as nesting sites abandoned borings of other insects in twigs, stems or
wood, or old mud-dauber nests. A few make burrows in soil for a nesting site; in at least one spe-
cies a mud turret is constructed over the burrow entrance. Most species prey upon caterpillars,
but two of the ground-nesting species use larvae of both Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

Revision: Bohart, 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 6-11 (Anormis group). —Bohart, 1944.
Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 69-75 (Fundatus group). —Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 71-77 (Fla. spp.).
—Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 237-253 (Ariz. spp.).

Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1966. Ent. Ber. 26: 163 (generic synonymy), —van der Vecht,
1967. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 31 (request for validation of Stenodynerus Sauss.).
—Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1970. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 26: 187 (validation of
Stenodynerus Sauss., type-species Odynerus chinensis Sauss.).




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Stenodynerus ammonia
***authority mismatch
ammonia (Saussure). Fla., S. C.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) ammonia Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

1, p. 122. ♀.
Odynerus ammonis Smith, 1857. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 5, p. 83. Emend.
Odynenis floridanus Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. ♀.

Stenodynerus ammonia
***authority mismatch
paraensis (Saussure). U. S. west to Tex., Kans., Minn.

Odynems (Ancistrocerus) paraensis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

3, p. 207. ♂.
Odynerus clypeatus Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 196. ♂, ♀. Preocc. N. syn.

(J. van der Vecht).
Odynerus clypeolatus Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 42. N. name.

N. syn. (J. van der Vecht).
Odynerus bradleyi Robertson, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 82. N. name. Preocc N.
syn. (J. van der Vecht).

Stenodynerus anatropus Bohart
Calif., southern Oreg., Nev. Ecology: Observed nesting in loose gravelly
dirt on a 45 degree slope, the cells made of dirt stuck to a silk lining.
Stenodynerus anatropus Bohart, 1944. Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 71. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus anormiformis (Viereck)
Southeastern Calif., Ariz.

Odynerus (Stenodynerus) anonnifonnis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 407. ♀.

Stenodynerus anormis (Say)
Transcontinental and widespread in U. S. and Canada. Ecology: Reared from
cells in a pithy stem, the cells separated by mud partitions. Parasite: Amobia sp. Prey:
Caterpillars.

Eumenes anormis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 346. ♂.

Odynerus oculatus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 385. ♂.

Odynerus (Odynerus) Persecutor Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. ♂.
p. 256. ♂.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) philetas Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 214. ♀.

Ancistrocerus truncatus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 217. ♀. Preocc.

Odynerus approximatus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 79. ♀.

Odynerus crassispinus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 130. ♂.

Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, Social and Solitary, p. 91 (nest, life history,
prey). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 331-332 (nest, parasite).

Stenodynerus apache Bohart
Ariz., N. Mex., Tex., Colo., Wyo., Utah, Nev., Calif., Oreg.; Mexico.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) apache Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 244, fig. 1. ♂.

9.

Stenodynerus australis (Robertson)
Fla.

Odynerus australis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus beameri Bohart
Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Toxophora amphitea Wlkr.,
Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied. Prey: Lepidoptera larvae.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) beameri Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 75.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 126-128 (nest, prey, life history,
parasites).

Stenodynerus blandoides
***authority mismatch
blandoides Bohart. Western U. S. except Ariz., east to N. Dak., Wyo., Colo., N.
Mex. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems.
Stenodynerus blandoides blandoides Bohart, 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 9. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 3 (nest).

Stenodynerus blandoides
***authority mismatch
owensi Bohart. Calif., Nev.

Stenodynerus blandoides owensi Bohart, 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 10. ♂.

Stenodynerus blandus
***authority mismatch
blandus (Saussure). B. C, Wash., Idaho, Oreg., Calif., Ariz., Utah; Mexico (Baja
California). Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems.
Odynerus (Odynerus) blandus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 105. ♀.
Odynerus mathewi Cameron, 1906. Entomologist 39: 268. ♂.
Odynerus giffardi Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 237. ♀.

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Stenodynerus blandus
***authority mismatch
catalinae Bohart. Calif.

Stenodynerus blandus catali7iae Bohart., 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 10. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus blepharus Bohart
Md. south to Fla., west to W. Va., Tex., Kans.

Stenodyjierus (Stenodyyierus) blepharus Bohart, 1953. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 66: 185. c^, 9.
canus canus Bohart. B. C, Wash., Idaho, Mont., Wyo., Colo., Utah, Nev. Ecology: Nests in
crevices in volcanic outcroppings with entrance capped by mud turret. Prey:
Gelechiidae, Gracilariidae.
Stenodynerus canus canus Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 73, figs. 1-4. ♂, ♀.

Taxonomy: Clement, 1973 (1972). Pan-Pacific Ent. 48: 274-275, figs. 2-5 (larva).

Biology: Clement, 1973 (1972). Pan-Pacific Ent. 48: 271-274, fig. 1 (nest, prey, life history).
canus helvolus Bohart. Oreg., Calif., Nev., Ariz.

Stenodynerus camis helvolus Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 76. ♂, ♀.
chisosensis Bohart. Tex.

Stenodynerus chisosensis Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 79. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus claremontensis (Cameron)
Calif., Nev., Oreg., Idaho. Ecology: Nests in ground and constructs
mud turret over entrance. Parasite: Senotainia trilineata (Wulp), Amobia floridensis
(Tns.); Toxophora virgata 0. S.; Tetrastichus sp.; Chrysis venustella Boh. Prey:
Smicronyx sp.; Hispinae, probably Xenochalepus sp.; Plutella maculipennis (Curt.);
Carposinidae sp.; Gnorimoschema sp.; Yponomeutidae sp.
Odynems (Stenodynerus) claremontensis Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 122. ♀.
Odynerus mediatus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 79. ♀.

Biology: Markin, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 139 (nest, behavior). — Markin and Gittins, 1967.
Univ. Idaho, Res. Bui. 74: 1-24, 13 figs, (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Stenodynerus cochisensis (Viereck)
B. C, Wash., Idaho and Nebr., south to Calif., Ariz, and N. Mex.
Ecology: Nests in twigs and Sambucus stems.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) cochisensis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 395. ♂, ♀.
Ancistrocerus pelias Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 208. ♀.
Ancistrocerus pilias (!) Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 78.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest).

Stenodynerus coniodes Bohart
Calif., Nev., Utah, Idaho, N. Mex., Tex. Ecology: Nests in Tetradymia stems.
Stenodynerus coniodes Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 75.
Stenodynerus conoides (!) Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 79, figs. 17-20. ♂, ♀.

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

Stenodynerus foxensis Bohart
Ariz., N. Mex.

Stenodynerus foxensis Bohart, 1944. Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 73. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus fundatiformis
***authority mismatch
fundatiformis (Robertson). S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tex., Ark., Mo. Ecology:
Nests in sandy soil but does not construct a turret above entrance. Parasite:
Bombyliidae sp.; Miltogrammini spp.? Prey: Chlamisus sp., Chlamisinae sp.; Pyralididae
spp.; Gelechiidae sp.; Olethreutidae sp.; Synchlora aerata (F.); Psychidae sp.
Odynerus fundatiformis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. ♂.

Biology: Evans, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 268, figs. 3, 4 (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1964.
Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 4-10 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Stenodynerus fundatiformis
***authority mismatch
gonosceles Bohart. U. S. west to Mississippi Valley, mostly in central and
northern states.
Stenodynerus fundatiformis gonosceles Bohart, 1944. Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 74. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus histrionalis
***authority mismatch
histrionalis (Robertson). U. S. west to Tex., Okla., Kans. Ecology: Nests in

borings in wood. Parasite: Pseudoxenos robertsoni Pierce; Amobia erythrura (Wulp);
Chrysis stenodyneri Krom. Prey: Olethreutidae sp.; Gelechiidae sp.; Tortricidae sp.
Odynerus histrionalis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 196. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 57: 147-148 (nest, prey, life history).
—Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 134-136 (nest, prey, life history,
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Stenodynerus histrionalis
***authority mismatch
paenevagus (Viereck). Tex., Kans., Colo.

Odynerus paenevagus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 224. ♀.
Nortonia (?) hasimacida Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 224. ♀.

Stenodynerus histrionalis
***authority mismatch
rufustus Bohart. Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Amobia

erythrura (Wulp); Chrysis stenodyneri Krom. Prey: Olethreutidae sp.; Gelechiidae sp.;
Tortricidae sp.
Stenodyney-i(s histrioyialis rufustus Bohart, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 468. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 134-136 (nest, prey, parasite,
cocoon, life cycle; misdet. as ammonia histrionalis (Robt.)).

Stenodynerus hoferi Bohart
Southern Ariz.

Stenodynerus {Stenodynerus) hoferi Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 51: 246, fig. 3. ♂.
9.

Stenodynerus hybogaster Bohart
Mo., Kans. and Colo, south to Miss, and N. Mex.

Stenodynerus hybogaster Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc 79: 76, figs. 5-8. cj, 9.

Stenodynerus innobilis Bohart
Southern Calif.

Stenodynerus innobilis Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc Wash., Proc 79: 77, figs. 15, 16. cJ, 9.

Stenodynerus kennicottianus
***authority mismatch
antheus (Cameron). West. U. S. east to Wyo., Utah, N. Mex.
Ancistrocerus antheus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 210. ♂.
Ancistrocems tityrus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 211. ♀.
Ancistrocerus satyrus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 211. ♂.

Stenodynerus kennicottianus
***authority mismatch
kennicottianus (Saussure). Transcont. in U. S. and Canada except southwest.

Odynerus (Odynerus) Kennicottianus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 104.

Stenodynerus krombeini Bohart
N. C. (Kill Devil Hills). Ecology: Nests in wood borings in sandy areas.

Parasite: Pyemotes ventricosus (Newp.); Miltogrammini sp.; Chrysis stenodyneri Krom.
Prey: Gelechiidae sp.; Olethreutidae sp.
Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) kroynbeini Bohart, 1953. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 66: 187. ♂.
9.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 148 (nest, life history, parasite).
—Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 128-130 (nest, prey, life history,
parasites).

Stenodynerus lindemanni (Cameron)
Tex. (Lee Co.).

Ancistrocerus lindemanni Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 219. ♂.

Stenodynerus lineatifrons Bohart
Fla., S. C, N. C. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood in sandy areas.

Parasite: Toxophora amphitea Wlkr.; Chrysis stenodyneri Krom. Prey: Olethreutidae
sp.; Rhyacionia frustrana (Comst.), Tortricidae sp.; Gelechiidae sp.; Olethreutidae sp.
Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) lineatifrons Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 76. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55: 115 (prey). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 136-140 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Stenodynerus lissolobus Bohart
Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) lissolobus Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 51: 246, fig. 8.
6, 9.

Stenodynerus lixovestis Bohart
Calif, (southern), Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) lixovestis Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 51: 247, fig. 4.
S, 9.

Stenodynerus lucidus (Rohwer)
Que., Ont., B. C, Calif., Oreg., Wash., Idaho, Utah, Colo., Wyo., Mont., Mmn.

Ancistrocerus lucidus Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 235. ♂.

Stenodynerus microstictus (Viereck)
U. S. east to Missouri River, north to S. Dak., Wyo., Cahf.; Mexico.
Ecology: Nests in ground and constructs an entrance turret to burrow. Prey:
Phaloniidae sp.; Gelechiidae sp.; Cosmopterygidae sp.
Odynerus microstictus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 199. ♀.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) gulielmi Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 408. ♀.
Ancistrocerus (Nortonia) phoenixensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 225. ♂.
9.
Biology: Evans, 1956. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 58: 269, figs. 7, 8 (nest, prey, life history)




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Stenodynerus noticeps
***authority mismatch
clarki Bohart. Calif.

Stenodyiierus noticeps clarki Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 331. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus noticeps
***authority mismatch
noticeps Bohart. Calif., Nev., Oreg., Wash., Utah, Idaho, Wyo., Colo.

Stenodynerus 7ioticeps noticeps Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 330. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus ochrogonius Bohart
Ariz., N. Mex.

Stenodynerus ochrogonius Bohart, 1944. Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 74. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 155-156, fig. 3 (sleeping habits).

Stenodynerus oculeus
***authority mismatch
illinoensis (Robertson). Ill, Minn., Mich., N. Y., D. C, Va., northern Fla., La., Tex.

Odynerus illinoensis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. cJ, 9.

Stenodynerus oculeus
***authority mismatch
oculeus (Robertson). Fla., Ga.

Odynerus oculeus Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus opalinus Bohart
Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.

Stenodynerus opalinus Bohart, 1966. Biol. Soc Wash., Proc. 79: 80, figs. 10, 11. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus painteri Bohart
Southern Ariz.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) painteri Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 248. ♂.

Stenodynerus papagorum
***authority mismatch
papagorum (Viereck). Sask., Idaho, Wyo., Colo., Kans., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz.;
Mexico. Ecology: Nests gregariously in soil, the burrow entrance capped by a mud
turret, stores 14-19 coleopterous leaf miners per cell. Prey: Noctuidae sp.; Anthonomini
sp.; Xenochalepus sp. Predator: Philanthus pulcker D. T.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) papagorum Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 394. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 256-271 (nest, prey, life history). —Evans,
1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 479 (nest, prey, parasites?).

