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texanus (Cresson). Kans., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. Prey: Nymphal Acrididae (Arphia sp.).

Biology: Williams, 1913. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bul. 8: 206.

wheeleri Rohwer. Ala.

*williamsi Bohart. Calif. (San Francisco_Co.).

Tachysphex williamsi Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 38, figs. 10-12. 3, f.

Genus PROSOPIGASTRA Costa, Sup. 1, p. 188

*nearctica Bohart. Calif.

Prosopigastra nearctica Bohart, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 60: 122, 6 figs. 3, .

MOTES subgenus MOTES Kohl, pp. 953–954

argentata (Beauvois). Prey: Orocharis saltator Uhl., nymph. Biology: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 60: 103.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 83: 89-99, figs. 36-68 (larvae).-Evans, 1959a. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 85: 157-161 (larvae).

Subfamily TRYPOXYLONINAE

*PISON subgenus KROMBEINIELLUM Richards

(=Pison subgenus Paraceramius Radoszkowski, Sup. 1, p. 188)

Pison subg. Krombeiniellum Richards, 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps, p. 118. N. name.

Insert Preocc. after citation for Paraceramius.

koreense (Radoszkowski). Md. (Plummers Is.), Mich. Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Ent. News 69: 166-167.

Genus PISONOPSIS Fox

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 157, figs. 64-70 (larva).

Transfer this genus with component species from subfamily Larrinae, p. 941, to subfamily Trypoxyloninae, p. 954, and place before genus Trypoxylon Latr.

birkmanni Rohwer.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 157-158, figs. 64-70 (larva). Genus TRYPOXYLON Latreille

(=Trypoxylon subgenus Trypoxylon Latreille of Catalog, pp. 955–956)

adelphiae Sandhouse. Syn. of johnsoni Fox.

aldrichi Sandhouse. Wyo.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 95, figs. 56-58 (larva).

backi Sandhouse.

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 21-22.

*clarkei Krombein. N. Y., N. J., Pa., Md., D. C., Va., N. C. Nests in wooden borings.

Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) clarkei Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 9. 3, 9.

figulum (Linnaeus).

Taxonomy: Soika, 1934. Soc. Ent. France Ann. 103: 342-343, pl. 3, fig. 2 (larva).

frigidum Smith.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 96, figs. 59-60 (larva). Biology: Thomas, 1962. Amer. Midland Nat. 67: 365.

johnsoni Fox.

Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) adelphiae Sandhouse (syn. by Krombein, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 11).

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 97, fig. 61 (larva; recorded as adelphiae).

pennsylvanicum Saussure. Prey: Immature orb-weaver spider.

richardsi Sandhouse. Nests in twig borings, rose stems, and empty galls. Prey: Small immature spiders.

Biology: Krombein, 1959. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 72: 101-102.

Genus TRYPARGILUM Richards, new status

(=Trypoxylon subgenus Trypargilum Richards of Catalog, pp. 956-957)

This group merits generic rank on the basis of morphological and ethological characters of both adults and larvae.

arizonense (Fox), n. comb.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 92, figs. 47-48 (larva). californicum (Saussure), n. comb.

clavatum (Say), n. comb.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 91, figs. 36-43 (larva).—
Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 160 (larva).

collinum collinum (Smith), changed status and n. comb. Nests in twigs.
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) collinum Smith. Reduced to subsp. rank
(teste Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 153).
Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 160 (larva).
Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 18.
collinum rubrocinctum (Packard), changed status and n. comb.
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) rubro-cinctum Packard. Reduced to subsp.
rank (teste Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 153).
Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 94, fig. 63 (larva).—Evans,
1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 161 (larva).

johannis (Richards), n. comb.

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Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 92, figs. 44-46 (larva).-
Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 160 (larva).-Krombein, 1959.
Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 153.

politum (Say), n. comb.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 95, fig. 62 (larva).—Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 161 (larva).

rubrocinctum (Packard). A subsp. of collinum (Smith).

spinosum (Cameron), n. comb.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 93, fig. 49 (larva).

striatum (Provancher), n. comb.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 94, fig. 55 (larva).—Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 161 (larva).

