400 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



*Isodontia subg, Murrayella Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. 

 Ent. 30: 137. 



Type: Sphex elegans Smith. Orig. desig. 



Raised to generic rank by Evans and Lin, 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 143. 



apicalis (Smith). N. J. to Fla., west to Tex., Tenn., Nebr., Ariz. (Isodonlia) 

 Sphex (Isodonlia) aztecus cinereus (Fernald). Replaced by apicalis 

 (Smith), an older name, which is not a homonym (teste Bohart 

 and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 134). 

 Sphex (Isodonlia) harrisi (Fernald) of Catalog, in part. Transfer cita- 

 tion for harrisi alone to syn. of apicalis (teste Bohart and Menke, 

 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 134). 



auripes Fernald. (Murrayella) 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 147-148 (larva). 



aztecus aztecus (Saussure). Delete azlecus (Saussure) and robuslus 

 (Cameron) from Catalog, and transfer macrocephalus (Fox) to 

 synonymy of philadelphica (Lepeletier). 



elegans (Smith). B. C, U. S. west of 100th Meridian. (Murrayella) 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 238-239, figs. 13, 16 (larva). 



exornata Fernald. N. C. to Fla., west to Tex. (Isodonlia) 



harrisi Fernald. Remove philadelphica Lepeletier, a valid species, from 

 synonymy: remove apicalis (Harris) and mexicana (Saussure) as 

 another valid species; transfer harrisi to synonymy of apicalis 

 (Smith). 



mexicana (Saussure). U. S. east of Rockies, Ariz.; Mexico, Central America. 



Prey: Oecanthiis argentinus Sauss., Gryllus assimilis F. 



(Murrayella) 

 Sphex (Isodonlia) harrisi (Fernald) of Catalog, in part. References to 



apicalis (Harris), apicalis (Saussure) and apicalis var. mexicana 



(Saussure) belong under mexicana (teste Bohart and Menke, 



1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 139). 

 Biology: Lin, C. S., 1962. Tex. Jour. Sci. 14: 429-430. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 239-240 (larva). 



philadelphica (Lepeletier). Eastern states, N. Y. to Kans., south to Fla. 



and Tex., Ariz., Calif. (Isodonlia) 

 Sphex (Isodonlia) azlecus azlecus Saussure, of Catalog, in part. S. 



macrocephalus a syn. of philadelphica (teste Bohart and Menke, 



1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 135). 

 Sphex (Isodonlia) harrisi (Fernald) of Catalog, in part. S. philadelphica 



removed from syn. and raised to sp. rank (teste Bohart and Menke, 



1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 135). 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 240 (larva). 



Genus *PRIONYX van der Linden 

 ( = Sp/iex subg. Pr/ononyx Dahlbom, p. 973) 



Prionyx van der Linden, 1827. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 4: 



362. 



Type: Ammophila kirbii van der Linden. By monotypy. 

 Taxonomy: Parker, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 205-208, 1 pi. (key to 



N. A. spp.). 



atratus (Lepeletier). 



Biology: Evans, 1958d. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 178-181, fig. 1. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 147 (larva). 



canadensis (Provancher), changed status. Wash, to north. Calif., east to 

 Idaho, Utah, Nev. 

 Sphex (Priononyx) pubidorsus (Costa), in part. C. canadensis is a 

 valid sp. (teste Parker, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 205); excisus 

 (Kohl) should also be removed from syn. of pubidorsus and placed 

 as a syn. of canadensis (teste Bohart and Menke, 1963, loc. cit. 

 supra, p. 157). 