Stenodynerus papagorum
***authority mismatch
tinctifer Bohart. Wyo., Utah, Calif.

Stenodynerus papagorum tinctifer Bohart, 1944. Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 71. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus patagoniensis Bohart
Southern Ariz.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) patagoniensis Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 249,
fig. 7. ♂.

Stenodynerus percampanulatus (Viereck)
Western Tex., Okla., Kans., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Wyo., Idaho,
eastern Wash.; Mexico.
Odynerus percampanulatus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 200. ♂.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) blawus Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 240. ♀.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) odontosckius Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 241. ♀.
Odynerus (Stenodynerus) odontoschius var. dichrous Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc
49:241. ♀.

Stenodynerus propinquus (Saussure)
Ala., Miss., La., Tex., Ark., Kans., Mo., Okla., N. Mex. Parasite:
Pseudoxenos fundati Pierce.
Odynerus (Odynerus) propinquus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 104. ♀.
Odynerus fiindatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 242. ♀, ♂.

Stenodynerus pulvinatus
***authority mismatch
pulvinatus Bohart. Mass. south to Fla., Mo., Kans., Mich.

Stenorynerus (!) (Stenodynerus) pulvinatus Bohart, 1953. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 66: 186.
6, 9.

Stenodynerus pulvinatus
***authority mismatch
surrufus Krombein. Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Anthrax a.
argyropygus Wied.; Miltogrammini sp.; Chrysis inaequidens Dahlb. Prey: Gelechiidae
sp.; Olethreutidae sp.; Salebriaria sp , Phycitinae sp.
Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) pulvinatus surrufus Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc.
61: 149. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 150 (nest, prey, life history, parasite).
— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 130-133 (nest, prey, life history,
parasites).

Stenodynerus pulvivestis Bohart
Ariz., Calif, in desert; Mexico.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) pulvivestis Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 249, fig.
6. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus rudus Bohart
Ariz., southern Calif., eastern Wash., Wyo.

Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) rudus Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 250. ♂, ♀.




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Stenodynerus sonoitensis Bohart
Southern Ariz.

Stenodynerus {Stenody7ierus) sonoitensis Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 251, fig.

9. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus superpendentis Bohart
Ariz., Idaho, western Tex., Nev.

Stenodynerus {Stenodynerus) superpendentis Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 252,

fig.2. cJ, 9.

Stenodynerus toas (Cresson)
Kans., Nebr., S. Dak., Wyo., Colo., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. (San Diego Co.);

Mexico. Parasite: Pseudoxenos neomexicanus Pierce. Predator: Philanthus zebratus

7iitens (Bks.).
Odynenis toas Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 381. ♂, ♀.
Odynerus taos (!) Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 243. Emend.
Odynerus (Pachyodynerus (!)) cressoni Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 198. ♂.

9.
Odynerus vegasensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 210. ♂.
Odynerus pallidipictus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 83. ♀.

Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 156 (sleeping habits).

Stenodynerus valliceps Bohart
U. S. east to Minn., Kans., western Tex.; Mexico (Sinaloa).

Stenodynerus valliceps Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 329. ♂, ♀.

Stenodynerus ventones (Cameron)
Tex. (Fedor).

Odynerus ventones Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 210.

Stenodynerus williamsi Bohart
Ariz., N. Mex.

Stenodynerus {Stenodynerus) williamsi Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 253, fig. 5.
i, 9.

Stenodynerus xanthianus (Saussure)
Southern Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Odynerus {Odynerus) Xanthianus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 103. ♀.

Odynerus Xantianus (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 204.

Genus PARANCISTROCERUS Bequaert

Ancistrocems subg. Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 64.
Type-species: Odynerus {Ancistrocerus) fulvipes Saussure. Orig. desig.

Most species make their nests in abandoned borings of other insects in twigs, stems or wood,
in artificial borings in wood, in abandoned mud-dauber nests and insect galls, and in abandoned
borings of ground-nesting wasps or bees in the ground. One species constructs multicellular mud
nests attached to branches or twigs. The species have been reported as preying only upon larvae
of Lepidoptera.

All species have a complex symbiotic relationship with saproglyphid mites, each wasp having a
host-specific mite. Each species of wasp has developed an acarinarium, a chamber at the base of
the second abdominal tergum which is covered by the apex of the first tergum. The hypopial
stage of the mite congregates in large numbers in the acarinarium.

Revision: Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 71-74, 77-80 (Fla. spp.). —Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc Wash.,
Proc. 51: 237-241, 253-259 (Ariz. spp.). -Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 38-53
(Calif, spp., key to U. S. spp.).

Parancistrocerus acarigaster (Bohart)
Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Utah, Calif., Nev., Ariz. Ecology: Nests in

Sambucus stems and in abandoned mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Clirysis parkeri Moore.
Stenodynerus {Parancistrocerus) acarigaster Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 54: 49,
fig. 8. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nests, parasite).

Parancistrocerus acarophorus (Bohart)
Wash., Oreg., Calif., Nev. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems. Parasite:
Chrysis coerulans F.
Stenodynerus {Parancistrocerus) acarophorus Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 45,
fig.2cJ, 9.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest, parasite).

Parancistrocerus austrinus (Cresson)
n. comb. Tex., Okla., Kans., N. Mex.; Mexico.

Odynerus austri7ius Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 243. ♂, ♀.




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Odynerus excentralis Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 198. ♀.

Parancistrocerus bicornis
***authority mismatch
bicornis (Robertson), n. comb. Fla.

Odynerus bicornis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 196. ♂, ♀.

Parancistrocerus bicornis
***authority mismatch
ceanothi (Rohwer), n. comb. N. Y., Pa., Va., S. C, Mich., Tenn., Ark.

Ancistroceriis iStenancistrocerus) ceanothi Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 51: 449.
i, 9.

Parancistrocerus bicornis
***authority mismatch
cushmani (Bohart), n. comb. Western Tex., N. Mex., southern Ariz. Ecology: Nests in
borings in wood. Parasite: Saproglyphidae sp.; Chrysididae sp.
Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) bicornis cushmani Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc.
51: 253. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 143-144 (nest, life history,
parasites).

Parancistrocerus coronado (Bohart)
n. comb. Ariz., N. Mex., Utah, Colo., western Tex.

Stenodynerus {Parancistrocerus) coronado Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 255. ♂.
9.
colli (Bohart), n. comb. Calif., Oreg.

Stenodynerus {Parancistrocerus) cotti Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 52, fig. 11.
6, 9.

Parancistrocerus declivatus (Bohart)
n. comb. South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Stenodynerus declivatus Bohart, 1948. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 24: 331, pi. 12, figs. 7, 8.
6, 9.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 46, fig. 3.

Parancistrocerus fulvipes
***authority mismatch
fulvipes (Saussure), n. comb. U. S. west to Mich., Ill, Kans., Okla., Tex. Ecology:
Nests in borings in wood, in old mud-dauber nests, in abandoned borings of
ground-nesting bees, and also constructs its own burrows in ground. Parasite: Aiithrax
a. argyropygus Wied.; Vespacarus fulvipes Bak. and Cunl. Prey: Cymolomia sp.,
Tortricidae sp.; Characoma nilotica Rog.
Odynerus flavipes Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 2, p. 659. ♂. Preocc.
Odynerus {Ancistrocerus) fulvipes Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. ♂.
p. 205. 6, 9. N. name.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 340-344 (nests, prey). — Rau, 1935.
Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 30: 112 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and
bees, pp. 154-156, pi. 21, figs. 102, 104-107, pi. 22, figs. 109, 110 (nest, prey, life history,
parasites).

Parancistrocerus fulvipes
***authority mismatch
rufoveslis (Bohart), n. comb. Fla., S. C. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite:
Vespacarus rufovestis Bak. and Cunl.; Senotainia trilineata (Wulp) (?). Prey: Pyrausta
tyralis (Guen.), Pyraustidae sp.; Trichotaphe sp.; sp. of Olethreutidae or Phaloniidae.
Stenodynerus {Parancistrocenis) fulvipes rufovestis Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 78. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 270 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 156-157 (nest, life history, prey, parasites).
hislrio (Lepeletier), n. comb. D. C. and Va. to Fla., La. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood.

Parasite: Vespacarus histrio Bak. and Cunl.; Pseudoxenos louisianae (Pierce); Chrysis
stenodyneri Krom. Prey: Caterpillars.
Odynerus histrio Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 2, p. 638. ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 148-149 (nest, prey, life history, parasite).
— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 145-146 (nest, prey, life history,
parasite).
leionolus leionolus (Viereck). Ont., U. S. except Pacific Coast states.
Odynerus leionolus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 198. ♀.

leionolus yumus (Viereck). Western Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Colo.

Odynems {Stenodynerus) yumus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 397. ♂.
Odynerus {Ancistrocerus) arizonaensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 208. ♀.

Parancistrocerus macfarlandi (Cameron)
Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico.

Odynerus macfarlandi Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 79. ♀.




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Stenodynerus (Pamncistrocenis) chiricahuae Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 254.
i, 9. ■

Parancistrocerus mcclayi (Bohart)
n. comb. Calif., Idaho, N. Mex.

Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) mcclayi Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 51, fig.
10. (J, 9.

Parancistrocerus minimoferus (Bohart)
n. comb. Oreg., Calif., Ariz., Nev., Utah, Wyo., Tex. Ecology: Nests in
old Scelipliron cells.
Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) minimoferus Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51:
256. ♂, ♀.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 47, fig. 5 (male redescription).

Parancistrocerus parapedestris
***authority mismatch
arenosus (Bohart), n. comb. Calif., Nev., Ariz.

Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) parapedestris arenosus Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash.,
Proc. 54:48. ♂, ♀.

Parancistrocerus parapedestris
***authority mismatch
parapedestris (Bohart), n. comb. South. Calif.

Ste7iodynerus (Parancistrocerus) parapedestris Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 47,
fig.6. ♂, ♀.

Parancistrocerus pedestris
***authority mismatch
bifurcus (Robertson). Fla., Ga. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood.
Odynerus bifurcus Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 196. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 142 (nest, life history).

Parancistrocerus pedestris
***authority mismatch
pedestris (Saussure). Que., U. S. west to N. Mex., Kans., Minn. Ecology: Nests in

borings in wood, sumac and elder. Parasite: Vespacarus pedestris Bak. and Cunl;

Pseudoxenos louisianae (Pierce); Toxophora amphitea Wlkr. Prey: Gelechiidae sp.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Fuscipes Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

1, p. 143. ♂. Preocc.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) pedestris Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

3, p. 206. N. name.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Conformis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides,

V. 3, p. 219. ♀.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) proximus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 274. ♂.
Ancistrocerus parvispi^iosus Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 332. ♀.
Ancistrocerus Foxeanus Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 333. ♂.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) acanthopus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 223. ♀.

Taxonomy: Giordani Soika, 1941. Soc. Veneziana Stor. Nat., Bol. (n. s.) 2: 272 (generic
assignment).

Biology: Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 388-395 (nests, life history, parasite).
— Rau, 1935. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 30: 110 (nest). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps
and bees, pp. 140-142 (nest, life history, prey, parasite).

Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus
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ignotatus (Bohart), n. comb. Calif., Oreg., Wash., Idaho, Minn., Mich., N. B.
Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) pensylvanicus ignotatus Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash.,
Proc 54: 46, fig. 4. ♂, ♀.

Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus
***authority mismatch
pensylvanicus (Saussure), n. comb. Canada and north. U. S. south to Oreg.,
Colo., Kans., Mo., N. C, Tex., N. Mex. Ecology: Nests in borings in twigs. Parasite:
Bombyliidae sp. Prey: Tortricidae sp.; Olethreutidae sp.
Odynerus (Odynerus) Pensylvanicus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides,

V. 3, p. 257. ♀.
Odynerus (Odynerus) Huro Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p.

297. ♀.
Odynerus (Odynerus) Mohicanus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. ♂.

p. 297. ♀.
Odynerus (Odynerus) Pennsylvanicus Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254:

327. 6,9. Emend.
Biology: Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 395-398 (nest, life history). -Reinhard,
1929. Witchery of wasps, pp. 221-223 (nest, prey). —Rau, 1935. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 30:
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Parancistrocerus perennis
***authority mismatch
anacardivora (Rohwer). N. Y., Md., Va., N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., La. Ecology: Nests in
borings in wood and twigs. Parasite: Vespacanis anacardivorus Bak. and Cunl. Prey:
Olethreutidae spp.; Gelechiidae sp.
Odyneriis (Stenodynerus) anacardivora Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 241. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. In Krombein and Evans, Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 228-229 (nest,
prey, life history, parasite). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 151-153
(nest, prey, life history, parasite).

Parancistrocerus perennis
***authority mismatch
perennis (Saussure). U. S. west to Mississippi River, also Kans., Mo. Ecology: Nests
in borings in twigs and sumac. Prey: Blastobasidae sp.
Odynerus {Odynerus) perennis Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 277.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) minnesotaensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 231.
6.

