1530 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Cryptocheiius idoneus Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 250. 9. 



Psammochares graciliconiis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 225. N. name. 



Biology: Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 209 (prey transport). 

 pallidipenne (Banks). Oreg., Calif., Ariz., and N. Mex. in L. Sonor. Zone. 



Priocnevwides (!) palUdipennis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 236. 9. 

 severini Banks. 100 °W. to Rocky Mts. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones; also N. Mex., Ariz., 

 and south. Cahf.; Mexico (Durango, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon). 

 Cryptocheiius severini Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. 6. 

 Cryptocheiius arizonicus Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 7. 9 (c5 misdet.). 

 terminatutn subopacum (Cresson). Atlantic to 100° W. in U. Austr. Zone. 



Pompilus (Priocnemis) subopacus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 114. 6, 9. 

 terminatum terminatum (Say). 100° W. to Rocky Mts. in U. Austr. Zone; Mexico (Zacatecas 

 and Teotihuacan). Prey: Lycosa sp. 

 Pompilus terminatus Say, 1828. American Entomology v. 3, p. 92. 

 Cryptocheiius carinatus Banks, 1920. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. 6. 



Biology: Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 140: 480 (prey, nest). 



Genus PRIOCNEMIS Schiodte 



So far as known all species are ground-nesting. Many species apparently do not dig a burrow 

 from the ground surface, but construct a cell or cells off the side of a mammal burrow or a 

 pre-existing crevice in the ground. 



Genus PRIOCNEMIS Subgenus SPHICTOSTETHUS Kohl 



Sphictostethus Kohl, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 34: 37, 47. 



Type-species: Pompilus gravesii Haliday. Orig. desig. 

 Haploneura Kohl, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 34: 37, 47. Preocc. 



Type-species: Haploneura apogona Kohl. Orig. , desig. 

 Haploneurion Kohl, 1885. Ent. Nachr. 11: 163. N. name. 

 Anapriocnemis Haupt, 1959. Nova Acta Leopoldina 21, no. 141: 25-26. 



Type-species: Pompilus flavipes Guerin. Orig. desig. 

 pretiosa Banks. Ariz., N. Mex. at 5,000 to 9,100 ft.; Mexico. Prey: Lycosa sp., juvenile. 

 Priocnemis pretiosa Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 13. 6. 



Biology: Townes, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 209: 83 (prey record). 



Genus PRIOCNEMIS Subgenus PRIOCNEMISSUS Haupt 



Priocnemissus Haupt, 1949. Beitr. Tax. Zool. 1: 75. 



Type-species: Priocnemis coriaceus Dahlbom, Orig. desig. Mispelled coriarius in 

 orig. descr. 



The North American species are all vernal. 



minorata Banks. N. S., Que., Ont., U. S. east of 100th Meridian in Alleghanian and Carolinian 

 Faunas, and in Transition Fauna in Pacific Northwest. Ecology: Occurs in woods and 

 appears to dig its own burrow. Prey: Coras juvenilis (Keys.), C. sp., Wadotes calcaratus 

 (Keys.), W. hyhridus (Em.), W. sp.; Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz; Arctosa mbicunda 

 (Keys.), Lycosa gulosa Walck., L. sp., Trochosa prateyisis (Em.); Agroeca omata Bks., 

 Clubiona canadensis Em., C. obesa Hentz., C. spiralis Em.; Aysha gracilis (Hentz); 

 Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.). 

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



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 434, figs. 8-13, 44 (larva). 



Biology: Yoshimoto, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 130-138, 2 figs, (prey, nesting 

 behavior). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 99 (prey, nest). 

 — Kurczewski, 1963 (1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 86-87 (prey transport, nest). 

 —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 45: 182-184 (prey records). 



