Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1531 



nigripes (Cresson). N. C, Tenn., Ark., Mo., Nebr., Kans. 



Pompilus {Priocnemis) nigripes Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 454. 9. 

 Priocnemis govielza Brimley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 43. 9. 

 oregona Banks. B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Utah, Ariz. Prey. Brachythele sp.; 

 Aciiywxia t'ersicolor Sim.; Atypoides riversi P.-Camb. 

 Pompilus comparatus Walker, 1866. hi Lord, Naturalist in Vancouver Isl. and B. C, v. 2, 



p. 341. 9. Preocc. 

 Priocnemis oregona Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 11. N. name. 



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

 and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 394 (prey records). 



Genus PRIOCNEMIS Subgenus PRIOCNEMIS Schiodte 



Priocnemis Schiodte, 1837. Kroyer's Naturhist. Tidsskr. 1: 324. 



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



Prionocnemus Burmeister, 1872. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 33: 235. Emend. 



Prionocnemis Kirby, 1884. Zool. Rec 20, Ins., p. 131. Emend. Preocc. 



Myrviecosaliiis Ashmead, 1903. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 5: 307. 



Type-species: M yrmecosalius nigriceps Ashmead. Monotypic 

 abbreviata Townes. Tex. (Ft. Davis). 



Priocnemis (Priocnemis) abbreviatus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 102. 9. 

 aequalis (Banks). Transcont. in Canad. Zone and cooler parts of Transit. Zone. 



Ageniella aequalis Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 243. 6. 

 cornica (Say). N. B., Ont., Man., transcontinental in U. S.; Mexico (Puebla, Durango). Ecology: 

 Occurs in open country, usually in sandy soil, but also in heavier soil. Prey: Di-assylus 

 mfulus Bks.; Clubiona abbotti Koch, C. tibialis Em., C. sp., Trachelas tranquillus 

 (Hentz); Aysha gracilis (Hentz), A. sp.; Oxyopes salticus Hentz; Habronatfus decorus 

 Black., Evarcha hoyi (Peckh.), Zygoballus nervosus Peckh., Pellenes viridipes (Hentz), 

 P. borealis (Bks.), P. spp., Salticus scenicus (Clerck); Arctosa littoralis Hentz, Lycosa 

 avida Walck., L. helluo Walck., L. spp., Pardosa milvina Hentz, P. moesta Bks., P. 

 saxatilis (Hentz), P. groenlandica (Thor.), P. spp., Pirata arenicola Em., P. sedentaria 

 Montg., P. sp., Trochosa avara Keys., Sosippiis floridanus Sim., Lycosidae sp. 



Pompilus (Miscus) comictis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 305. 9 (6 misdet.?). 



Pompilus {Miscus) conicus Leconte, 1859. Writings of Thomas Say on Entomology, v. 2, p. 

 746. Emend. 



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



Agenia atrata Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 263. S, 9. 



Salius pompilus (!) Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 237. 



Priocnemis pompilus (!) Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 245. 



Ageniella eximia Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 83. 6. 



Ageniella aludra Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 201. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 434, fig. 38 (larva). —Townes, 1963. Ent. 

 Soc Wash., Proc. 65: 115 (synonymy of atrata). 



Biology: Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 53-55 (prey capture). — Rau 

 and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 71-77, fig 14 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 

 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 17 (prey). -Townes, 1959. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 

 200-201 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 96-97 (prey, 

 nesting behavior). — Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 23 (prey). 

 — Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 210 (prey transport). —Kurczewski, 1963. Brooklyn Ent. 

 Soc, Bui. 57: 87-88 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 41: 3-4 (prey records). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 368 

 (prey records). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 184-185 

 (prey records). 

 germana (Cresson). Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones, Colo., Ariz. Ecology: 

 Occurs in woods. Prey: Agelenopsis utahana (Chamb. and Ivie), Coras sp., prob. 



