Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1537 



Type-species: Calagenia hermosa Banks. Orig. desig. 

 Lophagehia Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 69: 40, 74. 

 Type-species: Pseudagenia erigone Bingham. Orig. desig. 



The genera Stenagenia Saussure, 1892, and Schizagenia Cameron, 1910, are questionable 

 synonyms. 



Members of this genus make mud cell nests under stones, under logs, and in other protected 

 places. 



adjunctus (Banks). Md. to Fla., west to Tex. Ecology: Reared from mud cell; occurs in damp 



bottomland woods. Prey: Chiracanfhiion inclusum (Hentz); Phidippus riviafor (Walck.). 

 Pseudagenia niellipes var. adjiincta Banks, l9ll. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 238. 

 Pseudagenia marionae Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 202. 6. 



Taxonomy: Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 19: 233. 9. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 151 (nest). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 



1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6 (prey). 

 architectus architectus (Say). Transit, to Austrorip. Zones from Atlantic to Rocky Mts., and 

 west of Rocky Mts. in Colo., N. Mex. and Ariz.; Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Puebla). 

 Ecology: Builds mud cells under loose bark, under stones, and in abandoned burrows of 

 ground-nesting bees. Parasite: Sphaeropfhalma pensylvanica scaeva (Bl.). Prey: 

 Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz), Clubiona sp.; Phidippus princeps (Peckh.), P. audax 

 (Hentz), P. sp. near whitmannii Peckh., /cms similis Bks.; Misumenops oblongus 

 (Keys.). 



Pompilus architectus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 303. 9. 



Taxonomy: Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 163. 



Biology: Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 303 (nest). —Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. 

 Ent. 1: 132, 163 (nest). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 83-84, fig. 16 (nest). 



— Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 14-15 (prey transport). —Townes, 1957. U. 

 S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 164-165 (nest, prey). —Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 

 56: 24 (prey transport). —Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 62-63 (prey). 

 —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 108-109 (nest, prey). 

 —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6 (prey transport). 



architectus metallicus (Banks). West of Rocky Mts., from B. C. to north Mexico. Parasite: 

 Sphaeropthalvia difficilis (Bak.). Prey: Thiodina sp., Phidippus formosus Peckh. and 

 Peckh.; Trachelas pacificus Chamb. and I vie. 

 Pseudagenia meiallica Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 125. 9. 



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

 Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 109 (prey). 

 caerulescens caerulescens (Dahlbom). Md. to S. C, Kans., Tex. 



Agenia caerulescens Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 93. 9. 

 Pseudagenia caerulescens (!) Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 232. 6, 9. 

 caerulescens floridanus (Banks). Austrorip. Fauna, Fla. to S. C. 



Pseudagenia floridana Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. 9. 

 caerulescens subcorticalis (Walsh). Atlantic to 100° W. in Transit., U. Austr., and L. Austr. 

 Zones, though replaced in parts of its range by the subspecies a^itennalis and 

 caerulescens; Mexico (Guayamas). Ecology: Makes mud cells beneath loose bark and in 

 borings in wood; occurs in woods. Prey: Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz), Clubiona obesa 

 Hentz, C. sp.; Phidippus audax (Hentz); Anyphaena pectorosa Koch. 

 Agenia subcorticalis Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 162. 6, 9. 

 Pseudagenia antennalis Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 251. 9. 

 Pseudagenia ariella Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 122. 9. 



Biology: Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 131-132 (nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 17 (prey). -Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 159 (nest). 



— Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc Pub. 3: 109-110 (prey transport). 

 -Medler, 1964. Ent. News 75: 190-191 (nest, prey, life history). —Krombein, 1967. 

 Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 170-171, pi. 9, figs. 42-44 (nest, prey, life history). 



