Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1543 

 Genus APORUS Spinola 



Genus APORUS Subgenus APORUS Spinola 



Aporus Spinola, 1808. Insectorum Liguriae, v. 2, p. 5. 



Type-species: Aporus bicolor Spinola. Desig. by Latreille, 1810. 

 Actenopoda Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 88. 



Type-species: Actenopoda rileyi Ashmead, Grig, desig. (=Planiceps niger Cresson). 

 Melanaporits Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 132. 



Type-species: Planiceps enferalis Fox. Grig, desig. 

 Odontaporus Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 110. 



Type-species: Planiceps notabilis Smith. Grig, desig. 



calcaratus (Fox). S. Fla. 



Planiceps calcaratus Fox, 1893. Canad. Ent. 25: 115. 6. 



concolor (Smith). Tex. to Calif., s. to Costa Rica. 



Planiceps concolor Smith, 1860. Jour. Ent. 1: 80. 9. 



Pompilus monticola Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym. 2: 190. 6. 

 luxus assimilis (Banks). U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, Calif, and Utah to B. C. and Idaho. 



Planiceps assi7nilis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 100. 9. 

 luxus luxus (Banks). L. Sonor. Fauna of Calif., Ariz. Ecology: Occurs in sandy areas. 



Planiceps luxus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22:' 304. 9,6. 

 niger (Cresson). Carol, and Austrorip. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to Nebr., 111., south. Gnt. and 

 Mass. 



Planiceps niger Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 136. 9. Preocc. in Pompilus. 



Plariiceps minor Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 55. 6. 



Planiceps dubius Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 55. cj. 



Planiceps clericus Dalla Torre. 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 281. N. name. 



Planiceps compressus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 61: 99. 9. 



Aporus (Aporus) hemies Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 94. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1956. Ent. News. 67: 6 (Syn. of liermes). 

 notabilis prolongatus Evans. South. Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Durango, 

 Veracruz). Typical notabilis (Sm.) ranges from south. Mexico to Costa Rica. 

 Aporus (Aporus) notabilis prolongatus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 57. 9, 3. 

 notabilis pulchritarsis (Cameron). South. Ariz, to Gaxaca and Yucatan. 



Pompilus (Planiceps) pulchritarsis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 2: 185. 9. 

 Planiceps bequaerti Banks, 1931. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 26: 131. 9. Intergrade with 



typical notabilis (Sm.). 

 Planiceps yavapai Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 1. 9. 



Unplaced Taxa of APORUS Subgenus APORUS Spinola 



concolor (Patton). Kans. 



Planiceps concolor Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 367. 9 . 



feralis (Cresson). Tex. 



Planiceps feralis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. "9"= S. 



NoMEN Nudum in APORUS Subgenus APORUS Spinola 

 Actenopoda rileyi Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 88. 



Genus APORUS Subgenus PLECTRAPORUS Bradley 



Aporus subg. Plectraporus Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 97. 

 Type-species: Planiceps hirsutus Banks. Grig, desig. 

 hirsutus (Banks). Greg, and Idaho to Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). Ecology: Nests 

 in sand dunes in burrows of trapdoor spider prey. Prey: Aptosticlius sp., prob. 

 stanfordianus Sm. 

 Planiceps hirsutus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 99. 9. 



