Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1529 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 59 (prey record). 

 magnus (Cresson), n. comb. Gulf and Atlantic States, Tex. to N. Y. 



Pompilus (Priocnemis) magnus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 111. 9. 

 texanus atripennis (Townes), n. comb. La. (Opelousas). 



Priocnemioides texanus atripennis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 56. 6. 

 texanus texanus (Cresson), n. comb. Kans. to Tex., w. to Calif.; Mexico (Coahuila). 



Priocne.mis texanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 204. i, 9. 

 unifasciatus californicus (Townes), n. comb. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Lycosa 

 pacifica Bks. 

 Priocnemioides unifasciatus californicus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 65, pi. 

 2, fig. 19. 9,6. 



Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 393 (prey). 

 unifasciatus cressoni (Banks), n. comb. Kans. and Utah s. to Tex. and Ariz., s. to Guatemala. 

 Prey: Lycosa antelucayia Mont. 

 Cryptocheilus cressoni Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 326. 6,9. 



Biology: Hurd and Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey record). 

 unifasciatus unifasciatus (Say), n. comb. Conn., N. Y. to Fla., w. to Wis., 111., Kans. and Tex. in 

 U. Austral Zone. Ecology: Occurs in open woods and overgrown fields. Prey: Lycosa 

 rabida Walck., L. riparia Hentz. 

 Pompilus unifasciatus Say, 1828. American Entomology 3: 92. 9. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 63 (ecology, prey record). —Evans and 

 Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 100 (prey record). 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99, no. 14: 46-47, pi. 16,. figs. H-Q 

 (male genitalia). 



Genus CRYPTOCHEILUS Panzer 



Salius Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 124. Preocc. 



Type-species: Sphex sexpunctata Fabricius. Desig. by Guerin, 1849. 

 Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806. Krit. Rev. Insektenf. Deutschlands, v. 2, p. 120. 



Type-species: Sphex annulata Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Cryptochibis Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse de la Nature., p. 125. Emend. 

 Adonta Billberg, 1820. Enum. Ins., p. 101. N. name for Salius. 

 Stenoclavelia Arnold, 1932. Transvaal. Mus., Ann. 15: 44. 



Type-species: Stenoclavelia mirablis Arnold. Orig. desig. 

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



Type-species: Cryptocheilus birkmanni Banks. Orig. desig. 

 Adirostes Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 96: 465. 



Type-species: Adirostes tolteca Banks. Orig. desig. 

 attenuatum Banks. Tenn., La., Iowa, Kans., Tex., Colo.; Mexico (Morelos and Jalisco). Prey: 



Lycosa antelucana Mont., L. avida Walck., L. near helluo Walck., L. sp.; all prey records 

 are of juvenile spiders. 

 Cryptocheilus attenuatum Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 8. cJ. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 76 (prey record). -Kurczewski and 

 Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 3 (prey records). 

 Hesperus (Banks). Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah. 



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

 Cryptocheilus atratus Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 247. 6,9. 

 idoneum birkmanni Banks. 100° W. to Rocky Mts. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones; also 



Ariz., N. Mex., and south. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Lycosa tigana Gertsch 

 and Wallace, adult. 

 Cryptocheilus birkmanni Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202 6, 9. 



Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey record). 

 idoneum idoneum Banks. Va., N. C, Ga., Fla., Minn. Prey: Lycosa impavida Walck., juvenile. 

 Psammochares tenuicortiis Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 249. 6. Preocc. 