Biology: Rau, 1935. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 30: 110 (nest). —Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71:
33. (nest, prey, life history).

Parancistrocerus polingi (Bohart)
n. comb. Southern Ariz., N. Mex.

Stenodynerus {Para7icistrocerus) polingi Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 257. ♂.
9.

Parancistrocerus rectangulis
***authority mismatch
frazieri (Bohart), n. comb. Calif., Oreg.

Stenodynerus (Parayicistrocerus) rectangulis frazieri Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc.
54:45, fig. 1. cJ, 9.

Parancistrocerus rectangulis
***authority mismatch
rectangulis (Viereck). Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood
and SambucHS stems. Parasite: Toxophora virgata 0. S. Prey: Caterpillars.
Odynerus {Stenodynerus) rectangulis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 393. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 153-154 (nest, prey, life history).
— Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 3 (nest, parasite).

Parancistrocerus salcularis
***authority mismatch
rufulus (Bohart). Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood and in old galls on scrub
oak. Parasite: Vespacarus saecularis Bak. and Cunl; Megaselia aletiae (Comst.) ?;
Aynobia ? sp.; Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied., Toxophora aynphitea Wlkr.; Melittobia
chalybii Ashm.; Chrysis coerulans F., C. inaequidens Dahlb. Prey: Olethreutidae sp.;
Gelechiidae sp.; Rhyacionia sp., Platynota rostrana (Wlkr.), P. sp., Tortricidae sp.;
Phaloniidae sp.; Pyrausta tyralis (Guen.), Pyraustinae sp., Homoeosonia sp., Phycitinae
sp., Epipaschiinae sp. Predator: Lepidophora lepidocera (Wied.).
Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) saecularis (!) rufulus Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 79. ♂.
9.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 146-151 (nest, prey, life history,
parasites, predator).

Parancistrocerus salcularis
***authority mismatch
salcularis (Saussure). Tex., Ga., N. C, Va., D. C, Md., N. J.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) salcularis Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

1, p. 122.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Saecularis (!) Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des

Vespides, v. 1, p. 142. Misspelled secularis, p. 145.
Ancistrocerus leensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 215. ♂.

Parancistrocerus siccus (Bohart)
n. comb. Colo., Utah, Wash., Calif., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California).

Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) siccus Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 54: 50, fig. 9.
6, 9.

Parancistrocerus subtoltecus (Viereck)
n. comb. Kans. (Hamilton Co.).

Odynerus subtoltecus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc Trans. 32: 197. 9, iS misdet.). Type
possibly lost.

Parancistrocerus texensis (Saussure)
Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., southern Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in borings in
wood and in old mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Saproglyphidae sp.
Odynerus (Odynerus) texensis Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 104. ♂.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) lacmius Fox, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 4: 111. ♀.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 49, fig. 7 (male characters).




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Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 144-145 (nest, life history,
parasite).

Parancistrocerus toltecus (Saussure)
Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex.:
Mexico. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood and Sambucus. Parasite: Vespacarus

Parancistrocerus toltecus
***authority mismatch
Bak. and Cunl; Toxophora virgato 0. S.; Melittobia clialybii Ashm.; CItrysis
barri Boh., C. arizonica Boh. Prey: Gelechiidae spp.; Phycitinae sp.
Odynerus (Odynerus) toltecus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 277. ♀, ♂.
Odynerus Packard} Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 335. ♀.

Taxonomy: Bohart, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 53, fig. 12 (male characters).

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nests, parasites). —Krombein,
1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 157-160 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Parancistrocerus vagus
***authority mismatch
slossonae (Bohart), n. comb. Fla.

Stenodynerus vagus slossonae Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 77. ♀.

Parancistrocerus vagus
***authority mismatch
vagus (Saussure), n. comb. Ont., B. C, U. S. except Pacific Coast states. Ecology: Builds
multicellular mud nests attached to branches. Parasite: Pseudoxenos loiiisianae (Pierce),
P.jonesi (Pierce); Chrysis sp.; Monodontomerus mexicanus Gahan.
Odynerus (Odynerus) vagus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 277.
Odynerus (Odynerus) collega Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 61. ♂.
Odynerus colon Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 241. ♂, ♀.
Odynerus delodontus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 196. ♀.

Biology: Evans, 1956. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 58: 269-270 (nest, parasite).

Parancistrocerus vogti (Krombein)
n. comb. Md. (Plummers Island). Ecology: Nests in borings in wood.
Parasite: Saproglyphidae sp. Prey: Gelechiidae spp.; Tortricidae sp.
Stenodynerus (Parancistrocerus) vogti Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 6. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 151 (nest, prey, life history,
parasite).

Genus PSEUDEPIPONA Saussure

Genus PSEUDEPIPONA Subgenus PSEUDEPIPONA Saussure

Pseudepipona Saussure, 1856. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 309. Proposed
originally as a division of Odynerus subg. Epipona Shuckard; validated by Op. 893,
Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1970.

Type-species: Odynerus herrichii Saussure. Monotypic

Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America. The Palaearctic /(. herrichii (Sauss.) nests
gregariously, making short burrows in firm sandy soil and preys upon larvae of Microlepidop-
tera.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1967. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 31 (request for validation of
Pseudepipona Sauss., 1856). —Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1970 (1969). Bui. Zool.
Nomencl. 26: 187, 189, 191 (validation oi Pseudepipona Saussure (misspelled Pseudopipona
on p. 187, and corrected in 1973 to Pseudepipona in Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 30: 66),
type-species Odynerus herrichii Sauss.)).
herrichii aldrichi (Fox). Alaska, B. C, Alta., Wash., Idaho, Mont., Wyo., Colo., Utah, N. Mex.
in Canadian and Transition Zones. Typical hen-ichii (Sauss.) is widespread in the
Palaearctic Region.
Odynerus aldrichi Fox, 1892. Ent. News 3: 197. ♂, ♀.

Genus EUODYNERUS Dalla Torre

Some of our species belong to the subgenera Pareuodynerus and typical Euodynenis. Others
belong to one or more apparently undescribed subgenera. So far as known the subgenera
Knemodynerus, Syneuodynerus and Xanthodynerus do not occur in the New World.

Our species have quite diverse nesting habits. A few species make original mud nests on rocks
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tural lumber, in old mud-dauber nests, and sometimes in old Polistes cells. The prey in all known
cases consists of caterpillars.

Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904. Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 38. Proposed originally for Sect. II of
Div. Ill of Odynems subg. Leionotus Sauss.; validated by Op. 893, Internatl. Comn.
Zool. Nomencl., 1970 (1969).

Type-species: Vespa dantici Rossi. Desig. by Bluethgen, 1938.
Euodynerus subg. Pareuodynerus Bluethgen, 1938 (1937). Konowia 16: 278.

Type-species: Vespa notata Jurine. Orig. desig.
Euodynerus subg. Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 1940. Ent. Tidskr. 61: 43.

Type-species: Odynerus (Lionotus) excellens Perez. Orig. desig.
Euodyyienis subg. Syyieuodynerus Bluethgen, 1951. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 81: 75.

Type-species: Odynerus egregius Herrich-Schaeffer. Orig. desig.
Euody7ierus subg. Xanthodynerus Bluethgen, 1954. Deut. Ent. Ztschr. 1: 265.

Type-species: Odynerus {Rhynchiuni) octavns Giordani Soika. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Bequaert, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 61-65 (color forms of annectens
(Sauss.)). — Bohart, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 245-251 (Boscii Group). — Bohart,
1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 145-152 (Congressus Group). —Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc,
Bui. 43: 81-87 (subspp. of f cram inatus (Sauss.), /msms (Cr.), tempiferus (Vier.)). —van der
Vecht, 1967. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 29-30 (genotype). —Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl.,
1970. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 26: 187-188 (validation of Euodynerus D. T., type-species Vespa
dantici Rossi).

Euodynerus alvarado
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alvarado (Saussure). Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico.

Odynerus (Odynerus) Alvarado Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 276.

Odynerus Alvaradi Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 268. 3, 9. Emend.

Odynerus (Pachodynerus) halmus Cameron, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 389. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus alvarado
***authority mismatch
safranus (Bohart). Western Tex.

Rygckium alvarado safranuyn Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 43: 86. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus annectens (Saussure)
Va., Ga., Fla. Ecology: The only nest described was of coarse sandy clay
with 21 kidney-shaped cells surrounding a twig.

Odynerus {Odynerus) annectens Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 59. ♀.

Odynerus tempiferus var. macio Bequaert, 1936. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 84: 81. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Clark and Sandhouse, 1936. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 84: 89-95 (nest).

Euodynerus annulatus
***authority mismatch
annulatus (Say). Ariz., Utah, Wyo. east to Tex., Kans., N. Dak., Alta.; north.

Mexico. Ecology: Nests in ground and builds curved mud tube above entrance; the cells
diverge leaflike from the main burrow. Parasite: Pseudoxenos hookeri (Pierce). Prey:
Loxostege sticticalis (L.).

Odynerus annulatus Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 348. ♂, ♀.

Odynerxis (Odynerus) Bairdi Saussure, 1858. Rev. Mag. Zool. (1) 10: 169. ♂.

Odynerus verus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 237. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus nificandis Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 328. ♀.

Pterockilus (!) maculifrons Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 226. ♀.

Odynerus annulatus var. birkmanni Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 124. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus annulatus var. oslari Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 125.

Odynerus sulciventris Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 130. ♀.

Biology: Hungerford and Williams, 1912. Ent. News 23: 250-253, pi. 14, figs. 5, 6 (nest, prey).

— Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 277-281 (nest, prey). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp

Studies Afield, pp. 300-312 (nest, prey).

Euodynerus annulatus
***authority mismatch
arvensis (Saussure). U. S. west to Tex., Okla., Kans., Nebr., S. Dak., N. Dak.

Ecology: Makes vertical ground burrows with one to six cells topped by a thick-walled
erect or bent chimney about 1 inch long. Parasite: Pseudoxenos hookeri (Pierce). Prey:
Loxostege sticticalis (L.), Elasmopalpus furfurelius Hist., Pyralididae spp.; Noctuidae
sp. Predator: Sole7iopsis sp.

Odynerus (Odynems) arvensis Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 59. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus cultus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 236. ♂.

Odynerus finn us Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 239. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus geminus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 240. ♀.




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Odynerus orasus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 196. cj, 9.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 271-276 (nest, prey, predator). —Evans, 1956.
Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 267-268, figs. 1, 2 (nest, prey).

Euodynerus annulatus
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evectus (Cresson). Southwest U. S. including Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico
(Baja California).
Odynerus evectus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 235. ♀.

Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 153-154 (sleeping habits).

Euodynerus annulatus
***authority mismatch
imperialis (Bohart). Southern Calif., Nev., Ariz., southwestern Utah; Mexico.

Rygchium. sulphureum hnperialis Bohart, 1945. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 47: 48. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus annulatus
***authority mismatch
sulphureus (Saussure). Calif., Oreg., Wash., B. C, Idaho, Nev., Utah, Ariz. Parasite:
Pseudoxenos liookeri (Pierce).

Odynems (Odynerus) sulphureus Saussure, 1858. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 10: 170. ♀.

Euodynerus auranus
***authority mismatch
albivestis (Bohart). Alta., Wash., Idaho, eastern Oreg., N. Dak., S. Dak., Wyo., Colo.

Odynerus boscii albivestis Bohart, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 249. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus auranus
***authority mismatch
aquilus Bohart. West. Kans. to west. Tex., west to Ariz.; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango).

Euodynerus auranus aquilus Bohart, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 463. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus auranus
***authority mismatch
auranus (Cameron). Calif., Oreg., Wash., Nev., Utah, Wyo., Colo. Ecology: Nests in
the ground, making clumps of five or six complete jug-shaped mud pots. Parasite:
Sphaeropthalma orestes (Fox).

Odynerus auranus Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica, v. 1, p. 148. ♂.

Euodynerus auranus
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azotopus (Bohart). Southern Nev., Ariz., southeastern Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Odynerus boscii azotopus Bohart, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 248. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus barberi (Bohart)
n. comb. Tex. (Brownsville).

Rygchium barberi Bohart, 1945. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 47: 56. ♀.

Euodynerus bidens (Saussure)
n. comb. Fla., S. C, Tenn., N. J., Minn.

Odynerus (Odynerus) bidens Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 58. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus boscii
***authority mismatch
boharti (Krombein). Fla.

Rygchium molestum boharti Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 61: 145, fig. 1. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus boscii
***authority mismatch
boscii (Lepeletier). N. C. to northern Fla.

Odynerus boscii Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. 2: 637. ♂.

