Superfamily VESPOIDEA 1503 



Toxophora virgata 0. S., A^ithrax a. argyropygus Wied., A. irroratus Say; Megaselia 



sp.; Amobia (?) sp.; Microdontomerus anthidii (Ashm.); Chrysis coerulans F., C. 



nitidula F.; Sphaeropthalma amphio7i (Fox), S. sp. Prey: Olethreutidae sp.; Archips sp., 



Tortricidae sp. Predator: Philanthus solivagus Say. 

 Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Catskill Saussure, 1853. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 



1, p. 136. (J, 9. 

 Odynenis {Ancistrocerus) catskillensis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, 



V. 3, p. 204. Emend. 

 Odyyierus Catskilli(,l) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 168. 

 Ancistrocerus sexcingulatus Ashmead, 1901. Psyche 9: 185. 6. 

 Ancistrocerus ortnsbyensis Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 120. i. 

 Ancistrocerus gunnisonensis Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 146. S . 

 Ancistrocerus gunnistoneyisis (!) Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 213. 



Biology: Myers, 1927. Ent. Monthly Mag. 53: 190-196 (nest, parasite). — Rau, 1935. Brooklyn 

 Ent. Soc, Bui. 30: 111 (nest). —Rau, 1945. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 38: 88 (nest). — Hobbs, 

 Nummi, and Virostek, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 144 (nest). — Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 66: 210 (parasites). —Medler, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 139-142 (nest, prey, life 

 history). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 104-110, pi. 3, fig. 11 (nest, 

 prey, life history, parasites; a composite account based on nests of c. albophaleratus, c. 

 catskill, and hybrids between them). —Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 2 

 (nest, parasites). 

 catskill halophila Viereck. Rocky Mts. west to Pacific Coast. Ecology: Nests in borings in 



twigs and Sambucus stems, in old oak galls, and possibly also in abandoned burrows of 



ground-nesting bees. Parasite: Chrysis derivata Buyss. 

 Ancistrocerus halophila Viereck, 1903 (1902). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 54: 735. 6. 

 Ancistrocerus trichionotus Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 120. i. 

 Ancistrocerus fulvitarsis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 205. cJ, 9. 

 Ancistrocerus tahoensis Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 235. 9. 



Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 255 (nest). —Bohart, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Monog. 2: 894 (nests). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 92-93 (nests, 

 parasite). 

 durangoensis Cameron. Western Okla. and Te.x., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Colo., Wyo. in Upper 



Sonoran Zone; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Chrysis inflata Aar. 

 Prey: Lepidoptera larvae. 

 Aiicistrocerus durangoensis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 216. 6. 

 Ancistrocerus fulvicarpus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 222. 9. 



Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 154-155, fig. 3 (sleeping aggregations). 

 — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 102 (nest, prey, life history, parasite). 

 lineativentris kamloopsensis Bequaert. B. C, Oreg., Wyo. 



Ancistrocerus lineativentris kamloopsensis Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 280. S, 

 9. 

 lineativentris lineativentris Cameron. West. U. S. east to S. Dak., west. Kans. mostly in 

 Transition Zone. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems. Parasite: Amobia floridensis 

 (Tns.), Pimpla spatulata Tow.; Chrysis inflata Aar. 

 A7icistrocenis lineativentris Cameron, 1906. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 146. 6. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nest, parasites). 

 lineativentris sinopis Bohart. Colo., west. Tex., Utah, Ariz. 



Ancistrocerus lineativentris sinopis Bohart, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 466. 6, 9. 

 lutonidus Bohart. Mass. to S. C, Ind., Wis., Tex. Ecology: Nests are made of hardened clay, 

 are attached to twigs of low bushes, and contain 6-20 or more cells arranged somewhat 



radially. 

 Ancistrocerus lutonidus Bohart, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 465. c5, 9. 



Biology: Packard, 1869. Guide Study Ins., p. 156, pi. 5, fig. 12 (nest). —Riley, 1880. Amer. 

 Ent. 3: 154. —Strand, 1914. Ent. Mitt. 3: 116-118. —Viereck, 1916. Conn. State Geol. and 



