Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1539 



Type-species: Priocnemis sewitincta Banks. Orig. desig. 

 fulgifrons (Cresson). U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones from Atlantic to 100° W. Prey: Phidippus 

 audax Hentz, P. sp., Pamphidippiis sp. near margiitafus (Walck.). 

 Pompilus (Priocnemis) fulgifrons Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 114. 9. 

 Pompilus (Agenia) agilis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 125. 6. 

 Salius fulgidifrons Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 225. Emend. 



Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 



1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 6-7 (prey). 

 incita (Banks). Kans., Tex. 



Cryptocheilus incitus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 234. 9. 

 reynoldsi (Banks). Colo., Kans., Tex. 



Priocnemis reynoldsi Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 12. 9 . 

 semitincta (Banks). Transcont. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. Prey: Agelenopsis potteri 

 Blackw., A. pe7insylva7iica (Koch), A. spp. 



Priocnemis semitincta Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 197. 9. 



Ageniella festina Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 109. 6. 



Ageniella fratemella Banks, 1917. Mus. (iompar. Zool, Bui. 61: 109. 6. 



Priophanes holonis Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 94: 174. 9. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 171 (prey). —Kurczewski, 1961. Brooklyn 

 Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 24 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 41: 7 (prey). 



Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus NEMAGENIA Banks 



Ageniella subg. Nemagenia Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 179. 

 Type-species: Pompilus (Ageyiia) longuliis Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 longula (Cresson). Calif., "Dakota", Kans., Mo., La., Tex.; British Guiana; Bolivia. Prey: 

 Pardosa sp., Lycosa mccooki Montgomery, L. sp. 

 Pompilus (Agenia) longulus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 129. 6. 

 Agenia longa Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 205. "9" = 6. 

 Priocnemis directa Banks, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 197. 9. 

 Priophanes otiosa Banks, 1946. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 96: 442. 9. 



Biology: Townes, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 918 (prey). —Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 32: 75 (prey). 



Genus AGENIELLA Subgenus PRIOPHANES Banks 



Priophanes Banks, 1944. Psyche 50: 82. 



Type-species: Priocnemis facetus Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 agenioides (Fox). Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones. Prey: Xysticus sp.; 

 Maevia inclemens (Walck.), M. vittata (Hentz), Salticidae sp. 

 Priocnemis agenioides Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 54. 9. 

 Pseudagenia virginica Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 251. 6. 

 Ageniella subra Brimley, 1934. Ent. News 45: 42. 6. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 187 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 

 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 8 (prey transport). 

 arcuata (Banks). Md. to Fla., Alta., Colo., Kans., Tex. to south. Calif.; Mexico (Nayarit, 



Durango, Zacatecas, Teotihuacan, Veracruz, Jalisco). Prey: Oxyopes salticus Hentz; 

 Misnmenops celer Hentz, Sassacus papenhoei Peckh. 

 Cryptocheilus arcuatus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 120. 9. 

 Pseudagenia birkmanni Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 124. 6. 



Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 107 (prey transport). 

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

 arizonica arizonica (Banks). Ariz. (Tempe). 



Priocnemis arizonica Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 14. 9. 