Euodynerus boscii
***authority mismatch
molestus (Saussure). Eastern U. S. to northern Fla., west to Kans., Okla. and Tex.
Ecology: Nests in borings in wood, and in burrows in structural lumber. Parasite:
Macrosiagon c. cruentum (Germ.); Chrysididae sp. Prey: Desmia funeralis (Hbn.),
Framinghamia helvalis (Wlkr.), Pyraustinae sp., Tetralopha sp., Epipaschiinae sp.
Odynerus (Odynerus) turpis Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 60. ♀.
Odynerus (Odynerus) molestus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 61. ♂.
Odyneriis ynanifestus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 240. ♂, ♀. Preocc.
Odynerus primus Dalla Torre, 1889. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 8: 125. N. name.

Taxonomy: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 148-149 (as first reviser, synonymlzed
turpis under molestus).

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 101 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 83-84 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Euodynerus castigatus
***authority mismatch
castigatus (Saussure). Most of U. S., particularly more southern states; Mexico.
Predator: Philanthus zebratus nitens (Bks.).
Odynerus (Leionotus) Castigatus Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1,

p. 178. ♀, ♂.
Ody7ierusfusus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 238. ♂, ♀.
Odynerus fuscus (!) Dalla Torre, 1904. Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 45.

Euodynerus castigatus
***authority mismatch
rubrivestis (Bohart). Fla., Ga.

Rygchium fusum rubrivestis Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 4: 84. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus castigatus
***authority mismatch
sanneovestis (Bohart). Calif. (Owens Valley).

Rygchium fusum sanneovestis Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 4: 84. ♂, ♀.




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Euodynerus cockerelli (Cameron)
Pacific Coast states, Idaho, in Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones.
Ecology: Constructs vertical ground burrows as nesting sites.
Ajicistrocenis cockerelli Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 220. ♀.
Odynerus infuscipennis Bohart, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 146. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus congressus (Viereck)
n. comb. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif., Nev., L. Sonor. Zone; Mexico.

Odynerus (Stenodyyierus) congressus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 405. ♀.

Euodynerus crypticus
***authority mismatch
balteatus (Say). N. Y., Pa., N. J., Va., Ind., Ohio, Mich., Ill, Tex., Utah, Ont.
Rygchmyn balteatum Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 383. ♀.
Monobia Sylvatica Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 95. ♀.

Euodynerus crypticus
***authority mismatch
crypticus (Say). Ont., Alta., U. S. west to S. Dak., Wyo., Colo., Utah, Ariz.; Mexico.
Ecology: Nests in small colonies, making vertical ground burrows usually with about
three cells, one above the other, separated by clay partitions. Parasite: Bombyliidae sp.;
Miltogrammini sp.; Chrysis sp. Prey: Pyrgus c. commmiis (Grt.), Pholisora catuHus (F.).
Odynerus crypticus Say, 1823. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 81.

Rygchium Louisianurn Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 106. ♀.
Odynerus (Odynerus) Iturbide Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 276.
Odynerus designatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 235. ♀.
Odynerus Iturbidi (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 265. ♂.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 281-294 (nest, prey, parasites). — Rau and

Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 312-331 (nest, prey, life history, parasite). —Turner,

1922. Biol. Bui. 42: 153-172. —Rau, 1931. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 26: 5-6. —Vest, 1936.

Utah Acad. Sci. Arts and Letters, Proc 13: 207-209. —Rau, 1945. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui.

40: 29-30 (carnivorous habit, adult).

Euodynerus crypticus
***authority mismatch
stricklandi (Bequaert). Alta., Wyo., S. Dak., Nebr., Colo.

Odynerus dorsalis stricklandi Bequaert, 1940. Canad. Ent. 72: 55. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus delicatus (Cresson)
n. comb. Tex.

Odynerus delicatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 236. ♀.

Euodynerus digiticornis (Bohart)
n. comb. Ariz., Utah; Mexico (Baja California).

Odynerus canaliculatus Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 392. ♂. Preocc.

Rygchium digiticornis Bohart, 1945. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 47: 49. 3. N. name.

Euodynerus discogaster (Bequaert)
n. comb. Calif., Oreg., Wash., B. C, Idaho, Nev., Ariz., Colo., Wyo.

Ecology: Makes mud nests in cracks between rocks, with about three cells in a clump.

Odynerus discogaster Bequaert, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 65. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus exoglyphus
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albovittatus (Bohart), n. comb. Great Basin area including Wash., Oreg., Calif.,
Nev., Idaho, Wyo., Colo., N. Mex.

Odynerus exoglyphus albovittatus Bohart, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 251. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus exoglyphus
***authority mismatch
exoglyphus (Bohart), n. comb. Calif., Oreg., Idaho, Utah, Wyo., northern Ariz.

Odyneriis exoglyphus Bohart, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 250. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus foraminatus
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aequalis (Cameron). Western Tex. to Ariz., Colo., Utah, Idaho, Oreg. and Wash,
in Upper Sonoran Zone. Ecology: Nests in old mud-dauber cells.

Odynerus aequalis Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 329. ♀.

Odynerus sapellvensis Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 331.

Odynerus sulfuritinctus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 389. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus spectabilifortnis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 390. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus hidalgiformis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 391. ♀.

Odynerus spectabiformis (!) Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 391.

Odynerus sapelloensis (!) Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 125. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus deficiens Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1:126. 3 ■

Odynerus jeromensis Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 131. ♂.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 299 (nest).

Euodynerus foraminatus
***authority mismatch
apopkensis (Robertson). Central to southern Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in
wood. Parasite: Pyemotes sp.; Pseudoxenos hookeri (Pierce); Macrosiagon c. cruentum
(Germ.); Toxophora sp.; Amobia floridensis (Tns.), A. erythrura (Wulp); Chrysis
coendans F., C. inaequidens Dahlb., C. derivata Buyss. Prey: Olethreutidae sp.




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primarily; Platynota sp., Tortricidae sp., occasionally. Predator: Lepidopkora lepidocera
(Wied.) ?
Odynerus apopkensis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 196. ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 62-70, pi. 25, fig. 119 (nest, prey,

life history, parasites, predator).

Euodynerus foraminatus
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blakeanus (Cameron). Tex. (Lee Co.).

Odynerus blakeanus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 80. ♀.

Rygchium rugosum fedoris Bohart, 1945. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 47: 46. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus foraminatus
***authority mismatch
foraminatus (Saussure). Southern Canada, U. S. west to Rocky Mts. Ecology:

Nests in hollow twigs, burrows in logs, borings in wood, and old Polistes cells. Parasite:
Anthrax irroratus Say; Megaselia aletiae (Comst.); Pseudoxenos hookeri (Pierce), P.
foraminati Pierce; Pimpla spatulata Tow.; Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Lycogaster
pullata Shuck.; Chrysis coerulans F., C. nitidula F., C. inaequidens Dahlb. ?. Prey:
Gnorimoschema solidaginis (Riley), Gelechiidae spp.; Oecophoridae spp.; Olethreutidae
sp.; Archips sp., Enartnonia sp., Tortricidae spp.; Thyris niaculata Harr.; Desmia
funeralis (Hbn.), Loxostege sp., Pyraustinae spp., Acrobasis sp., Pyralidinae sp.,
Epipaschia superatilis Clem.

Odyyierus {Odynerus) Rugosus Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p.
179. ♂.

Odynerus (Odynerus) Foraminatus Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.
1, p. 180. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus {Odynerus) flavopictus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)9: 276.

Odynerus Harringtoni Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 327. ♀.

Odynerus santa-feae Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 330. ♀.

Biology: Hungerford and Williams, 1912. Ent. News 23: 255 (nest). — Rau and Rau, 1918.
Wasp Studies Afield, PP. 334-340 (nest, prey, parasite). —Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis,
Trans. 24, no. 7: 17-18 (nest). —Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 398-400 (nest, life
history). —Rau, 1932. Ent. News 53: 119-121 (nest). —Rau, 1935. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui.
30: 110-111 (cocoon). —Rau, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 129 (nest). — Hartman, 1944. Psyche 51:
1-4 (egg-laying). —Cooper, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 281-282 (nest, parasite).
— Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 56-60 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).
— Markin, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 132-133, fig. 1 (nest, life history). —Krombein,
1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 56-62 (nest, prey, life history, parasites, predator).

Euodynerus foraminatus
***authority mismatch
parvirudis (Bohart). Fla., S. C.

Rygchmm foraminatum parvirudis Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 4: 83. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus foraminatus
***authority mismatch
scutellaris (Saussure). Idaho, Oreg., Calif., Nev. Ecology: Nests in cavities in
Sambucus and in twigs, and in old mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Pseudoxenos hookeri
(Pierce); Anthrax irroratus Say; Amobia floridensis (Tns.); Epistenia sp.; Lycogaster
pullata 7ievadensis (Cr.); Chrysis coerulans F., C. derivata Buyss., C. parkeri Moore, C.
inaequidens Dahlb. Predator: Trichodes ornatus Say.

Odynerus (Odynerus) scutellaris Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 58. ♂.

Odynerus visellus Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 147. ♂.

Ancistrocenis rivularis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 215. ♂.

Odynerus blaiidinus Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 236. ♂, ♀.

Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 7, 8 (chromosome
number).

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest, parasites). —Parker and
Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2 (nest, predator).

Euodynerus guerrero (Saussure)
Western Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Nests in
borings in wood. Parasite: Chrysis arizonica Boh., C. inflata Aar. Prey: Pyraustinae sp.;
Noctuidae sp.
Odynerus (Odynerus) Guerrero Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 277.
Odynerus Guen-eri Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc Collect. 254: 294. 6,9. Emend.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 81-83, pi. 9, fig. 41 (nest, prey, life
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Euodynerus hidalgo
***authority mismatch
boreoorientalis (Bequaert). East Coast states, Ohio, Mo., eastern Kans. Ecology:
Nests in borings in wood. Prey: Homoeosoma electellum (Hist.).
Odynenis hidalgo var. boreo-orientalis Bequaert, 1937. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 11. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 77-79 (nest, prey, life history).

Euodynerus hidalgo
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hidalgo (Saussure). U. S. east to Miss., north to Mo., Kans., Colo., Calif.; Mexico.

Ecology: Nests in abandoned bee burrows in a cliff, in a Sceliphron mud nest, and in an
old Polistes nest. Prey: Caterpillars.
Odynerus {Odynerus) Hidalgo Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 275.
Odynems ductus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 238. ♂, ♀.
Odynenis Hidalgi Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 252. 6,9. Emend.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 296-299 (nest, prey). —Bequaert, 1939. Ent.

Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 68-69 (nest). — Rau, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 533 (nest).

— Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 154 (sleeping habits).

Euodynerus hidalgo
***authority mismatch
viereckii (Cameron). Calif., Nev., Utah, Idaho, Wash., Colo. Ecology: Nests in old
Sceliphron mud nests, dividing each cell transversely in two.

Odynenis viereckii Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 127. ♀.

Odynenis hidalgo var. boreo-occidentalis Bequaert, 1937. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 13. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus leucomelas
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leucomelas (Saussure). North, and west. U. S. and Canada south to mountains of
Tenn., N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Nests in cavities in sumac twigs. Parasite: Aynobia
distoria (Allen); Chrysis coenilans ¥., C. nitidula F. ?. Prey: Sarrothiripus sp., Palthis
angidalis (Hbn.); Rheumaptera hastata L. ?; Framinghamia helvalis (Wlkr.),
Tetralopha spp., Acrobasis spp., Dioryctria reniculella Grt., D. spp.; Pterophoridae sp.;
Olethreutidae sp.; Badebecia iirticana Hbn., Exartema spp., Griselda radicana Walsh,
Rhopobota naevana geminana Steph., Pseiidexentera spp., Sparganothis reticulatana
Clem., S. sp., Platynota sp., Pandemis spp., Archips argyrospilus Wlkr., A. spp., C.
rosaceana Harr., C.fumiferana (Clem.), C. pinus Free., Argyrotaenia veiutinana Wlkr.
?, Acleris variana Fern., A. logiana placidana Rob., A. sp.; Recurvaria spp., Eucordylea
spp., Trichotaphe levisella Fyles ?, T. spp., Gelechiidae spp.

Odynenis (Odynenis) Leucomelas Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. ♂.
p. 255. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Medler, 1964. Ent. News 75: 26-27 (nest, life history, parasite). — Fye, 1965. Canad.
Ent. 97: 718-722 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Euodynerus leucomelas
***authority mismatch
oregonensis (Bohart). Wash., Oreg., Nev., Utah, Wyo.

Rygchium foraminatum oregonense Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 43: 82. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus macswaini (Bohart)
n. comb. Calif, in Transit. Zone.

Rygchium macswaini Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 43: 80. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus martini (Bohart)
n. comb. Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah.

