1504 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, pi. 4, fig. 1 (nest). Misdet. as birenimaculatus (Sauss.) in 

 preceding references. 

 paracallosus Bequaert. S. Dak., Ariz. 



Ancistrocoits paracallosus Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 269. 6,9. 



parietum (Linnaeus). Que., Ont., Mass. and R. I. south to D. C, Ohio, Mich.; Palaearctic in 



Europe and North Africa east to Manchuria, also in the Azores and Madeira. Ecology: 

 Nests in crevices in mortar and glass tubing in North America; in Europe is reported to 

 nest in tree stumps, rock crevices, and in burrows in clay banks. Adventive from 

 Europe. Parasite: Stylopidae sp. Prey: Torticidae sp. in Ont.; in Europe the usual prey is 

 caterpillars, but there is one record of storing coleopterous larvae, Melasoma populi L. 



Vespa parietum Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, v. 1, p. 572. 



Odynerus ? geoffroyanus Spinola, 1808. Insectorum Liguriae 2: 182. 



Odyneriis flavipes Curtis, 1826. Brit. Ent. 3: 137 b, no. 12. 



Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Ochlerus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 

 1, p. 131. 9. 



Odynerus parietum var. incisoides Verhoeff, 1890. Ent. Nachr. 16: 335. Type probably 

 destroyed. 



Odynerus parietum var. incisus Verhoeff, 1890. Ent. Nachr. 16: 335. Type destroyed. 



Odynerus parietum var. parietoides Verhoeff, 1890. Ent. Nachr. 16: 335. Type destroyed. 



Ancistrocerus tardinotus Taylor, 1922. Psyche 29: 49. A manuscript name attributed to 

 Bequaert and validated under the provisions of Art. 12 and Art. 16 (a) (viii) of the Code. 



Biology: Taylor, 1922. Psyche 29: 49-55 (nest, prey, life history). —Miller, 1954. Canad. Ent. 



86: 197-198, 4 figs, (nest, prey). The foregoing references are to the north American 



population; biological references to the Palaearctic population are to be found in the 



Palaearctic eumenid catalog by van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972. 

 parredes (Saussure). Ariz. (Huachuca Mts.); Mexico, Central America to Panama. 



Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Pai-redes Saussure, 1857. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 9: 273. 9. 



Odynerus Parredesi (!) Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 180. 9. Emend. 

 simulator Cameron. Nev., Calif. Ecology: Nests in old Sceliphron nests. 



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



Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 4, 9 (chromosome 

 number). 



Biology: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 365 (nest). 

 spilogaster Cameron. West. U. S. east to Mont., Wyo., Utah, northern Ariz, in Upper Sonoran 

 and Transition Zones. Ecology: Nests in twigs and Sambucus stems, in old oak galls, 

 and also makes complete mud cells on rocks. Parasite: Aritranis notata sierrae Tow.; 

 Chrysis coendans P., C. pattoni Aar. 

 Ancistrocerus spilogaster Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 121. S. 

 Odynerus edwardsii Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 207. 9. 



Taxonomy: Goodpasture, 1974. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 47: 364-372, figs. 2, 3, 9 (chromosome 

 number). 



Biology: Bequaert, 1943. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 23: 248 (nest). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (nests, parasites). 

 spinolae (Saussure). Conn, to Fla. west to Mich., 111., Mo. and Tex. Ecology: Nests in borings in 

 wood and in abandoned mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Anthrax aterrimus (Big.); 

 Miltogrammini sp.; Kennethiella trisetosa (Coor.). Prey: Lepidoptera larvae. 

 Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) spinolae Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 

 3, p. 216. 9. 



Biology: Rau, 1946. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 41: 10-11 (nest). — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting 

 wasps and bees, pp. 99-100 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). 

 tuberculocephalus sutterianus (Saussure). Calif., Nev., Utah, Oreg., B. C. in Upper Sonoran 

 and Transition Zones. Ecology: Nests in old mud-dauber nests. Parasite: Chrysis 

 coendans F., C. inflata Aar. 

 Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) Sidterianus Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 

 186. 6,9. 



