1524 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Tribe PEPSINI 

 Taxonomy: Dreisbach, 1952. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 60: 119-125 (key to New World genera). 



Genus CHIRODAMUS Haliday 



Ckirodamus Haliday, 1837. Linn. Soc. London, Trans. (3) 17: 326. 



Type-species: Chirodamus kingii Haliday. Monotypic. 

 Calopompiius Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 188. 



Type-species: Pompilus maculipennis Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Dinocnemis Banks, 1925. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 67: 336. 



Type-species: Poinpilus fortis Cresson. Desig. by Bradley, 1944. 

 Onochares Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 9. 



Type-species: Onochares brazoria Banks (=Priocneniis Heiligbrodtii Cresson). 

 Trichocurgus Haupt, 1937. Ztsehr. f. Naturw. 91: 127, 134. 



Type-species: Pompilus monachus Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Chrysocurgus Haupt, 1937. Ztsehr. f. Naturw. 91: 127, 134. 



Type-species: Sphex nitida Fabricius. Orig. desig. 

 Derochilus Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 119, 120. 



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

 Reedimia Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 482. 



Type-species: Agenia hirsutula Spinola. Orig. desig. 

 Anacyphonyx Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 520. 



Type-species: Anacyphonyx fidelis Banks. Orig. desig. 

 albopilosus (Cresson). N. Y. to Ga., W. Va. in Transition Zone. Ecology: Occurs in rich moist 

 woods from early to late summer. 

 Pompilus (Agenia) albopilosus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 125. S. 

 Priocnemis fortella Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 401. 9. 

 Pseudagenia najacra Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 203. S. 



Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 132 (synonymy oi fortella, male description). 

 deceptus (Banks). Tex. 



Priocnemis decepta Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 201. 9. 

 feroculis (Banks). Va., Tex. 



Pseudagenia feroculis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 232. <J. 

 fortis (Cresson). N. Y. to S. C. in Transition Zone. Ecology: Occurs in woods. 



Pompilus (Priocnemis) fortis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 113. 9. 



Pompilus (Agenia) nigropilosus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 124. S. 



Pseudagenia niariva Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 202. S. 



Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 131-132 (male description). 

 heiligbrodtii (Cresson). Tex. 



Priocnemis Heiligbrodtii Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 204. 9. 

 Agenia Belfragei Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 205. 6. 

 Onochares brazoria Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 9. 9. 

 maculipennis (Smith). Kans., Mo., Ark., Tex., Miss., Ala., Ga., N. C. 



Pompilus maculipennis Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 157. 9. 

 pyrrhomelas (Walker). B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., commonest 

 in Canad. Zone; Mexico. Prey: Antrodiaetus pacificus Simon. 

 Pompilus pyrrhomelas Walker, 1866. In Lord, Naturalist in Vancouver Isl. and B. C, v. 2, 



p. 341. 9. 

 Cryptocheilus rugosus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 101. 9. 

 Cryptocheilus inaequalis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 61: 102. i. 



Taxonomy: Bradley, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 132 (male description). 



Biology: Krombein, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 1: 170 (prey). 

 validus (Cresson). N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., in Lower Austral zone. 



Pompilus (Priocnemis) validus Cresson, 1867, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 116. 9. 