Odynenis martini Bohart, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 149. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus megaera (Lepeletier)
East, and south. U. S. north to N. Y., 111., Pa., west to eastern Tex., Okla.
Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Toxophora amphitea Wlkr., Anthrax
aterrimus (Big.); Chrysis coenilans F., C. inaequidens Dahlb. Prey: Archips sp.,
Platynota sp., Tortricidae spp.; Desmia funeralis (Hbn.), Framinghamia helvalis
(Wlkr.), Tetralopha sp., Epipaschiinae sp., Nephopteryx nyssaecolella (Dyar), N. uvinella
(Rag.), Phycitinae sp.; Psilocorsis sp.; Olethreutidae sp.; Palthis a^igulalis Hbn.
Odynerus megaera Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 2, p. 636. ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 146-147 (nest, prey, life history).
—Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 70-74, pi. 9, fig. 40, pi. 26, figs. 123,
124 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).
oslarensis (Cameron). Calif., Ariz. Ecology: Nests in borings in Sambncus stems and wood.
Prey: Phycitinae sp.; Gelechiidae sp.; Cosmopterygidae sp.
Odyner^is {Pachyodenms (.')) oslarensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 199.
9.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 84-85 (nest, life history, prey).




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Euodynerus planitarsis (Bohart)
n. comb. South. Canada, Maine, N. H., Mich., Wis., Minn., Colo.

Rygchium planitarsii^ Bohart, 1945. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 47: 45. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus pratensis
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brumalis (Bequaert). Wash., Oreg., northeastern Calif., Idaho, Nev.

Odynerus pratensis var. brxinalis Bequaert, 1936. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 84: 86. ♂.

Euodynerus pratensis
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pratensis (Saussure). Ont., Southwest. U. S. east to Kans., Tex., west to Calif.;
Mexico. Ecology: Nests in Sambuctis stems and wood. Parasite: Macrosiagon c.
cruentum (Germ.) ?; Toxophora sp.; Trichrysis mucronata (Br.). Prey: Caterpillars.

Odynerus (Odynerus) pratensis Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 61. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus clusinus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 234. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus egregius Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 197. 6. Preocc

Odynerus congressensis Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 132. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest). — Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 79-81 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). —Parker and
Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2 (nest).

Euodynerus provisoreus (Viereck)
n. comb. Ariz., southern Colo.

Odynerus (Stenodynerus) provisoreus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 396. ♂.
russatus (Bohart), n. comb. Calif., Ariz., Utah, N. Mex., Tex. in L. Sonor. Zone; Mexico
(Coahuila).
Odynerus russatus Bohart, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 150, figs. 2, 9, 14. ♂, ♀.

Euodynerus schwarzi (Krombein)
N. J., Pa., Md., D. C, Va., Okla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood.

Parasite: Toxophora amphitea Wlkr.; Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Chrysis nitidula F.
Prey: Gelechia albisparsella (Chamb.); Psilocorsis sp.; Tortricidae sp.; Loxostege
yuancalis (Led.).
Rygchium schwarzi Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 5. cJ, 9.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 74-77, pi. 9, fig. 39 (nest, prey, life
history, parasites).
tempiferus birepandus (Bohart). Nev. (Charleston Mountain Park).

Rygchium tempiferum birepandiim Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 43: 86. ♂.
tempiferus eldoradensis (Rohwer). B. C, Northwest. U. S. including Calif., Oreg., Wash., Nev.,
Idaho, Mont., Wyo., Colo.
Odynerus eldoradensis Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 238. ♂.
Odynerus robustus Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 238. ♀. Preocc.

tempiferus pritchardi (Bequaert). Okla.

Odynerus anyiectens var. pritchardi Bequaert, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 63. ♀.

tempiferus subrubeus (Bohart). Utah, Colo.

Rygchium tempiferum subrubeum Bohart, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 43: 85. ♂, ♀.

tempiferus tempiferus (Viereck). Ariz., N. Mex., southern Colo., Utah, Wyo., S. Dak.

Odynerus (Stenodynerus) tempiferus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 392. ♂.
Odynerus trichiosomus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 127. ♂.

tetraiobus (Bohart), n. comb. Calif.

Odynerus tetraiobus Bohart, 1942. Pan-Pacific Ent. 18: 148. ♂, ♀.

Genus MONOBIA Saussure

Monobia Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 94.

Type-species: Vespa quadridens Linnaeus Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.
Triarthra Dalla Torre, 1904. Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 28. Preocc.

Type-species: Odynerus cyanipennis Guerin. Desig. by Bequaert, 1940.
Tetrarthra Dalla Torre, 1904. Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 28.

Type-species: Vespa quadridens Linnaeus. Desig. by Bequaert, 1940.

Most species occur in Central and South America. Nesting habits have been recorded for only
a few species. The preferred nesting sites are in pre-existing cavities. Caterpillars are stored as
prey.

Revision: Bequaert, 1940. Rev. de Ent. 11: 822-842 (New World spp.)




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Monobia quadridens (Linnaeus)
N. H. to Fla., west to Wis., 111., Kans. and N. Mex. Ecology: Nesting
sites are in pre-existing cavities such as carpenter bee tunnels, hollow stems, old
mud-dauber cells, and occasionally in old burrows of ground-nesting bees. The nests
consist of a Hnear series of cells separated by mud partitions; usually there is an empty
intercalary cell between each stored cell. Parasite: Tortonia quadridens Bak.;
Monobiacarus quadridens Bak. and Cunl.; Anthrax aten-inius (Big.); Amobia erythrura
(Wulp); Megaselia aletiae (Comst.); Pseudoxenos bishoppi (Pierce); Melittobia chalybii
Ashm.; Chrysis sniaragdula F., C. inaequidens Dahlb. Prey: Nepliopteryx uvinella
(Rag.), N. sp., Phycitinae sp., Epipaschia superatilis Clem., E. sp., Tetralopha
asperatella (Clem.), T. sp., Epipaschiinae sp., Desmia funeralis (Hbn.), Pyraustinae sp.;
Steyioma sclilaegeri Zell., S. sp., Stenomidae sp.; Psilocorsis sp.; Gelechiidae spp.;
Platynota sp., Tortricidae spp. Predator: Lecontella cancellata (LeC), Cleridae sp.;
Dermestidae sp.

Vespa quadridens Linnaeus, 1763. Centuria Ins. Rar., p. 31.

Vespa quadricornis (!) Degeer, 1773. Mem. pour Servir a I'Hist. des Ins., v. 3, p. 584.
Lapsus.

Vespa cincta Degeer, 1773. Mem. pour Servir a I'Hist. des Ins., v. 3, p. 584. Preocc.

Vespa uncinata Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent. p. 367.

Vespa incincta (!) Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 259. Lapsus.

Biology: Ashmead, 1894. Psyche 7: 76-78 (nest). —Tandy, 1908. Ent. News 19: 231-232 (nest).

— Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 346-354 (nest, prey, life history). — Rau,
1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24, no. 7: 16 (nest). —Rau, 1926. Acad. Sci. st. Louis,
Trans. 25: 199-200 (nest). — Reinhard, 1929. Witchery of Wasps, p. 86 (nest). —Rau, 1931.
Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 26: 4-6 (lack of cocoon). —Rau, 1935. Ent. News 46: 57-58
(courtship, mating). —Frost, 1944. Ent. News 55: 10-14 (nest, prey, life history).

— Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 101 (prey). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting
Wasps and Bees, pp. 46-56, pi. 7, figs. 24-29, pi. 8, figs. 30-38 (nest, prey, life history,
associates). — Byers, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 235-238 (supersedure in Osmia
ligriaria Say nests, nest, prey).

Monobia texana (Cresson)
Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Veracruz).
Odynerus texanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 234. ♀.
Monobia Califomica Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst, Misc. Collect. 254: 129. ♂.
Monobia variabilis Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 137. ♀.

Genus MONTEZUMIA Saussure

Montezumia Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 87.

Type-species: Montezumia rufidentata Saussure. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.
Alpha Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 160.

Type-species: Montezumia rufidentata Saussure. Desig. by Bohart, 1951.
Beta Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 162.

Type-species: Montezumia morosa Saussure. Desig. by Bequaert, 1921.
Metazumia Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 114.

Type-species: Montezumia huasteca Saussure. Desig. by Bequaert, 1921.
Eumontezumia Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 27. N. name.

Most species are restricted to America south of U. S. Two of the Neotropical species are sup-
posed to build mud nests, but it has been suggested for one of them that it merely used aban-
doned mud-dauber nests. One species is reported as preying upon caterpillars.

Taxonomy: Bequaert, 1921. Rev. Zool. Afric. 9: 242-247 (diagnosis of typical subgenus, list of
spp.). —Bequaert, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 96 (raises typical subgenus to generic
rank).

Montezumia arizonensis Bequaert
Southern Ariz.

Montezumia arizonensis Bequaert, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 96. ♀.




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Genus PACHODYNERUS Saussure

Pachodynerus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 56. Proposed originally as a division
of Odynerus subg. Leionofus Sauss.; validated by Op. 893, Internatl. Comn. Zool.
Nomencl., 1970.

Type-species: Odynerus {Odynerus) califoniicus Saussure. Desig. by Bohart, 1951.

Most species nest in pre-existing cavities such as in stems, twigs, abandoned larval bagworm
cases, and abandoned mud-dauber cells, but one species (perhaps erroneously) has been reported
as also building mud nests attached to foliage. Caterpillars are stored as prey.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1967. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 31 (request for validation of

Pachodynerus Sauss., 1870). —Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1970. Bui. Zool. Nomencl.

26: 187 (validation oi Pachodynerus Sauss., type-species Odynerus califomicus Sauss.).

Pachodynerus astraeus (Cameron)
Southwestern Tex. to southern Calif.; Mexico (Baja California, Hidalgo).
Ecology: Nests in cavities in wood, Satnbucus stems, abandoned mud-dauber cells,
abandoned larval bagworm cases; it is also reported, perhaps in error, as building mud
nests attached to leaves of growing plants. Parasite: Sphaeropthalma (Photopsioides)
uro (Bl.). Prey: Caterpillars. Predator: Macrosiagon c. crue^itum (Germ.).

Odynerus (Pachodynerus) astraeus Cameron, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 390. ♀.

Odyiierus pulverulenta Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 33: 406. ♀.

Odynerus acuticarinatus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 82. ♀.

Biology: Rau, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 592 (nest). —Davis, 1964. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui.

244: 13 (nest). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest, parasite).

— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 85-87, pi. 24, figs. 115-118 (nest, prey,

life history, predator).

Pachodynerus erynnis (Lepeletier)
S. C. to Fla., west to La., Mass. (rarely after storm). Ecology: Nests in
pre-existing cavities such as borings in wood and abandoned cynipid galls. Parasite:
Megaselia sp.; Toxophora amphitea Wlkr., Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied.; Ainobia
erythrura (Wulp); Pseudoxenos erynnidis Pierce; Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Chrysis
inaequidens Dahlb. Prey: Stenomidae spp.; Blastobasidae sp.; Platynota sp., Tortricidae
sp.; Psilocorsis sp., Oecophoridae spp.; Acrobasis sp., Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke),
Phycitinae spp.; Chrysaugidae sp.; Palthis angulalis (Hbn.).

Odynerus erynnis Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. 2: 645. ♀.

Odynerus (Odynerus) Erinnys (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 245. ♂.
9. Emend.

Odynerus errings (!) Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 240.

Biology: Ashmead, 1894. Psyche 7: 76-78 (nest). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and

bees, pp. 87-90 (nest, prey, life history, associates).

Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille)
Southern Ariz., Tex. (Brownsville), Fla. (Plantation Key); Mexico, Central
America, Antilles; adventive in Hawaii, Micronesia. Ecology: Nests in abandoned
mud-dauber cells and makes mud cells behind wooden siding of buildings. Parasite:
Chrysis sp.; Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Amobia floridensis (Tns.). Prey: Epipaschiidae
sp. Predator: Crematogaster spp.; Macrosiagon sp.

Odynerus 7iasidens Latreille, 1812. In Humboldt and Bonpland, Voy. aux Reg. Equinox,
Zool., V. 2, p. 112. ♀.

Odynerus (Odynerus) auratus Saussure, 1858. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 10: 166.

Ody7ierus nasidens var. miywr Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 233. ♂, ♀.

Odynerus clavilneatus Cameron, 1912. Timehri 2: 222. 9, (cJ misdet.).

Odynerus clavilineatus (!) Bohart, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 892.

Biology: Dow, 1932. Psyche 39: 12 (nest). —Rau, 1933. Jungle bees and wasps of Barro
Colorado Island, pp. 169-170 (nest, prey, parasite). —Freeman and Jayasingh, 1975. Oikos
26: 86-91, 1 fig., 4 tabs, (population dynamics, parasites, predators).

Genus PSEUDODYNERUS Saussure

Pseudodynerus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 220. Proposed
originally as a division of Odynerus subg. A7icistrocerus Wesmael; validated by Op. 893,
Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl, 1970.




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Type-species: Odynerus liictuosus Saussure. Monotypic.

This is a primarily Neotropical genus of eumenid wasps, only one species being known from
North America.

Revision: Bequaert, 1941. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1106: 1-10 (New World spp.).

Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1967. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 31 (request for validation of
Pseudodynerus Sauss., 1855). — Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl, 1970. Bui. Zool. Nomencl.
26: 187 (validation of Pseudodynerus Sauss., type-species Odynerus hictuosus Sauss.).

