1544 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Williams, 1928. Hawaii. Sugar Planter's Assoc. E.xpt. Sta., Ent. Ser., Bui. 19: 

 135-140, figs. 201, 204 (hunting behavior). 



Genus CHELAPORUS Bradley 



Chelaporus Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 70: 116. 



Type-species: Pedinaspis anomala Banks. Orig. desig. 

 anomalus (Banks). Austrorip. Fauna of Tex.; Mexico south to Veracruz. 

 Pedinaspis anomala Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 100. 9. 



Genus ALLAPORUS Banks 



Allaporus Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 2. 



Type-species: Planiceps pulchella Banks. Orig. desig. (=Aponis rufiventris 

 Cresson). 

 aurulentus Evans. Ariz. (Cochise Co.). 



Allaporus aurulentus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 78. 9, 6. 



fascipennis Evans. Tex. (Cameron Co.). 



Allaporus fa scipennis Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 29. 9, 6 . 

 pulchellus (Banks). Transcont. in U. S., Pa. to Oreg. in U. and L. Austr. Zones, south in Mexico 

 to Campeche. 



Planiceps pulchella Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 123. 9. 



Planiceps hesperus Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 327. 9, c?. 



Euplaniceps aquilonaris Dreisbach, 1952. Ent. News 63: 95, 3 figs. <J. 

 rufiventris (Cresson). Tex. and southeast. Ariz, south to Morelos and Michoacan. 



Aporus rufiventris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. 9. Preocc. in Pompilus. 



Aporus minimus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 207. 6. 



Pompilus rufiventricosus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 318. N. name. 



Allaporus mexicanus Evans, 1950. Ent. News 61: 3. 9. 

 smithianus (Cameron). South. Tex., Ariz., Calif, south to Morelos and Veracruz. 



Pompilus {Aporus) smithianus Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym. 2: 191, pi. 11, fig. 

 9. 9. 



Allaporus amabilis Evans, 1950. Ent. News 61: 2. 9. 



Genus PSORTHASPIS Banks 



Pedinaspis subg. Psorthaspis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 231. 



Type-species: Ferreola laevifrons Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 Idopedinaspis Haupt, 1930. Berlin Zool. Mus., Mitt. 16: 724, 783. 



Type-species: Fer)-eola laevifrons Cresson. Desig. by Haupt, 1937. 

 Idiopedinaspis (!) Neave, 1939. Nomencl. Zool. 2: 762. 

 Dicyrtomalis Bradley, 1944. Notulae Nat. 145: 11. 



Type-species: Pompilus connexus Cresson. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1662: 14-17 (keys to males, and all black 

 females). 



australis (Banks). Tex. 



Pedinaspis australis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 122. 6. 

 brimleyi (Malloch). Austrorip. Fauna, Tex., Ark. to N. C. 



Pedi7iaspis brimleyi Malloch, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 30: 101. 9. 

 legata (Cresson). Austrorip. Fauna, Tex., Kans., and Fla. to Tenn. and Md. Ecology: Occurs in 

 woods. 



Pompilus (?) legatus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 109. 9. 



luctuosa (Banks). Tex. 



Pedinaspis hictiiosa Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 123. 9. 

 macronotum arizonensis Dreisbach. South. Ariz. Typical macronotum (Kohl) is Mexican. 



Psorthaspis arizonensis Dreisbach, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45: 119. 9. 

 macronotum cressoni Bradley. Tex. south in Mexico to Veracruz. 



Psorthaspis levis Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 43. 6. 



