1628 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



antennatus Fox. Transcont., N. H., Mont, and Oreg., south to Va., La., Calif.; Mexico 



(Veracruz, Chiapas). 

 Tachysphex antennatus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 516. 9. 

 Tachysphex sculptiloides Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 166. 9. N. syn. (W. 



J. Pulawski). 

 Tachysphex nigrocaudatus Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 167. 9, d. N. 



syn. (W. J. Pulawski). 

 crassiformis Viereck. N. C, Kans., Wyo., Calif, south to Fla., Tex., Ariz.; south through Mexico 



and Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. Ecology: Makes 1-celled nest in flat, 



loose sand, stores 1-3 prey per cell. Prey: Psinidia fenestralis (Serv.), Scirtetica 



marmorata picta Scudd., Tryxalinae sp.; only nymphs have been reported as prey. 

 Tachysphex crassiformis Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 210. 9. 

 Tachysphex wheeleri Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 579. 9. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 

 Tachysphex plenoculiformis Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 167. 9. N. syn. 



(W. J. Pulawski). 

 Tachysphex boharti Krombein, 1963. Ent. News 74: 177. 9, d. N. syn. (W.J. Pulawski). 

 Tachysphex gibbus Pulawski, 1974. Polskie Pismo Ent. 44: 20, figs. 9-17. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 



Biology: Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 201-202 (prey). —Krombein, 1963. Ent. 



News 74: 179-180 (nest, prey transport). 

 crenulatus Fox. N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. 



Tachysphex creiudatus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 512. 9. 

 decorus Fox. N. Dak. 



Tachysphex decorus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 524. 9. 

 eldoradensis Rohwer. Calif., Oreg., Wyo., Canad. Zone. Ecology: Occurs in openings in forests. 



Tachysphex eldoradensis Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 245. 9. 

 erythraeus Mickel. Nebr. (Sioux Co.). 



Tachysphex erythraeus Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 415. 9. 

 glabrior Williams. Kans., Tex.; Mexico (Puebla, San Luis Potosi), El Salvador, Costa Rica, 

 Venezuela. 



Tachysphex glabrior Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 170. 9,6. 

 hurdi Bohart. Oreg., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Tachysphex hurdi Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 33, figs. 13-15. 6, 9. 

 krombeini Kurczewski. Fla., Ga. Ecology: Makes 1-celled nest in flat sand and stores up to 7 

 prey. Prey: Melanopius sp. nymphs; Odoyitoxiphidium apterum Morse nymph. 



Tachysphex krombeini Kurczewski, 1971. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 73: 111, 1 fig. 8,9. 



Biology: Kurczewski, 1971. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 73: 115-116 (nest, prey hunt and transport, 

 egg)- 

 laevifrons (Smith). N. C, Fla., Kans., Tex. Ecology: Makes 1-celled nest in flat vegetated sand, 

 stores 1 or a few larger prey. Prey: Melanopius sp. nymphs. 

 Larrada laevifrons Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 291. 9 . 

 Tachysphex leensis Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 578. 9. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 

 Tachysphex consimiloides Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 164. 9. N. syn. 

 (W. J. Pulawski). 



Biology: Kurczewski, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 439 (male behavior). —Krombein, 1967. 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 2, p. 393 (prey). —Kurczewski, 1971. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 73: 114-116 (nest, prey). 

 montanus (Cresson). Mont., Wyo., Colo., Utah, Nev., Calif., B. C. 



Larrada montana Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 465. 9. 

 Tachysphex inusitatus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 524. 6. 

 Tachysphex compactus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 528. 6. 

 Tachysphex triquetrus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 528. 9. N. syn. (W. 

 J. Pulawski). 