Pseudodynerus quadrisectus (Say)
N. J. to Fla., west to III, Kans., Okla., Tex., Colo. Ecology: Nests in
cavities in wood and makes cell partitions of mud. Prey: Caterpillars.
Odynerus quadrisectus Harris, 1833. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., p.

589. Nom. nud. ascribed to Say.
Odynerus quadrisectus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 385. ♂, ♀.
Odynerus bellone Lepeletier, 1841. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 2, p. 660. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Bequaert, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 78 (nest). — Rau, 1935. Brooklyn Ent.
Soc, Bui. 30: HI (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 45-46
(nest, prey, life history).

Genus PARANORTONIA Bequaert

Pachymenes subg. Paranortonia Bequaert, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 100. Bertoni,
1934 (Rev. Soc. Cient. Paraguay 3: 109), proposed Paranortonia as a new genus. His
name is invalid because he did not designate a type-species (Art. 13 (b), Internatl. Code
Zool. Nomencl).

Type-species: Nortonia tolteca Saussure. Orig. desig.

Paranortonia symmorphus
***authority mismatch
sonorensis Bequaert. Colo., Ariz.

Pachymenes symmorphus sonorensis Bequaert, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 101. cJ, 9.

Paranortonia symmorphus
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symmorphus (Saussure). U. S. west to Tex., Okla., Kans., Iowa.

Odynerus {Odynerus) Symmorphus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.
3, p. 246. ♂, ♀.

Paranortonia symmorphus
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toltecus (Saussure). Ariz., Tex.; Mexico (Sonora, Jalisco).

Nortonia Tolteca Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 140. cJ, 9.

Genus ANCISTROCERUS Wesmael

Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles, Bui 3: 45.

Type-species: Vespa parietum Linnaeus. Desig. by Girard, 1879.
Euayicistrocerus Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 36. N. name.

Most species of Ancistrocerus nest in pre-existing cavities, such as borings in twigs, stems and
structural lumber, in abandoned galls, in abandoned mud-dauber cells, and in old burrows of
ground-nesting wasps and bees; a few species build complete mud cells. Only lepidopterous lar-
vae have been recorded as prey of North American species, but a European species is reported
to prey upon coleopterous larvae.

Revision: Bequaert, 1944. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 225-286 (N. Amer. spp.).

Ancistrocerus adiabatus
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adiabatus (Saussure). Transcontinental and widespread in southern Canada and U.
S. Ecology: Nests have been reported from borings in twigs, stems and wood, galls of
other insects, old mud-dauber nests, empty sawfly cocoons, and rubber tubing. Parasite:
Vespacarus tigris Bak. and Cunl; Anthrax irroratus Say; Amobia distorta (Allen), A.
floridensis (Allen); Pseudoxenos tigridis Pierce; Acroricnus junceus (Cr.), Ephialtes
decumbens (Tow.), E. sp., Calliephialtes notandus Cr., Argothereutes lophyri, n. subsp.;
Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Monodontomerus dentipes (Dalm.); Chrysis coerulans P., C.
nitidula F. Prey: Psilocorsis sp., Oecophoridae sp.; Griselda radicana Wals.,
Olethreutidae spp. Coleotechnites sp., Eucordylea sp., Gelechiidae spp.; Spilonota
ocellana (D. and S.), Acleris variana Fern., Tortricidae sp.; Coleophora fletcherella
Fern.; Phaloniidae sp. Predator: Philanthus zebratus nitens (Bks.), P. solivagus Say.
Odynerus {Ancistrocerus) adiabatus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.
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Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) pertinax Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

3, p. 216. ♂.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) tigris Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 273. ♂, ♀.
Odynerus {Ancistrocerus) cennis Saussure, 1858. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 10: 165.
Odynerus monteregalis Meade-Waldo, 1914. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 14: 405. N. name

for ca7iadaensis, a nomen nudum.
Odynerus canadaensis Meade-Waldo, 1914. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 14: 405.

Manuscript name credited to Cameron. Preocc.
Ancistrocerus howardi Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 78. ♀.
Ancistrocerus tenuatus Tucker, 1909. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 22: 286. ♀.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 344-345 (nest, prey). — Champlain,
1922. Psyche 29: 99 (parasite). — Bequaert, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 106 (nest,
parasite). —Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 260 (nest). — Boyce, 1946 (1945). Ent.
Soc. Ontario, Ann. Rpt. 76, pp. 35-37 (nest, prey, life history). — Krombein, 1954. Brooklyn
Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 2-3 (nest, prey). — Coppel, 1961. Ent. News 72: 246-248, 2 figs. (nest).
—Eye, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 731-734 (nest, prey, life history, parasite). — Medler, 1965.
Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 314-316 (nest, prey, life history, parasite). —Krombein, 1967.
Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 110-115 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). —Evans,
1973. Great Basin Nat. 33: 152-153 (nest, prey, parasites).

Ancistrocerus adiabatus
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albolacteus Bequaert. Que. to B. C, Alaska, Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Mont, S. Dak.,

Colo., Utah. Parasite: Stylopidae sp.
Ancistrocerus tigris albolacteus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 260. ♂, ♀.

Ancistrocerus adiabatus
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cytainus (Cameron). Calif., Oreg., Nev., Colo, in Transition, Upper Sonoran and

Lower Sonoran Zones. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems and old mud-dauber nests.

Parasite: Chrysis coerulans F.
Odynerus cytainus Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 149. ♀.

Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 1, 9 (chromosome
number).

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nests, parasite).

Ancistrocerus antilope
***authority mismatch
allegrus Bequaert. Calif., Oreg., Colo.

A7icistrocerus antilope allegrus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 276. ♂, ♀.

Ancistrocerus antilope
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antilope (Panzer). Transcontinental in southern Canada and U. S. except Fla. and
Ala.; Holarctic, in the Old World throughout Europe and Siberia. Ecology: In North
America it is reported to nest in borings in wood, stems of sumac and elder, and in old
mud-dauber nests. Parasite: KenJiethiella trisetosa (Coor.); Amobia distorta (Allen);
Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Chrysis coerulans F., C. nitidula ¥., C. spp. Prey:
Psilocorsis sp., Oecophoridae sp.; Anacampsis (?) sp., Gelechiidae spp.; Olethreutidae
sp.; Archips cerasivorana (Fitch), A. fervidana (Clem.), A. spp., Tortricidae spp.;
Tefralopha sp. Epipaschiinae sp., Mineola indigenella (ZelL), Salebria subcaesiella
(Clem.), Nephopteryx sp., Phycitinae spp., Pyralididae spp.; Epizeuxis aemula Hbn.,
Hypeninae sp., Noctuidae spp. Only the typical subspecies of antilope occurs in the Old
World.

Vespa insolens '^ Harris, 1780. Expos. Engl. Ins., p. 128, pi. 37, fig. 7. Type destroyed.

Vespa antilope Panzer, 1798. Faunae Ins. German, h. 53, pi. IX, with letterpress. 9. Type
destroyed.

Odynerus pictus Curtis, 1826. Brit. Ent., v. 3, p. 137 b, no. 2.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) capra Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 273.

Ancistrocerus nearcticus Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 332. ♂.

Ancistrocerus lecontei Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 218. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 345-346 (nest, parasite). —Taylor, 1922.
Psyche 29: 56-58 (nest, life history). —Rau, 1928. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 405.
—Buckle, 1929. Canad. Ent. 51: 265-266 (erroneous prey record). — Reinhard, 1929.
Witchery of Wasps, pp. 86-91 (nest, parasite). —Cooper, 1953. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 79:
13-35 (ecology, predation, life history, parasites). —Cooper, 1955. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans.
80: 119-174, 1 pi., 6 text figs, (relations with mite, Kennethiella). —Medler and Eye, 1956.




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Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 97-102, 2 figs, (nest, prey, life history, parasites). — Fye, 1965.
Canad. Ent. 97: 729-731 (nest, prey, life history, parasites; misidentified as c. catskill
(Sauss.)). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 90-98, pi. 6, fig. 23 (nest,
prey, life history, parasites).

Ancistrocerus antilope
***authority mismatch
navajo Bequaert. Ariz., Calif., N. Mex., Colo., Mont, in U. Sonor. Zone. Ecology: Nests
in borings in wood.
Aticistrocenis navajo Bequaert, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 92. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 98-99 (nest, life history).

Ancistrocerus antilope
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spenceri Bequaert. B. C.

Ancistrocerus antilope spenceri Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 277. cJ, 9.

Ancistrocerus bustamente
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bustamente (Saussure). Western U. S. east to western Tex. and Kans., north to
Colo., Utah, Oreg.; Mexico. Ecology: Frequents arid areas; nests in Sambucus stems.
Odynenis (Ancistrocerus) Bustamente Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 272. ♀.
Odynerus pictiventris Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 331. ♀.
Ancistrocerus neocallosus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 264. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 92 (nest).

Ancistrocerus bustamente
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discopictus Bequaert. Calif., Ariz.

Ancistrocerus neocallosus discopictus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 268. ♂, ♀.

Ancistrocerus campestris (Saussure)
U. S. east of Rocky Mts., Ont. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood and

sumac stems, and in abandoned mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Toxopliora amphitea Wlkr.;
Amobia (?) sp.; Melittobia chalybii Ashm. Prey: Psilocorsis sp.; Gelechia albisparsella
(Chamb.), Gelechiidae sp. Predator: Macrosiagon cruentum (Cierm.).
Odynerus {Ancistrocencs) campestris Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides,
V. 1, p. 123. ♀.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1916. Jour. Anim. Behavior 6: 43 (nest, prey). — Snelling, 1963.

Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 88 (nest, predator). — Medler, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 143-144

(nest, life history, parasite). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 100-102

(nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Ancistrocerus catskill
***authority mismatch
albophaleratus (Saussure). Transcontinental in Canadian and Transition Zones in
Alaska, Labrador, Canada and U. S. south to mts. of Ariz., N. Mex., N. C. Ecology:
Nests in borings in wood and sumac, in hollow stems, and in deserted galls. Parasite:
Stylopidae sp.; Melittobia sp.; Chrysis coerulans ¥., C. nitidula F. Prey: Noctuidae sp.;
Geometridae sp.; Badebecia near urticaria Hbn., Exartema punctanum Wals., Media
ochroleucana Hbn., Anchylopera sp., Epiblema culminaria Wals., Gypsonoma (?) sp.,
Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana Ratz., Z.fortunana Kft., Z. sp., Griselda radicana Wals.,
Rhopobota naevana geminana Steph., Pseudexentera sp., Epinotia spp., Ptycholoma (?)
sp., Pandemis spp., C horistoneura rosaceana Harr., C.fumiferana (Clem.),
Argyrotaenia velutinana (?) Wlkr., A. spp., Acleris spp., Olethreutidae spp.; Recurvaria
spp., Eucordylea spp., Gelechiidae spp.; Oecophoridae spp.; Salebria fructella Hulst;
Pterophorus delawaricus (Zell.). Predator: Philanthus pulcher D. T., P. solivagus Say.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Albophaleratus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des
Vespides, v. 3, p. 217. cJ, 9.

A7icistrocerus quebecensis Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 333. ♂.

Odynerus (Hypodernus (.')) longipilosiis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 34: 199. ♀.

Odynerus allophaleralus (!) Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 240.

Biology: Packard, 1869. Guide Study Ins., pp. 155-156 (nest, prey). —Taylor, 1922. Psyche 29:
60-61 (nest, prey, life history). —Bequaert, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 104 (nest).
—Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 253 (nest, parasite). —Fye, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97:
723-729 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and
bees, pp. 104-110, pi. 3, fig. 11 (nest, prey, life history, parasites; a composite account based
on nests of c albophaleratus, c. catskill, and hybrids between them).

Ancistrocerus catskill
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catskill (Saussure). Southern Canada west to Alta., transcontinental in U. S. in
Transition and Austral Zones. Ecology: Nests in pre-existing borings in wood,
Sambucus, and sumac, in abandoned mud-dauber nests, and in deserted burrows of
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Toxophora virgata 0. S., A^ithrax a. argyropygus Wied., A. irroratus Say; Megaselia

sp.; Amobia (?) sp.; Microdontomerus anthidii (Ashm.); Chrysis coerulans F., C.

nitidula F.; Sphaeropthalma amphio7i (Fox), S. sp. Prey: Olethreutidae sp.; Archips sp.,

Tortricidae sp. Predator: Philanthus solivagus Say.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Catskill Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.

1, p. 136. (J, 9.
Odynenis {Ancistrocerus) catskillensis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides,

V. 3, p. 204. Emend.
Odyyierus Catskilli(,l) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 168.
Ancistrocerus sexcingulatus Ashmead, 1901. Psyche 9: 185. ♂.
Ancistrocerus ortnsbyensis Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 120. ♂.
Ancistrocerus gunnisonensis Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 146. ♂.
Ancistrocerus gunnistoneyisis (!) Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 213.

