Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1625 



Tachytes (Tachytes) fulviventris var. inferioris Banks, 1942. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 89: 



422. 9. 

 Tachytes {Tachytes) cressoni Banks, 1942. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 89: 425. 9. 



Biology: Evans and Kurczewski, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 331 (prey). 

 sculleni Bohart. Western Tex. to southern Calif., Nev. 



Tachytes sculleni Bohart, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 126, figs. 8-11. 6, 9. 



spatulatus Fox. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah, Nev., Wyo., Calif. 



Tachytes spatulatus Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 243. S. 



Tachytes basirufus Rohwer, 1909. Ent. News 20: 197. 6. 



Tachytes {Tachytes) utahensis Banks, 1942. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 89: 424. 9, tJ. 



Species Group Distinctus 



amazonus Smith. N. C. to Fla., west to Nebr., Oreg. and Calif.; south through Cent, and South 



Amer. to Argentina. Prey: Melanoplus spp. adults and nymphs. 

 Tachytes Amazonum Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 303. 9, <J. 

 Tachytes clypeatus Taschenberg, 1870. Ztschr. Gesell. Naturwiss. 36: 10. 9 . 

 Tachytes scalaris Taschenberg, 1870. Ztschr. Gesell. Naturwiss. 36: 11. cJ. 

 Tachytes nifofasciatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 247. 6. 

 Tachytes fervens Smith, 1873. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 57. 6. 

 Tachytes dives Holmberg, 1884. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 18: 220. 6. Preocc. 

 Tachysphex rufomaculatus Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 64, pi. 4, fig. 



23. 9. 

 Tachytes Holmbergii Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 690. N. name. 

 Tachytes nigricaudus Brethes, 1909. Mus. Nac Buenos Aires, An. (3) 12: 241. 3. 

 Tachytes Fiebrigi Brethes, 1909. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, An. (3) 12: 242. S. 

 Tachytes anisitsi Strand, 1910. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System., v. 29, h. 2, p. 164. 9 . 

 Tachytes nifoannulatus Strand, 1910. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System, v. 29, h. 2, p. 167. 6. 

 Tachytes mimeticus Schrottky, 1909. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 68: 250. 



Biology: Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Studies 8: 199-200 (nest, prey hunt and 

 transport). 

 chrysocercus Rohwer. South. Tex. and Ariz.; Mexico (Coahuila, Baja California). Parasite: 

 Zanysson plesia (Rohwer) ? 

 Tachytes chrysocercus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 40: 581. 9. 

 Tachytes {Tachytes) elongatus var. apache Banks, 1942. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 89: 419. 

 6. 



Biology: Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, p. 90 (host ?). 

 distinctus distinctus Smith. Md. to Fla., west to B. C. and Calif.; Mexico south to South 



America. Ecology: Nests in sandy soil and inside lizard holes, makes up to 20 cells per 

 nest and stores 1-4 mostly immature prey per cell; also nests in abandoned burrows of 

 the cicada killer, Sphecius speciosus (Dru.). Parasite: Diptera sp.; Zanysson texanus 

 (Cr.) ? Prey: Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeG.), M. spp., Ageneotettix deorum (Scudd.), 

 Orphulella sp. near speciosa (Scudd.), Schistocerca sp., Hesperotettix sp., Paraidemona 

 sp.; most prey is nymphal but occasionally adults are used. Another subsp. occurs in the 

 Bahamas Islands. 



Larrada fulvipes Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym., Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 288. 9. 



Tachytes distinctiis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym., Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 307. 9 . 



Tachytes elongatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent Soc, Trans. 4: 215. 6. 



Tachytes Yucatanensis Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 60, pi. 4, fig. 18. 9. 



Tachytes contractus Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 245. 9. Preocc. 



Tachytes {Tachytes) elongatus var. seminole Banks, 1942. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 89: 419. 

 6. 



Tachytes {Tachytes) austrinus Banks, 1942. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 89: 419. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1958. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 84: 116-117, figs. 9-17 (larva). —Evans, 1964. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 286-287 (larva). 



