1538 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



flavicoxae (Banks). Ariz. (Palmerlee). 



Pseudagenia mexkana wax. flavicoxae Banks, 1911. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 238. S, 9. 



Pseudagenia mexkana war. flavkoxa(!) Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 233. 

 inermis Townes. Tex.; Mexico (Morelos). Prey: Lycosa sp. 



Auplopiis inermis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 148. 9. 



Biology: Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 306 (prey transport). 

 mellipes mellipes (Say). N. J. to Fla., west to Kans. and Tex. Ecology: Builds mud cells in cells 

 of abandoned nests of Polistes, Sceliphron, and Trypargilum, in borings in wood, 

 beneath loose bark, under exposed roots, and in abandoned borings of ground-nesting 

 bees; occurs in woods. Parasite: Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica scaeva (Bl.). Prey: 

 Pisaurina luidata Hentz, P. mira (Walck.); Herpyllus vasifer (Walck.); Philodromus sp.; 

 Marpissa undata (DeG.), Phidippus audax (Hentz), P. sp. 



Pompiius mellipes Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 304. 9. 



Agenia fulvipes Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 92. 9. 



Pseudagenia mellipes var. interior Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 233. 9. 



Biology: Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 132 (nest). — Rau and Rau, 1916. Jour. Anim. Behavior 6: 

 42-43 (nest). —Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 86-89, figs. 18-20 (nest). —Rau, 

 1926. St. Louis Acad. Sci., Trans. 25: 196-197 (nest, prey). —Rau, 1928. St. Louis Acad. Sci., 

 Trans. 25: 342-358 (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 176-177 

 (nesting behavior, prey). —Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (prey). 

 —Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 153 (nest). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting 

 wasps and bees, pp. 171-173, pi. 9, fig. 45 (nest, life history). 

 mellipes meridianus Townes. Fla. (Paradise Key). 



Auplopus mellipes meridianus Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 154. 9. 



mellipes variitarsatus (Dalla Torre). Atlantic to 100° W. in Canad. and Transit. Zones. 



Ecology: Makes mud nests in and under decaying logs and stumps, and in borings in 



wood; occurs in woods. 

 Po7npilus {Age7iia) varipes Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 126. 9. Preocc 

 Ageiiia variitarsata Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 210. N. name. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 155 (nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 110 (nest). — Medler, 1964. Ent. News 75: 191 (nest). 



mexicanus (Cresson). South. Ariz.; Mexico (Veracruz). 



Pompiius (Agenia) mexicanus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 130. 9. 



mollis Townes. South. Tex. 



Auplopus mollis Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 157. 9. 

 nigrellus (Banks). Most of south. Canad. and U. S., but not known from northwest except 

 Oreg., or from southeast; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Occurs in or at edge of 

 woods; builds mud cells beneath stones and in boring in stem. Prey: Clubiona abboti 

 Koch, Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz), T. sp.; Phidippus spp., Maevia inclemens (Walck.); 

 Anyphaena fratema Bks., Aysha gracilis (Hentz). 

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

 Pseudagenia nanella Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 198. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 4 (prey). —Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn 

 Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 15 (prey). —Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 167 (nest). 

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

 —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 94 (nest). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 

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

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey). 



variolarum Townes. Tex. (Chisos Mts.). 



Auplopus variolaruyn Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 149. 9. 



Genus AGENIELLA Banks 



Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus LEUCOPHRUS Townes 



Ageniella subg. Leucopkrus Townes, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 917. 