Biology: Myers, 1927. Ent. Monthly Mag. 53: 190-196 (nest, parasite). — Rau, 1935. Brooklyn
Ent. Soc, Bui. 30: 111 (nest). —Rau, 1945. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 38: 88 (nest). — Hobbs,
Nummi, and Virostek, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 144 (nest). — Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Wash.,
Proc. 66: 210 (parasites). —Medler, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 139-142 (nest, prey, life
history). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 104-110, pi. 3, fig. 11 (nest,
prey, life history, parasites; a composite account based on nests of c. albophaleratus, c.
catskill, and hybrids between them). —Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2
(nest, parasites).

Ancistrocerus catskill
***authority mismatch
halophila Viereck. Rocky Mts. west to Pacific Coast. Ecology: Nests in borings in

twigs and Sambucus stems, in old oak galls, and possibly also in abandoned burrows of

ground-nesting bees. Parasite: Chrysis derivata Buyss.
Ancistrocerus halophila Viereck, 1903 (1902). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 54: 735. ♂.
Ancistrocerus trichionotus Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 120. ♂.
Ancistrocerus fulvitarsis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 205. cJ, 9.
Ancistrocerus tahoensis Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 235. ♀.

Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 255 (nest). —Bohart, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Monog. 2: 894 (nests). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 92-93 (nests,
parasite).

Ancistrocerus durangoensis Cameron
Western Okla. and Te.x., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Colo., Wyo. in Upper

Sonoran Zone; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Chrysis inflata Aar.
Prey: Lepidoptera larvae.
Aiicistrocerus durangoensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 216. ♂.
Ancistrocerus fulvicarpus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 222. ♀.

Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 154-155, fig. 3 (sleeping aggregations).
— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 102 (nest, prey, life history, parasite).

Ancistrocerus lineativentris
***authority mismatch
kamloopsensis Bequaert. B. C, Oreg., Wyo.

Ancistrocerus lineativentris kamloopsensis Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 280. ♂.
9.

Ancistrocerus lineativentris
***authority mismatch
lineativentris Cameron. West. U. S. east to S. Dak., west. Kans. mostly in
Transition Zone. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems. Parasite: Amobia floridensis
(Tns.), Pimpla spatulata Tow.; Chrysis inflata Aar.
A7icistrocenis lineativentris Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 146. ♂.

Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest, parasites).

Ancistrocerus lineativentris
***authority mismatch
sinopis Bohart. Colo., west. Tex., Utah, Ariz.

Ancistrocerus lineativentris sinopis Bohart, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 466. ♂, ♀.

Ancistrocerus lutonidus Bohart
Mass. to S. C, Ind., Wis., Tex. Ecology: Nests are made of hardened clay,
are attached to twigs of low bushes, and contain 6-20 or more cells arranged somewhat

radially.
Ancistrocerus lutonidus Bohart, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 465. c5, 9.

Biology: Packard, 1869. Guide Study Ins., p. 156, pi. 5, fig. 12 (nest). —Riley, 1880. Amer.
Ent. 3: 154. —Strand, 1914. Ent. Mitt. 3: 116-118. —Viereck, 1916. Conn. State Geol. and




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Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, pi. 4, fig. 1 (nest). Misdet. as birenimaculatus (Sauss.) in
preceding references.

Ancistrocerus paracallosus Bequaert
S. Dak., Ariz.

Ancistrocoits paracallosus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 269. ♂, ♀.

Ancistrocerus parietum (Linnaeus)
Que., Ont., Mass. and R. I. south to D. C, Ohio, Mich.; Palaearctic in

Europe and North Africa east to Manchuria, also in the Azores and Madeira. Ecology:
Nests in crevices in mortar and glass tubing in North America; in Europe is reported to
nest in tree stumps, rock crevices, and in burrows in clay banks. Adventive from
Europe. Parasite: Stylopidae sp. Prey: Torticidae sp. in Ont.; in Europe the usual prey is
caterpillars, but there is one record of storing coleopterous larvae, Melasoma populi L.

Vespa parietum Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, v. 1, p. 572.

Odynerus ? geoffroyanus Spinola, 1808. Insectorum Liguriae 2: 182.

Odyneriis flavipes Curtis, 1826. Brit. Ent. 3: 137 b, no. 12.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Ochlerus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.
1, p. 131. ♀.

Odynerus parietum var. incisoides Verhoeff, 1890. Ent. Nachr. 16: 335. Type probably
destroyed.

Odynerus parietum var. incisus Verhoeff, 1890. Ent. Nachr. 16: 335. Type destroyed.

Odynerus parietum var. parietoides Verhoeff, 1890. Ent. Nachr. 16: 335. Type destroyed.

Ancistrocerus tardinotus Taylor, 1922. Psyche 29: 49. A manuscript name attributed to
Bequaert and validated under the provisions of Art. 12 and Art. 16 (a) (viii) of the Code.

Biology: Taylor, 1922. Psyche 29: 49-55 (nest, prey, life history). —Miller, 1954. Canad. Ent.

86: 197-198, 4 figs, (nest, prey). The foregoing references are to the north American

population; biological references to the Palaearctic population are to be found in the

Palaearctic eumenid catalog by van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972.

Ancistrocerus parredes (Saussure)
Ariz. (Huachuca Mts.); Mexico, Central America to Panama.

Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Pai-redes Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 273. ♀.

Odynerus Parredesi (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 180. 9. Emend.

Ancistrocerus simulator Cameron
Nev., Calif. Ecology: Nests in old Sceliphron nests.

Ancistrocerus simulator Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 222. ♀.

Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 4, 9 (chromosome
number).

Biology: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 365 (nest).

Ancistrocerus spilogaster Cameron
West. U. S. east to Mont., Wyo., Utah, northern Ariz, in Upper Sonoran
and Transition Zones. Ecology: Nests in twigs and Sambucus stems, in old oak galls,
and also makes complete mud cells on rocks. Parasite: Aritranis notata sierrae Tow.;
Chrysis coendans P., C. pattoni Aar.
Ancistrocerus spilogaster Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 121. ♂.
Odynerus edwardsii Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 207. ♀.

Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 2, 3, 9 (chromosome
number).

Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 248 (nest). —Parker and Bohart, 1966.
Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nests, parasites).

Ancistrocerus spinolae (Saussure)
Conn, to Fla. west to Mich., 111., Mo. and Tex. Ecology: Nests in borings in
wood and in abandoned mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Anthrax aterrimus (Big.);
Miltogrammini sp.; Kennethiella trisetosa (Coor.). Prey: Lepidoptera larvae.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) spinolae Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.
3, p. 216. ♀.

Biology: Rau, 1946. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 41: 10-11 (nest). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting
wasps and bees, pp. 99-100 (nest, prey, life history, parasites).

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus
***authority mismatch
sutterianus (Saussure). Calif., Nev., Utah, Oreg., B. C. in Upper Sonoran
and Transition Zones. Ecology: Nests in old mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Chrysis
coendans F., C. inflata Aar.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Sidterianus Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254:
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Ancistrocenis sutteranus (!) Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 123.

Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. See, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 5, 6, 9 (chromosome
number).

Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 285 (nest).

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus
***authority mismatch
tuberculocephalus (Saussure). S. Dak., Wyo., Utah, Colo., Ariz., N. Mex.,
western Tex.; Mexico in temperate regions south to Federal District. Ecology: Nests in
borings in wood and Sambucus, and in abandoned mud-dauber nests. Parasite:
Bombyliidae sp.; Chrysis inflata Aar. Prey: Gelechiidae sp. Predator: Cleridae sp., larva.
Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) tuberculocephalus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des

Vespides, v. 1, p. 122. cJ, 9.
Odynerus tuberculiceps Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, (errata).
Emend.

Biology: Rau, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 593 (nest). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting
wasps and bees, pp. 102-104 (nest, prey, life history, associates). —Parker and Bohart,
1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2 (nest).

Ancistrocerus unifasciatus
***authority mismatch
seminole Bequaert. Fla.

Ayicistrocerus U7iifasciatus seminole Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 282. ♀.

Ancistrocerus unifasciatus
***authority mismatch
unifasciatus (Saussure). Southern Canada and eastern U. S. west to Ont., Mich.,
Iowa, Kans. and Tex. Ecology: Nests in abandoned mud-dauber nests.
Odynerus (Aiicistrocer^s) unifasciatus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides,
V. 1, p. 121. ♀.

Biology: Rau and Rau, 1913. Ent. News 24: 396-397 (nest).

Ancistrocerus waldenii
***authority mismatch
excavatus Bequaert. B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Mont., Wyo., Colo., Ariz. Ecology:
Builds mud nests on rocks.
Ancistrocerus waldenii excavatus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 244. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 246 (nest).

Ancistrocerus waldenii
***authority mismatch
flavidulus Bequaert. Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Builds mud nests on rocks. Prey: Larvae
of Cnephasia longana (Haw.), Archips argyrospilus Wlkr.
Ancistrocerus waldenii flavidulus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 246. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 247 (nest). —Richards, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent.
38: 145-146 (prey).

Ancistrocerus waldenii
***authority mismatch
waldenii (Viereck). Alaska, Canada and U. S. south to Idaho, Wyo., N. Mex. (high
mountains), Colo., S. Dak., Ill, Mich., Va. Ecology: Builds free mud nests on walls or
rocks, or in cavities in mortar.
Odynerus waldonii (!) Viereck, 1906. Ent. News 17: 304. ♀.
Odynerus waldenii Viereck, 1906. Ent. News 17: 350. Emend.

Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 243 (nest). —Morris, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 500
(nest).

Genus SYMMORPHUS Wesmael
Genus SYMMORPHUS Subgenus SYMMORPHUS Wesmael

Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836. Acad. Sci. Belg., Bui. 3: 45.

Type-species: Vespa elegans Wesmael. Desig. by Richards, 1935.
Odynerus subg. Protodynerus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p.
186. N. name for Symmorphus.

Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America. So far as is known, the American species
nest in pre-existing cavities in twigs, stems, logs and structural lumber; a few European species
are also known to nest in abandoned burrows of other wasps or bees in banks or mud walls. Par-
titions between cells are made of mud. Probably most of the North American species prey upon
externally feeding chrysomelid larvae, but canadensis (Sauss.) is unique in that it preys upon
leaf-mining coleopterous and lepidopterous larvae.

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Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1966. Ent. Ber. 26: 163 (discussion of type-species designation).

Symmorphus albomarginatus (Saussure)
Que., Conn., N. Y., Md., Mich., Wis., Wyo., Alta., B. C, Alaska.
Ecology: Nests in borings in wood and sumac stems. Parasite: Chrysis coerulans P.;
Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Amobia distorta (Allen). Prey: Chrysomela spp., larvae.
Odynerus (Protodynerus) albomarginatus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des
Vespides, v. 3, p. 195. ♀.

Biology: Medler, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 144-145 (nest, prey, life history).

— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 120-122 (nest, prey, life history,
associates).

Symmorphus canadensis (Saussure)
Transcont. in Canada and U. S. (not known from Fla., Tex., N. Mex.,
Ariz.). Ecology: Nests in borings in wood, twigs, logs, structural lumber. Parasite:
Chrysis ceynbricola Krom.; Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Monodontomenis sp.; Pyemotes
ventricosus (Newp.). Prey: Chalepus dorsalis Thunb.; Prionomerus calceatus (Say),
Apion sp.; Antispila nyssaefoliella Clem.; Lithocolletis ostensackenella (Fitch), L. sp.,
Parectopa robiniella Clem., Gracilariidae sp.; Aeaea ostryaeella (Chamb.). Predator:
Trogoderma ornatum Say; Philanthus pulcher D. T.

Odynerus {Protodynerus) canadensis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides,
V. 3, p. 196. ♀.

Odynerus {Symmorphus) debilis Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 55. ♀.

Symmorphus cogitans Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 325. ♀.

Biology: Reinhard, 1929. Witchery of Wasps, pp. 72-83 (nest, prey, life history, parasite).

— Krombein, 1952. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 78: 91 (nest, prey). —Krombein. 1954. Brooklyn
Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 3 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 155
(provisioning flights, prey). —Weaver and Dorsey, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 933-934
(prey). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 115-120, pi. 4, figs. 14, 15, pi. ♂.
figs. 16-18, pi. 6, fig. 19 (nest, prey, life history, associates).

Symmorphus cristatus
***authority mismatch
cristatus (Saussure). Canada and north. U. S. south to Md., 111. and mountains of

Colo., Utah, Ariz., Calif. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood and sumac. Parasite: Chrysis
coerulans P., C. nitidula P.; Anthrax irroratus Say; Amobia distorta (Allen). Prey:
Chrysomela crotchi Brown, C. scripta (P.) complex, C. spp., Chrysomelinae sp.,
Gonioctenus americanus Brown.

Odynerus {Protodynerus) cristatus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v.
3, p. 196. ♀.

Odynerus {Protodynerus) Philadelphiae Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 272. ♀.

Symmorphus hortiii Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 123. ♀.

Biology: Pye, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 734-735 (nest, life history, prey, parasite; note data
corrections for Pye in Krombein, 1967). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees,
pp. 122-126, pi. 6, figs. 20-22 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). —Evans, 1973. Great Basin
Nat. 33: 151-152 (nest, prey, parasites).

