Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1527 



Morphology: Salman, 1929. Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 55: 119-153, pis. VI-IX. 

 mildei Stal. Tex. to Kans. w. into Calif.; Mexico (Coahuila, Baja California). Ecology: Nests in 

 prey burrow. Prey: Bothriocyrtum caiifomicum (Camb.), Aphonopelma sp. 

 Pepsis mildei Stal, 1857. Ofvers. Kongl. Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14: 64. 

 Pepsis hesperiae Patton, 1894. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 3: 46. 6. 

 Pepsis Boguei Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 141, 142, 146. 6,9. 



Biology: Passmore, 1933. Natl. Geog. Mag., 64: 203, 205 (prey capture, nest). — Passmore, 

 1936. Nat. Mag. 27: 155-159 (prey capture, nest; misdet. as forynosa). — Hurd, 1952. Amer. 

 Mas. Nat. Hist., Bui. 98: 268 (prey). —Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 458, 460, 

 figs. 4-8, 15-19 (prey capture, nest, life history). 

 saphirus Palisot de Beauvois. South. Fla.; West Indies. 



Pepsis saphirus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805. Ins. Afr., Amer., p. 39, pi. 1, fig. 4. 9. 



Genus HEMIPEPSIS Dahlbom 



Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 123. 



Type-species: Hemipepsis capensis Dahlbom. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900. 

 Pallosonia Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 492. 



Type-species: Pallosoma barbara Lepeletier. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900. 

 Tetraodontonyx Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 187. 



Type-species: Tetraodontonyx rufipes Ashmead. Orig. desig. (=Pompiius heros 

 Guerin). 

 Crypfocheiius subg. Tetracryptocheilus Zavattari, 1907. R. Univ. Torino, Mus. Zool. 

 Compar. Anat., Bol. 22 (555): 4. 



Type-species: C ryptocheiliis (Tetracryptocheilus) ascensi Zavattari. Orig. desig. 

 Tetracryptochiius Schulz, 1911. Zool. Ann. 4: 122. Emend. 

 Trichonyx Haupt, 1929. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 17: 195. 



Type-species: Hemipepsis unguicidaris Kohl. Orig. desig. 

 Pachynimia Haupt, 1929. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 17: 197, 202. 



Type-species: Priocnemis tinctor Saussure. Orig. desig. 

 Hemipepsis subg. Xenopepsis Arnold, 1932. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 14: 291, 323, 367. 



Type-species: Hemipepsis (Xenopepsis) commixta Arnold. Orig. desig. 

 Hemipepsis subg. Moropepsis Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 69: 6, 8. 



Type-species: Hemipepsis (Moropepsis) croesus Banks. Monotypic. 

 Hovagenia Banks, 1941. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 92: 343. 

 Type-species: Hovagenia saussurei Banks. Orig. desig. 

 mexicana (Cresson). Tex. (Davis Mts.), s. to Panama. 



Mygnimia mexicana Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 143. 9. 

 toussainti (Banks). Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Durango, Michoacan, Mexico); Haiti. 



Mygnimia toussainti Banks, 1928. Studies on Cuban Insects, v. 1, p. 5. 3. 

 ustulata ochroptera Stal. Cent, and south. Calif., Ariz., Nev., in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. 

 Prey: Brachythele longitarsis Simon, Aphonopelma sp. 

 Hemipepsis ochroptera Stal, 1857. Ofvers. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14: 64. 

 Mygnimia hesperina Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 102. d, 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 432-433, fig. 42 (larva). 

 Biology: Williams, 1956. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49: 460-462, figs. 20, 22 (prey capture, nest, 

 life history). 

 ustulata ustulata Dahlbom. Tex., Okla., Kans., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz, in L. Austr. and U. 

 Austr. Zones, less common in Transit. Zone; Mexico (Baja California, Durango, 

 Michoacan, Hidalgo, Mexico). 

 Hemipepsis ustulata Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 123. 9. 

 Mygnimia cressoni Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 203. 6,9. 



Genus PRIOCNESSUS Banks 



Priocnessus Banks, 1925. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 77: 337. 



Type-species: Salius neotropicalis Cameron. Desig. by Pate, 1946. 



