SPHECIDAE 401 



*fervens (Linnaeus). Tex,; West Indies. 



Sphex fervens Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 569. ?. (Type from 



West Indies, not Indies.) 

 Sphex (Priononyx) striatus (Smith). Syn. by Schulz, 1912. Ent. Ztschr. 



Berlin 57: 56. 

 Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1959. Ent. Ber. 19: 130. 

 Biology: Evans, 1958d, loc. cit. supra, p. 184, figs. 2-3. 



*foxi Bohart and Menke. Tex., Nev., Utah; northern Mexico. 



Sphex (Priononyx) ferruginea Fox, preocc. Substitute name proposed 

 by Bohart and Menke, 1963 (Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 152). 



*parkeri Bohart and Menke. U. S. south to Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 



Prionyx parkeri Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 



154, figs. 35, 54, 96, 102. $, ?. 

 Biology: Evans, 1958d, loc. cit. supra, pp. 183-184. — Linsley, 1962. Ent. 



Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 156, fig. 4. — Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. 



Novitates 2201: 18-19. 



pubidorsus (Costa). Remove canadensis (Provancher), a valid sp., and its 

 syn., excisus (Kohl), from syn. of pubidorsus; place pubidorsus in 

 syn. of thomae (Fabricius). 



striatus (Smith). A syn. of fervens (Linnaeus). 



*subatratus Bohart, n. comb. Oreg. and Idaho south and east to Calif., Utah. 

 Ariz., N. Mex., western Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua). 

 Priononyx subatrata Bohart, 1958. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 53: 90. $,9. 



thomae (Fabricius). Southeastern and western states, south to Argentina. 



Sphex (Priononyx) pubidorsus (Costa) in part. Remove canadensis 

 (Provancher), and its syn. excisus (Kohl), as a valid sp.; place 

 pubidorsus (Costa) in syn. of thomae (teste Bohart and Menke, 

 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 159). 



Biology: Evans, 1958d, loc. cit. supra, pp. 181-183. 



Genus PALMODES Kohl 

 { = Sphex subg. Po/modes Kohl, p. 944, of Catalog) 



Revision: Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 63: 179-191, 

 17 figs. 



Raised to generic rank by Evans and Lin. 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 141. 



♦californicus Bohart and Menke. Calif., Nev., Oreg., B. C. Prey: adult 

 Platylyra californica Scud., immature Neduba morsei Caud. 

 Palmodes californicus Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 

 63: 182, figs. 3, 13. $, 9. 



*carbo Bohart and Menke. B. C. to Calif., east to N. W. T., Mont., Colo, and 

 N. Mex. 

 Sphex (Palmodes) laeviventris Cresson, in part. Remove morio Kohl, 

 a valid sp., from synonymy {teste Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash. Proc. 63: 188, fig. 17). However, morio is preoccupied, 

 so carbo proposed as a replacement name by Bohart and Menke, 

 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 144. 



daggyi Murray. Syn. of dimidiatus (DeGeer). 



*dimidiatus (DeGeer). U. S. except northwest; Mexico (Chihuahua, 



Coahuila). 

 Sphex dimidiatus DeGeer, 1773. Mem. pour servir a I'Hist. des Ins. 3: 



577, pi. 30, fig. 5. $. 

 Sphex (Palmodes) daggyi Murray (syn. by Bohart and Menke, 1961, 



loc. cit. supra, p. 190). 

 Sphex (Palmodes) rufiventris opuntiae (syn. by Bohart and Menke, 1961, 



loc. cit. supra, p. 190). 

 Sphex (Palmodes) rufiventris rufiventris Cresson (syn. by Bohart and 



Menke, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 190). 



