1566 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Pompiloides rectus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 303. 9, S. 

 Pompiloides elsinore Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 235, 236. 9. 

 similaris (Banks). Alleghanian and Carol. Faunas, Ont. and New England s. to Fla. and w. to 

 111. 

 Anoplius similaris Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. 9. 



Genus APORINELLUS Banks 



Apori7iellus Banks, 1912 (1911). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 238. 



Type-species: Aporus fasciatus Smith. Desig. by Banks, 1912. 

 Ferreoloides Haupt, 1929. Zool. Mus. Berlin, Mitt. 15: 150. 



Type-species: Pompilus moestus Klug. Desig. by Bradley, 1944. 

 Eupompiloides Gussakovsky, 1935. Konowia 14: 141. 



Type-species: Pompilus moestus Klug. Monotypic. 

 Ceratopompilus Bradley, 1944. Eos 20: 95, 97. 



Type-species: Povipilus sexmaculatus Spinola. Orig. desig. 



Occur chiefly in sandy places, and visit honeydew and occasionally flowers; prey usually upon 

 spiders of the family Salticidae. 



Revision: Bequaert, 1919. Psyche 26: 115-123. —Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 

 402-423. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 185-186 (revised key). 

 basalis Banks. Kans., Tex. and Oreg. s. to Costa Rica. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Oxyopes 

 helius Chamb. 

 Aporinellus basalis Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 3. 9. 

 Aponnellus bridwelli Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 291, figs. 197, 265. 6. 



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

 borregoensis Evans. South. Calif., Ariz, and Nev. 



Aporinellus borregoensis Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 184, fig. 2. 6, 9. 

 completus Banks. Transcont. in south. Canada and U. S., s. in Mexico to Chiapas at higher 

 altitudes. Ecology: Nests in soil. Prey: Phidippus clams Keys., Habroyiattus sp., 

 Pellenes oregonensis Peckh., P. viridipes (Hentz), P. borealis (Bks.), P. sp., Evarcha 

 hoyi (Peckh.), Habrocestum pulex (Hentz), Maevia vittata (Hentz), Sitticus palustris 

 (Peckh.). 

 Aporinellus completus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 61: 97. 9. 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 294 (prey). —Evans, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, 

 Trans. 32: 76 (prey). — Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 63 (prey, nest). 

 — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 377 (prey). — Kurczewski 

 and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 74 (prey). 

 fasciatus (Smith). N. C, 111., Alta. and B. C, s. to Fla., Tex. and Calif., s. in Mexico at higher 



altitudes to Puebla and Morelos. 

 Aporus fasciatus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 175. 6. Preocc in Pompilus. 

 Pompilus unionis Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 330. N. name. 

 Aporus apicatus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 126. 6. 

 medianus Banks. Calif., Wyo., Mich, and N. Y. s. to Costa Rica. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: 



Oxyopes salticus Hentz, Maevia vittata Hentz, Phidippus whitmanii Peckh. ?, P. sp., 



Salticus sp.; Tibellus duttoni (Hentz), Xysticus sp. near gulosris Keys. This sp. was 



consistently misdet. as fasciatus Sm. until 1966. 

 Aporinellus medianus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 97. 9. 

 Aporinellus intermedius Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 240. 9. 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 55-57 (prey, nest). 

 —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 194-195 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and 

 Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 23-24 (prey hunting and transport, nest). 

 taeniatus baboquivari Evans. Ariz. (Baboquivari Mts.). 



Aporinellus taeniatus baboquivari Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 286. 9. 