Biology: Balduf, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 56: 82-83.

texense (Saussure), n. comb. Fla. Prey: Adult and immature Oxyopidae, Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, Thomisidae, and Salticidae.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 159 (larva).
Biology: Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 243-245.

*tridentatum_archboldi (Krombein), n. comb. Fla. (Lake Placid). Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum archboldi Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 150. , ♂.

Biology: Krombein, 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 151-152.

tridentatum tridentatum (Packard), changed status and n. comb. Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum Packard.

Reduced to subsp.

rank (teste Krombein, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 150). Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 93, figs. 50-52 (larva).— Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 161 (larva).

Tribe PSENINI

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 139-145, figs. 1-22 (larvae).
DIODONTUS subgenus DIODONTUS Curtis, p. 958

atratus parenosas Pate. Calif. (Beverly Hills).

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 22.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 144-145, figs. 13-19 (larva).

barthi Viereck.

PSEN subgenus PSEN Latreille, p. 959

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 142-143, fig. 20 (larva). erythropoda Rohwer. Ind.

PSEN subgenus PSENEO Malloch, p. 959

kohlii kohlii Fox. Replaced by longiventris kohlii Fox.

kohlii spicatus Malloch. Syn. of longiventris longiventris (Cameron). longiventris kohlii Fox. Replaces kohlii kohlii Fox. Ind.

*longiventris_longiventris (Cameron), n. status and n. comb.

(Veracruz).

Mexico

Mimesa longiventris Cameron, 1891. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 137, pl. 8, fig. 18. “9” = .

Psen (Pseneo) kohlii spicatus Malloch, n. syn. (teste K. V. Krombein, who examined the type of longiventris Cameron).

simplicicornis Fox.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 142 (larva).

*Genus AMMOPSEN Krombein

Ammopsen Krombein, 1959. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 54: 18.

Type: Ammopsen masoni Krombein. By monotypy and orig. desig.

Place before Mimesa Shuckard, p. 959.

*masoni Krombein. Southern Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.

Ammopsen masoni Krombein, 1959. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 54: 19. 8, 9.

MIMESA subgenus MIMESA Shuckard, pp. 960-961

basirufa Packard. Prey: Nymph of Idiocerus sp., adult Macropsis viridis (Fitch).

Biology: Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 56: 64.

ezra (Pate). Pa., Md.

polita (Malloch). Maine, Md.

psychrus (Pate). Transf. to subg. Mimumesa, p. 961.

MIMESA subgenus MIMUMESA Malloch, p. 961

nigra (Packard). Nests in decaying wood. Prey: Agallia sp.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 143-144, figs. 21-22 (larva). Biology: Gurney, 1951. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 53: 280.

psychrus (Pate). Transf. from subg. Mimesa (teste K. V. Krombein, who examined the type of borealis Smith).

? albifacies (Malloch). Tex.

Genus PLUTO Pate, p. 962

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 140-141, figs. 1-6 (larva).

sayi (Rohwer). Calif.

tibialis (Cresson). Ala., S. C.

Tribe PEMPHREDONINI

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 126-136, figs. 49-57, 60-69 (larvae).—Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 167-168 (larvae).

atra Mickel. Pa.

Genus XYLOCELIA Rohwer, pp. 962–964

franclemonti Krombein. Pa., Md.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, p. 133, figs. 65, 66 (larva). metathoracica Mickel. Ala.

occidentalis (Fox). Nests in large colonies in ground. Prey: Aphis sp., Myzus persicae Sulz. (?), Macrosiphum (Acyrthosiphon) sp., Rhopalosiphum sp.

Biology: Powell, 1964. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 21: 155-176.

virginiana Rohwer. Md. Prey: Nymphs of Prociphilus tesselatus (Fitch). Nests in ground.

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 22-24.-Krombein, 1963. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 65: 264.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, p. 133, fig. 67 (larva).

mescalero Pate. Tex.

concolor Say.

Genus PULVERRO Pate, pp. 964-965

PEMPHREDON subgenus PEMPHREDON Latreille, pp. 965–966

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 130-131, fig. 56 (larva).

