Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1545 



Psorthaspis yiahuatlensis Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 46, pi. 3, figs. 2, 13, 26. 



6. 

 Psorthaspis cressoni Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 59. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1662: 11 (as first reviser placed levis as syn. 

 of cresso)ii). 

 magna (Banks). Tex. (Lee Co.). 



Aporus magnus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 126. 6. 

 mariae (Cresson). Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Fla. and Tenn. to 111. and N. J. Ecology: 

 Occurs in woods. 

 Pompilus (?) mariae Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 108. 9. 

 Pedinaspis mariae var. antennalis Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 58: 155 (sex association). 

 nigriceps (Banks). N. Mex., Ariz., Utah. 



Pedinaspis nigriceps Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 2. 9. 

 planata (Fox). Calif., Utah, Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California). Prey: Bothriocyrtum califomicum 

 (Camb.). 



Planiceps planatus Fox, 1892. Ent. News 3: 171. 9. 



Pompilus aequus Fox, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (2) 4: 99. 9. 



Sophropompilus tumifrons Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 103. 6. 



Pedinaspis bucephala Malloch, 1928. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 30: 101. 6. 



Pedinaspis albocaudata Malloch, 1928. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 30: 101. S. 



Psorthaspis morosa Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 42. 9. 



Biology: Davidson, 1915. Ent. News 16: 233 (prey). — Jenks, 1938. Natl. Geog. Mag. 74: 



807-828. 

 portiae conocephala Bradley. Tex.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon). 



Psorthaspis conocephala Bradley, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 70: 67. 6. 

 portiae portiae (Rohwer). South. Ariz, to Sinaloa and Jalisco, east to Nuevo Leon. 



Pedinaspis (Psorthaspis) portiae Rohwer, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 57: 228. 9. 

 sanguinea (Smith). Austrorip. Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Kans. and N. C. 



Ferreola sanguinea Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 170. 9. 



Parapompilus contiguus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 206. 9. 



texana (Cresson). Austrorip. Fauna of Tex. 



Parapompilus fezanus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 206. 9. 



vicina (Cresson). Tex.; Mexico (Tamaulipas). 



Parapompilus vicinus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 206. 9. Preoccupied in 



Pompilus. 

 Pompilus bombinator Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 277. N. name. 



Tribe POMPILINI 

 Revision: Evans, 1950-51. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 133-270; 76: 207-361; 77: 203-340. 



Taxonomy: Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 5-12 (key to N. Amer. and Antillean 

 genera). 



Genus TASTIOTENIA Evans 



Tastiotenia Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 150. 



Type-species: Tastiotenia festiva Evans. Orig. desig. 

 festiva Evans. South. Calif, to west. Tex.; Mexico (Sonora). Ecology: Occurs on sandy deserts; 

 probably nests on side of pre-existing burrow in sand. Prey: Latrodectus mactans F. 

 Tastiotenia festiva Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 152. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 103. 6. 



Biology: Evans, 1961. Southwest. Naturalist 6: 51-52 (prey, probable nest site). 