Symmorphus cristatus
***authority mismatch
nevadaensis (Cameron). Wash., Oreg., Nev., Calif. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus
stems. Parasite: Chrysis derivata Buyss.
Nortonia nevadaensis Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 124. ♂.

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

Symmorphus meridionalis Viereck
B. C, Oreg., Calif., Utah, Colo., Nebr., Wyo., N. Mex. Ecology: Nests in
Sambucus stems. Predator: Philanthus zebratus nitens (Bks.).
Symmorphus meridio7ialis Viereck, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 69. S-
Symmorphus trisulcatus Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 327. ♂.

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

Symmorphus projectus Bohart
Calif, (sea level to 10,000 feet), Oreg., Wash., Idaho, Wyo., Mont., Ariz.
Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems.
Symmorphus projectus Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 63: 81. ♂, ♀.

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

Symmorphus walshianus (Saussure)
U. S. west to Tex., Iowa.

Odynerus (Symmorphus) Walshianus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 55. ♀.




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Genus EUMENES Latreille
Genus EUMENES Subgenus EUMENES Latreille

Eumenes Latreille, 1802. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., v. 3, p. 360.

Type-species: Vespa coarctata Linnaeus. Desig. by Latreille, 1810.
Alpha Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 128.

Type-species: Vespa coarctata Linnaeus. Desig. by Bequaert, 1926.
Eumenis Kriechbaumer, 1879. Ent. Nachr. 5: 57. Emend.
Eumenidion Schulthess, 1913. Soc. Ent. 28: 2.

Type-species: Vespa coarctata Linnaeus. Orig. desig.

Only the typical subgenus occurs in America north of Mexico.

So far as is known, all species make juglike mud nests, which are usually attached to twigs and
are provisioned with caterpillars.

Revision: Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 345-363 (N. Amer. spp.). —Bequaert, 1938.
Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 33: 59-70 (spp. northeastern U. S. and eastern Canada).
—Bequaert, 1944. Nat. Canad. 71: 75-88 (Canad. spp.).

Eumenes aureus Isely
Okla., western Tex. to southern Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).
E^imenes belfragei aureus Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 352. ♀.

Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 152-153, figs. 1, 2 (sleeping habits).
boUii bollii Cresson. Western half of U. S. north to Nebr., Colo., Utah, Nev., Calif., Alta., Mo.,
Iowa, Minn.; Mexico (Baja California).
Eumenes bollii Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 232. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 299-301 (nest).

Eumenes bollii
***authority mismatch
oregonensis Bequaert. Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Nev.

Eumenes bollii var. oregonensis Bequaert, 1938. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 33: 66. ♀.

Eumenes crucifera
***authority mismatch
boUiformis Viereck. Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico.

Eumenes {Pachymenes) boUiformis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 387. ♂, ♀.

Eumenes robustus Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 360. ♀.

Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 153 (sleeping habits).

Eumenes crucifera
***authority mismatch
crucifera Provancher. Western U. S. east to Colo., S. Dak. and north to Wyo., B. C,
Alta.
Eumenes crucifera Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 421. ♀.
Eumenes (Alpha) marginilineatus Viereck, 1907. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 381. ♂.
Eumenes emarginilineatus (!) Viereck, 1907. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 388.
Eumenes stemalis Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 353. ♂.
Eumenes xanthogaster Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 10: 353. ♂.

Eumenes crucifera
***authority mismatch
flavitinctus Bohart. Calif.

Eumenes crucifera flavitinctus Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc Wash., Proc 63: 79. ♂, ♀.

Eumenes crucifera
***authority mismatch
nearcticus Bequaert. Transcontinental north to 63 degrees N. Latitude, south to
Oreg., Utah, Colo., Ky., N. J.
Eumenes minuta Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 39. ♂. Preocc.
Eumenes (Alpha) Globulosiis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p.

139. 9. Preocc
Eti7nenes nearcticiis Bequaert, 1944. Nat. Canad. 71: 82. 6, 9. N. name for globulosus.

Eumenes crucifera
***authority mismatch
stricklandi Bequaert. Alta. (Cypress Hills).

Eumenes coloradensis stricklandi Bequaert, 1944. Nat. Canad. 71: 84. ♀.

Eumenes fraternus Say
Ont., U. S. west to Tex., Okla., Kans., Nebr., Minn. Parasite: Chrysis conica Br.;
Timulla ferrugata (¥.).

Eumenes fratema Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 344.

Eumenes Fervens Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 40. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Isely, 1914. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. (2) 8: 301 (nest).

Eumenes iturbide
***authority mismatch
iturbide Saussure. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico.

Eumenes (Alpha) Iturbide Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 271.

Eumenes (Alpha) globulosiformis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 386. ♂, ♀.




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Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 153 (sleeping habits).

Eumenes iturbide
***authority mismatch
pedalis Fox. B. C, Wash., Idaho, Mont., Wyo., Colo., Utah, Calif.; Mexico (Baja
California).
Eumenes pedalis Fox, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 4: 109. ♂, ♀.
Eumenes crassicomis Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 362. ♂.
Eumenes pachygaster Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 362. ♀.
scuUeni Bohart. Nev., Utah.

Eumenes sculleni Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 78. ♂, ♀.

Eumenes smithii
***authority mismatch
americanus Saussure. Colo., Nebr., Kans., Mo., Ark., Okla., Tex.; Mexico (Michoacan,
Guadalajara). Prey: Geometridae larvae.
Eumenes americanus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 39. ♀.
Eumenes belfragei Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 232. ♂, ♀.
Eumenes brunneus Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 348. ♂. Preocc.

Biology: Hartman, 1913. Jour. Anim. Behavior 3: 353-360, 7 figs, (nest building, prey, life
history).

Eumenes smithii
***authority mismatch
smithii Saussure. N. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss.

Eumenes Smithii Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 43. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 350 (nest).

Eumenes verticalis
***authority mismatch
coloradensis Cresson. Western U. S. and Canada (except Oreg., Calif.) east to Sask.,
S. Dak., Colo., N. Mex.; Mexico.
Eumenes coloradensis Cresson, 1875. Rpt. Geog. Geol. Expl. and Survey west of 100th

Meridian, v. 5, p. 717. cJ, 9.
Eumenes {Alpha) cruciferonim Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 388. ♂, ♀.
Eumenes {Alpha) enigmatus Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 389. ♂.
Eumenes stenogaster Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 353. ♂, ♀.
Eumenes enigmaticus (!) Bequaert, 1938. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 33: 69.

Eumenes verticalis
***authority mismatch
neoboreus Bequaert. Que., Ont., Alta., B. C.

Eumenes verticalis neoboreus Bequaert, 1944. Nat. Canad. 71: 87. ♂, ♀.

Eumenes verticalis
***authority mismatch
tricinctus Isely. Alta., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Oreg., Calif., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja
California).
Eumenes tricinctus Isely, 1917. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 10: 361. ♀.

Eumenes verticalis
***authority mismatch
verticalis Say. Ont., Man., north, and east. U. S. south to N. C, Mo. and west to N.
Dak., S. Dak.
Eumenes verticalis Say, 1824. hi Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 346.

Subfamily ZETHINAE

Tribe ZETHINI

There are only four genera in this tribe. Zethus is primarily Neotropical with a few species
entering the Nearctic Region. The other genera are Australian.

Genus ZETHUS Fabricius

The genus is primarily Neotropical in distribution, but it occurs also in the Nearctic, Oriental
and Ethiopian Regions. Very little is known of the biology of the North American species.
Overall, the species range from the more primitive solitary taxa which nest in abandoned
borings of other insects to subsocial species in which several females build a common nest of
vegetable matter and resin, and feed their larvae progressively with lepidopterous larvae.

Revision: Bohart and Stange, 1965. Univ. Calif., Pubs. Ent. 40: 1-208, 354 figs. (New World
spp.).

Taxonomy: Porter, 1975. Fla. Ent. 58: 303-306, 5 figs, (key to U. S. spp.).
Genus ZETHUS Subgenus ZETHUS Fabricius

Zethus Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, pp. xii, 282.

Type-species: Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.




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Didymogastra Perty, 1833. Delect, anim. artic. Brasil, p. 145.

Type-species: Didymogaster fusca Perty. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.

Lethus (!) Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 209. Misspelling.

Heros Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 115.
Type-species: Zethus gigas Spinola. Monotypic.

Wettstehda Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 13.

Type-species: Labus sichelianus Saussure. Desig. by Bohart and Stange, 1965.

Euzethus Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 14. N. name.

Laboides Zavattari, 1912. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 78, Abt. A, H. 4: 65.

Type-species: Labus sichelianus Saussure. Desig. by Bohart and Stange, 1965.

Zethus miscogaster Saussure
Tex. (Hidalgo Co.), Ariz. (Baboquivari Mts.); Mexico to Argentina.

Zethus Miscogaster Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 18. ♀.

Zethtis Zendalus Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 53. ♀.

Zethus emarginatus Fox, 1899. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 429. ♀.

Zethus claripennis Cameron, 1907. Entomologist 40: 63. ♂.

Zethus punctinodis Cameron, 1907. Entomologist 40: 79. ♀.

Didymogastra brethesi Zavattari, 1911. Zool. Jahrb. 31: 42. ♀.

Zethus pavidus Zavattari, 1912. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 78, Abt. A, 4: 72. ♀.

Zethus binghami Zavattari, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79, Abt. A, 1: 114. ♂.

Zethus montezuma Saussure
Tex. (Hidalgo Co.) south to Colombia.

Zethus montezuma Saussure, 1857. Rev. Zool. (2) 9: 270. ♀.

Zethus spinipes
***authority mismatch
spinipes Say. Mass. to N. C. west to III, Kans., Ark.

Lethus (!) spinipes Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 387. ♀.

Eunienes substricta Haldeman, 1844. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 2: 54.

Eumenes pensilvanica Haldeman, 1853. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 6: 365.

Zethus pensylvanica Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 29. Emend.

Zethus Pennsylvanica Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 9, p. 14. Emend.

Zethus spinipes
***authority mismatch
variegatus Saussure. Md. to Fla., Ala., La., Tex., Okla. Prey: Rhyacionia frustrana
(Comst.).

Zethus variegatus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 13. ♀.

Zethus bicolor Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 17. ♂.

Biology: Lashomb and Steinhauer, 1975. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77: 164 (prey capture).

Genus ZETHUS Subgenus ZETHUSCULUS Saussure

Zethusculus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 118.
Type-species: Zethus jurinei Saussure. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902.

Zethus slossonae Fox
Southern Fla. Ecology: Nests in twigs.
Zethus slossonae Fox, 1892. Ent. News 2: 29. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Bohart and Stange, 1965. Univ. Calif., Pubs. Ent. 40: 16 (nest).

Genus ZETHUS Subgenus ZETHOIDES Fox

Zethoides Fox, 1899. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 436.
Type-species: Zethoides smithii Fox. Monotypic.
Baeoprymna Cameron, 1912. Timehri 2: 225.

Type-species: Baeoprymna rufooi-nata Cameron. Monotypic.
Protozethus Bertoni, 1925. Soc. Cient. Paraguay, Rev. 2: 75.
Type-species: Zethus olmecus Saussure. Orig. desig.

Zethus aztecus Saussure
Tex. (Hidalgo Co.) south to Guatemala and El Salvador.
Zethus aztecus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Zool. (2) 9: 270. ♂.

Zethus campestris Zavattari, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79, Abt. A, h 1: 108. ♀.
guerreroi arizonensis Bohart. Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa). Typical guerreroi
Zavattari occurs in Mexico and El Salvador.
Zethus (Zethusculus) arizonensis Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 77. ♂, ♀.

Unplaced Taxa of Eumenidae

Odynerus bimaculatus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 157. 9. Type in Laval Univ., Que.




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Odynerus bisstrigatus Spinola, 1808. Insectorum Liguriae, v. 1, p. 180. Amer. sept. Described

originally as bisstrigatus; location of type unknown.
Odynerus (?) bmdleyi Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 81 9. Colo. (Durango). Type

depository unknown.
Odynerus crotchii Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 197. 6, 9. Tex. (Lee Co.).

Lectotype in British Museum (Nat. Hist.); possibly a Leptochilus.
Odynerus (Odynerus) nortonianus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 105. 9. Conn.
Odynerus pulchrinervis Cameron, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 328. 9. N. Mex. Type

depository unknown, the type probably lost.
Odynerus robustus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 157. 9 . Calif. (Los Angeles). Type in

Laval Univ., Que.
Odynerus scudderi Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 196. 9. Southwest. U. S. Type

depository unknown, the type probably lost.
Odynerus tricolor Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 158. 6 . Calif. (Los Angeles). Type in

Laval Univ., Que.

Nomina Nuda in Eumenidae

Ancistrocerus behrensi Tucker, 1909. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 22: 286.

Leionotus scrophulariae Robertson, 1928. Flowers and Insects, p. 11.

Leionotus ziziae Robertson, 1928. Flowers and Insects, p. 12.

Odynerus daedalus Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., p. 589.


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