PEMPHREDON subgenus CEMONUS Panzer, p. 966

giffardi (Rohwer). Nev.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, p. 129, fig. 57 (larva).

harbecki Rohwer. Md., Va. Nests in boring in sumac pith. Prey: Rhopalosiphum rhois Mon.

Biology: Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 34.

*lethifer form littoralis Wagner. Ont. south to Fla., Pa. west to Ill., Colo.,
Utah, Wash., Calif. Introduced from Europe. Nests in soft pith
of roses, berries, sumac, hibiscus. Prey: Nymphs of Aphis sp.,
nymphs and adults of Chaitophorus populicola patchae H. R. L.
Pemphredon (Diphlebus) littoralis Wagner, 1918. Deutsch. Ent. Ztschr.,
p. 143. 9, ♂.
Taxonomy: Krombein, 1959. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 54: 95-96 (as
lethifer lethifer (Shuckard)).-Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp.
246-248, figs. 23-25 (larva).

Biology: Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 34-35.-Krombein, 1964. Biol.
Soc. Wash. Proc. 77: 99-100, fig. 17.-Thomas, 1964. Mich. Acad.
Sci., Arts and Letters, Papers 49: 199-201.

tenax Fox.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 128-129, figs. 49-55 (larva).
STIGMUS subgenus STIGMUS Panzer, pp. 966-967

americanus Packard. Md. Prey: Therioaphis sp.

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 24.-Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bul. 56: 64-65.

fraternus Say. Prey: Nymphs of Therioaphis sp. and Monellia sp.

inordinatus inordinatus Fox. Nests in pith of mulberry twigs and peony stems. Prey: Aphis frangulae Kalt. (?).

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 134-135, figs. 68, 69 (larva).
Biology: Wasbauer and Simonds, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 114-116,

Nomen Nudum in Stigmus Panzer

*Stigmus coloradensis Ashmead, 1889. In Cockerell. Colo. Biol. Assn., 10th Rept., [p. 2] (probably published originally in Custer County Courant newspaper).

Genus PASSALOECUS Shuckard, pp. 967–968

annulatus (Say). Nest in boring in sumac pith. Prey: Macrosiphum sp., nymphs; adult Neothomasia populicola (Thos.).

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 24.—Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 35-36.

cuspidatus Smith. The oldest available name for the species called mandibularis (Cresson) in Catalog (teste K. V. Krombein, who has examined the types).

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 24-25.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 131-132, figs. 60-64 (larva). -Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 167 (larva).—Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 250-251 (larva).

gertrudis Krombein. Pa.

ithacae Krombein. Mich.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 249-250, fig. 22 (larva). mandibularis (Cresson). Syn. of cuspidatus Smith; delete ? before ref. to cuspidatus.

relativus Fox. Prey: Nymphs of Aphis sp.

Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 25.

*turionum Dahlbom. Md., Va., N. C., Ohio, Ind., Mich.; introduced from Europe. Nests in twigs.

Passaloecus turionum Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Eur. 1: 246. 9, ♂.

*Passaloecus brevicornis Morawitz, 1864. Acad. Sci. St. Petersburg Bul. 7: 462. 9, 6.

Taxonomy: Krombein, 1961. Ent. News 72: 258-259.

Genus SPILOMENA Shuckard, pp. 968-969

alboclypeata Bradley. B. C., Oreg., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., Colo., Kans., W. Va., Va. Prey: immature Thysanoptera. Taxonomy and Biology: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 60: 60, figs. 4, 4a, 6.

ampliceps Krombein.

Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 60: 60, figs. 3, 3a. *barberi Krombein. Mass., N. Y. and Ont. south to Ga. and Tenn., Iowa,

Kans., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Calif. Nests in abandoned anobiid borings in wood. Provisions with immature thrips. Spilomena barberi Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 12. 8, f. pusilla (Say). Md. Prey: immature Sericothrips.

Biology and Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 60: 53, 61, figs. 2, 2a, 5.

Genus XYSMA Pate, p. 969

ceanothae (Viereck). Md., Ga. Nests in deserted anobiid beetle burrows in wood. Prey: larvae of Thripinae.

Biology and Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 71: 25.

Subfamily SPHECINAE

Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 147-149, figs. 31-35 (larvae). -Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 91-182, 115 figs. (reclassification).

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