1546 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus CHALCOCHARES Banks 



Psammochares subg. Chalcochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 107. 



Type-species: Psammochares hirsutifemur Banks. Monotypic. 

 Anotochares Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 228. 



Type-species: Anotochares engleharti Banks. Monotypic. 

 engleharti (Banks). Tex.; Mexico east of Sierra Madre Occidental, south to Hidalgo. 



A7iotochares engleharti Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 228. 9. 

 hirsutifemur (Banks). L. Sonor. Fauna, west. Tex. to Calif.; south in Mexico to Zacatecas. 

 Psammochares hirsutifemur Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 304. ?. 



Genus EVAGETES Lepeletier 



Evagetes Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 390. 



Type-species: Evagetes bicolor Lepeletier. Monotypic (=Aponis dubius Vander 

 Linden). 

 Sophropompilus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. VII, fig. 13. 



Type-species: Pompilus ingenuus Cresson. Monotypic. 

 Nannopompilus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 82. 



Type-species: Nannopompilus argenteus Ashmead. Monotypic (=Pompilus parvus 

 Cresson). 

 Leuchimon Haupt, 1930. Zool. Mus. Berlin, Mitt. 16: 792. 



Type-species: Leuchimon palmatus Haupt. Orig. desig. 

 Psammocharoides Moczar, 1946. Hist. Nat. Mus. Natl. Hungarici, Ann. 39: 114. 



Type-species: Poinpilns crassicojmis Shuckard. Orig. desig. 

 Streptosella Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 570. 



Type-species: Streptosella steyskali Dreisbach. Orig. desig. 

 Evagetes subg. Contemptevagetes Wolf, 1970. Beitr. z. Ent. 20: 52. 



Type-species: Pompilus contemptus Tournier. Orig. desig. 

 Evagetes subg. Carinevagetes Wolf, 1970. Beitr. z. Ent. 20: 52. 



Type-species: Pompilus crassicomis Shuckard. Orig. desig. 



Members of this genus are social parasites of other Pompilini. The females seek the freshly 

 filled nests of their hosts, usually in sandy places, dig into them, destroy the host egg, deposit 

 one of their own, and refill the burrow. 



asignus Dreisbach. Mass. south to Fla., west to Mich., Alta., Colo., Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, 

 Durango, Zacatecas). 

 Evagetes asignus Dreisbach, 1956. Ent. News 67: 147, 2 figs. 6,9. 

 calef actus Evans. Calif., Ariz., Tex., Mont. ? 



Evagetes calefactus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. See, Mem. 20: 136. 9,6. 

 crassicornis consimilis (Banks). Canad. and Transit. Faunas, Yukon and Man. to higher parts 

 of N. Mex. and Calif. 

 Pompiloides consimilis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 228. 9,6. 

 crassicornis crassicornis (Shuckard). Canad. Zone, N. S. and Yukon to Wash., N. Dak., Mich., 

 and Pa.; Europe. 

 Pompilus crassicornis Shuckard, 1835. Essay on Indig. Fossor. Hym., p. 63. 9. 

 Pompiloides rufibasis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 226. 9. 

 Streptosella michiganensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 571. Norn, nud., a 



lapsus for steyskali. 

 Streptosella steyskali Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 571, figs. 1, 2. 6. 

 Streptosella albertensis Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 572, figs. 3, 4. 6. 

 Streptosella stricklandi Dreisbach, 1950. Amer. Midland Nat. 43: 574, figs. 5, 6. 6. 

 hyacinthinus (Cresson). Transcont., L. Austr. to Transit. Zone. Ecology: Sandy places, 

 especially along streams. 

 Pompilus hyacinthinus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 90. 9. 

 Pompilus brevicomis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 90. 6. 

 Pompilus castaneus Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 35, 39. 6. 



Psammochares (Arachnophila) scudderi Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 104, 

 107. 9. 



