Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1567 



taeniatus rufus Banks. Colo., Minn., Nebr. 



Aporinellus rufus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 230. 9. 

 taeniatus taeniatus (Kohl). B. C, Minn, and Mass. s. to Calif., La. and Fla., and to Guatemala 

 from sea level to at least 7500 ft. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Habronattus calcaratus 

 (Bks.), Pellenes agilis (Bks.), P. borealis (Bks.), P. viridipes (Hentz), P. sp. 



Pompilus taeniahis Kohl, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 36: 315. 9. 



Pompilus taeniolatus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 326. N. name. 



Aporus femigineipes Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 203. 9. 



Aporinellus califomicus Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 240. 9. 



Aporinellus banksi Bequaert, 1919. Psyche 26: 118. 9. 



Aporinellus seniirufus Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 326. 9. 



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



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 284 <prey). — Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates 2201: 13 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 

 74 (prey, nest). 

 taeniatus wheclcri Bequaert. Alleghanian Fauna, Mass. to N. C. 



Aporinellus wheeleri Bequaert, 1919. Psyche 26: 118. 9. 

 yucatanensis (Cameron). N. J., Iowa, Mont, and Oreg. s. to Costa Rica except at high altitudes. 

 Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Xysticus sp. 

 Pompilus (Aporus) yucatanensis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 189. 9 . 

 Aporinellus laticeps Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 230. 9. 

 Aporinellus sinuatus Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 298, figs. 199, 246, 250, 253, 

 256. 6, 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 194 (prey, nest; misdet. as apicatus). 



Genus ALLOCHARES Banks 



Allochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 98. 

 Type-species: Allochares bruesi Banks. Monotypic. 



Revision: Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 148. 

 azureus (Cresson). Fla. to south. Calif., s. in Mexico to Puebla and Veracruz. 



Pompilus (Agenia) azureus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 131. 9. 

 Pompilus sinaloae Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 192. 9 . 

 Allochares bruesi Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 98. 9. 



Genus PARACYPHONONYX Gribodo 



Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. (2) 1: 306. 



Type-species: Paracyphononyx melanicrus Gribodo. Monotypic. 

 Schistosalius Saussure, 1892. In Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, v. 20, Hym., v. 1, p. 

 313. 



Type-species: Salius ellioti Saussure. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902. 

 Paracyphonyx Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 81. 



Type-species: Paracyphonyx metemmensis Magretti. Orig. desig. 

 Allocyphonyx Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 136. 



Type-species: Pompilus maurus Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 Pompiloides Sustera, 1913. Zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 62: 180. 



Type-species: Pompilus ruficrus Klug. Monotypic. 

 Dicyrtomus Haupt, 1927. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., Beih., pp. 150, 256. 



Type-species: Pompilus ruficrus Klug. Orig. desig. 

 Atopopompilus Arnold, 1937. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 19: 22. 



Type-species: Pompilus venans Kohl. Orig. desig. 

 Anacyphononyx Haupt, 1950. Explor. Pare Nat. Albert, Miss, de Witte, fasc. 69, p. 59. 



Type-species: Pompilus semiplumbeus Taschenberg. Orig. desig. 

 funereus (Lepeletier). Mass., Mich., S. Dak. and Utah s. to Fla., Tex. and Ariz., s. in Mexico to 

 Yucatan. Prey: Lycosa lenta (Hentz). 

 Anoplius funereus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 449. 6. 



