Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1563 



Genus POMPILUS Subgenus XENOPOMPILUS Evans 



Pompilus subg. Xenopompilus Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 531. 



Type-species: Pompilus (Xenopompilus) tlahtiicanus Evans. Orig. desig. 

 tiahuicanus Evans. Ariz. (Portal): Mexico (Puebla, Morelos, Jalisco, Durango, Chihuahua). 

 Pompilus (Xenopompilus) tiahuicanus Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 534, fig. 1. 



9,6. 

 Pompilus (Xenopompilus) tarahumarae Evans, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 535. 9 . 



Genus POMPILUS Subgenus PERISSOPOMPILUS Evans 



Pompilus subg. Perissopompilus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 77: 222. 

 Type-species: Pompilus (Ammosphex) phoenix Evans. Orig. desig. 

 perfasciatus Evans. South. Calif, and Ariz, in deserts; Mexico (Zacatecas). 



Pompilus (Perissopompilus) perfasciatus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 225. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1958. Ent. News 69: 147, figs. 1-2. S. 

 phoenix Evans. Calif., Nev., Utah, west. Tex.; Mexico (Baja California and Sonora s. to Puebla 

 and Guerrero). Ecology: Occiu*s in open, semiarid areas. Prey: Filistata sp. 

 Pompilus (Am.mx)sphex) phoenix Evans, 1948. Pan- Pacific Ent. 24: 123. d, 9. 



Biology: Evans, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 339 (prey). 



Genus POMPILUS Subgenus XEROCHARES Evans 



Pompilus subg. Xerochares Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 77: 218. 

 Type-species: Pompilus connexus Fox. Orig. desig. 

 expulsus Schulz. South. Ariz.; Mexico to Nicaragua 



Pompilus connexus Fox, 1893. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 4: 23. 9. Preocc. 

 Pompilus expulsus Schulz, 1906. SpoUa Hym., p. 170. N. name. 

 Psammochares arizonica Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 115. 9. 

 Pompilus rubriventris Bradley, 1944. Notulae Nat. 145, p. 9. N. name. 



Genus POMPILUS Subgenus AMMOSPHEX Wilcke 



Ammosphex Wilcke, 1942. Ent. Ber. 11: 25. 



Type-species: Pompilus unguicularis Thomson. Orig. desig. 

 Anopompilinus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 7, 10, 11. 



Type-species: Anopompilinus michiganensis Dreisbach. Monotypic. 

 Pompilus subg. Holarctopompilus Wolf, 1965. Schweiz. Ent. (Jesell., Mitt. 38: 101. N. syn. 

 (H. E. Evans). 



Type-species: Psammochares gibbomimus Haupt. Orig. desig. 

 Pompilus subg. Boreopompilus Wolf, 1965. Schweiz. Ent. CJesell., Mitt. 38: 101. N. syn. (H. 

 E. Evans). 



Type-species: Pompilus trivialis Dahlbom. Orig. desig. 

 angularis angularis (Banks). Transcont. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones; Mexico (Baja 



California). Ecology: Occurs in sandy areas, and also nests in hard-packed soU. Prey: 

 Callilepis altitudonis Chamb., C. imbecilla (Keys.); Xysticus spp.; Pellenes spp., 

 Habronattus ? sp., Thomisidae sp. Another subsp. occurs in Mexico. 

 Psammochares angularis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 115. 6. 



Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 32: 76 (prey transport). — Wasbauer and Powell, 

 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 35: 399-400 (prey). —Evans, 1963. Ent. News 74: 239 (prey 

 transport). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 482 (prey transport). 

 — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 46: 72-73 (prey transport). 

 — Alcock, 1973. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 31: 323-324, fig. 1 (nest, prey). 

 anomalus anomalus (Dreisbach). U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, Alta. to Ariz., Calif.; Mexico 

 (Baja CaUfomia). Prey: Xysticus conctator Thor. Another subsp. occiu^ in Mexico. 

 Anopompilinus anomalus Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 42: 725, 737. S. 

 Anopompilinus amaudi Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 153, figs. 1, 2. S. 



Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 35: 400 (prey). 



