Superfamily VESPOIDEA 1483 



ammonia ammonia (Saussure). Fla., S. C. 



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



1, p. 122. 9. 

 Odynerus ammonis Smith, 1857. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 5, p. 83. Emend. 

 Odynenis floridanus Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. 9. 



ammonia paraensis (Saussure). U. S. west to Tex., Kans., Minn. 



Odynems (Ancistrocerus) paraensis Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 



3, p. 207. 6. 

 Odynerus clypeatus Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 196. S, 9. Preocc. N. syn. 



(J. van der Vecht). 

 Odynerus clypeolatus Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 42. N. name. 



N. syn. (J. van der Vecht). 

 Odynerus bradleyi Robertson, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51: 82. N. name. Preocc N. 

 syn. (J. van der Vecht). 

 anatropus Bohart. Calif., southern Oreg., Nev. Ecology: Observed nesting in loose gravelly 

 dirt on a 45 degree slope, the cells made of dirt stuck to a silk lining. 

 Stenodynerus anatropus Bohart, 1944. Pan-Pacific Ent. 20: 71. 6, 9. 

 anormiformis (Viereck). Southeastern Calif., Ariz. 



Odynerus (Stenodynerus) anonnifonnis Viereck, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 407. 9. 



anormis (Say). Transcontinental and widespread in U. S. and Canada. Ecology: Reared from 

 cells in a pithy stem, the cells separated by mud partitions. Parasite: Amobia sp. Prey: 

 Caterpillars. 



Eumenes anormis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 346. S. 



Odynerus oculatus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 385. 6. 



Odynerus (Odynerus) Persecutor Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, 

 p. 256. cJ. 



Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) philetas Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 214. 9. 



Ancistrocerus truncatus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 217. 9. Preocc. 



Odynerus approximatus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 79. 9. 



Odynerus crassispinus Cameron, 1909. Pomona Col. Jour. Ent. 1: 130. 6. 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, Social and Solitary, p. 91 (nest, life history, 

 prey). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 331-332 (nest, parasite). 

 apache Bohart. Ariz., N. Mex., Tex., Colo., Wyo., Utah, Nev., Calif., Oreg.; Mexico. 



Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) apache Bohart, 1949. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 51: 244, fig. 1. 6, 



9. 



australis (Robertson). Fla. 



Odynerus australis Robertson, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 197. 6,9. 

 beameri Bohart. Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood. Parasite: Toxophora amphitea Wlkr., 

 Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied. Prey: Lepidoptera larvae. 



Stenodynerus (Stenodynerus) beameri Bohart, 1948. Fla. Ent. 31: 75. 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 126-128 (nest, prey, life history, 

 parasites). 

 blandoides blandoides Bohart. Western U. S. except Ariz., east to N. Dak., Wyo., Colo., N. 

 Mex. Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems. 

 Stenodynerus blandoides blandoides Bohart, 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 9. 6, 9. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 3 (nest). 

 blandoides owensi Bohart. Calif., Nev. 



Stenodynerus blandoides owensi Bohart, 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 10. 6. 

 blandus blandus (Saussure). B. C, Wash., Idaho, Oreg., Calif., Ariz., Utah; Mexico (Baja 

 California). Ecology: Nests in Sambucus stems. 

 Odynerus (Odynerus) blandus Saussure, 1870. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 22: 105. 9. 

 Odynerus mathewi Cameron, 1906. Entomologist 39: 268. i. 

 Odynerus giffardi Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 237. 9. 



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



