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Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA
Family EMBOLEMIDAE

Genus AMPULICOMORPHA Ashmead

Ampulicoynorpha Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 79.

Type-species: Ampulicomorpha confusa Ashmead. Orig. desig.

Ampulicomorpha confusa Ashmead
Ont., Md., Va., N. C, Ga., Wis., Mo., Colo., Sask., B. C, Calif. Host: Nymphs
of E piptera floridae (Wlkr.) on rotten pine and oak logs, and E. pallida (Say) feeding on
fungi under bark.
Ampulicomorpha confusa Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 80. "♂"=♀.

Biology: Bridwell, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 23-26.

Genus EMBOLEMUS Westwood

Embolemus Westwood, 1833. London and Edinb. Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. 2: 444.

Type-species: Embolemus ruddii Westwood. Monotypic.
Myrmecomorphus Westwood, 1833. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 496.

Type-species: M yrtnecomorphus rufescens Westwood. Monotypic.
Embolimus Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. ZooL, Ind. Univ., p. 137. Emend.
Formila de Romand, 1846. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. (2) 4: Bui., p. XXXIL

Type-species: Formila chevrolatii de Romand. Monotypic.
Pedinomma Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 94. Unnecessarily proposed as a n. name
for Myrmecomorphus Westwood.

Taxonomy: Richards, 1939. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 89: 294.

Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 91: 412, figs. 51-52 (female, male
thorax).

Embolemus nearcticus (Brues)
Mass., N. Y., Va.?

Pedinomma nearcticum Brues, 1922. Psyche 29: 7. "♂"=♀.



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