Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1547 



Sophropompilus bradleyi Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 237. 9. 



Nannopompilus texanus Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar., Zool., Bui. 94: 170. 9. 



ingenuus (Cresson). Transcont. in U. Austr. and lower part of Transit. Zone; Mexico 



(Chihuahua, Mexico). Ecology: Occurs in sandy places, and on flowers of Solidago and 

 Daucus carota. 

 Po7)ipilus ingenuus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 89. 9, 6. 

 Pompilus brevicomis Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Gesell. Naturw. 34: 50. 6, 9. Preocc. 

 Pompilus Fiorentinii Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 289. N. name. 

 macswaini Evans. Calif., Wyo. 



Eimgetes luacswaini Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 181, fig. 1. 6, 9. 

 mohave (Banks). N. Y. to Fla., through southern U. S. to Calif., in western Mexico south to 

 Guerrero and Puebla. Host: Anoplius apiculatus autumnalis (Bks.), A. americanus 

 juxtns (Cr.). 

 Sophropompilus quadrispiyiosus Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. Preocc. in Evagetes. 

 Sophropompilus mohave Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 6. 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 320-323. 9,6. 



Biology: Evans, Lin and Yoshimoto, 1953. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 61: 72-77 (hosts). 

 padrinus minusculus (Banks). Austrorip. to Transit. Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Man., Mich., Ont., 

 and N. H.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Coahuila). Host: Episyron q. quinquenotatus (Say). 

 Psammochares minusculus Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 118. 9. 



Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 8-9 (host). 

 padrinus padrinus (Viereck). B. C, N. W. T. and Man. south to Baja California and, at 

 moderate to high elevations, to El Salvador. Ecology: Occurs in sandy areas. 

 Anoplius (Pompilinus) padrinus Viereck, 1903 (1902). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 54: 734. 

 d. 

 parvus (Cresson). Transcont. in Canadian to U. Austral Zones, Yukon, N. W. T. and N. S. to 

 Calif, and Ga., south to Costa Rica. Ecology: Occurs in sandy places. 

 Pompilus parvus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 453. 9. 

 Pompilus subviolaceus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 91. 9. 

 Pompilus argenteus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 93. 6 . 

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

 Pompiloides minora Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 227. 9. 

 subangulatus (Banks). Transcont., Huds. to Transit. Zone. Ecology: Occurs in sandy places, 

 and on flowers of Solidago and Spiraea. 

 Sophropompihis subangulatus Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 63: 237. 9,6. 

 Psanmtochares (Sophropompilus) tebemi Brimley, 1936. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 52: 

 127. 9. 



Genus AGENIOIDEUS Ashmead 



Genus AGENIOIDEUS Subgenus RIDESTUS Banks 



Ridestus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc Jour. 19: 223. 



Type-species: Psammochares transversalis Banks. Orig. desig. (= Psammochares 

 biedermani Banks). 

 biedermani (Banks). L. Sonor. Fauna, entering U. Sonor., Kans., Utah, Oreg., Mont. ?, south 



into Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Hidalgo). Prey: Loxosceles devius 

 Gertsch and Mulaik. 

 Pompihis mexicanus Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Ges. Naturw. 34: 52. 9. Preocc. 

 Psammochares biedermani Banks, 1910 (June). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 116. 6. 

 Psammochares striatulus Banks, 1910 (June). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 119. 9. 

 Psammochares transversalis Banks, 1910 (Dec). Psyche 17: 248. 9. 

 Arachnophroctonus anahnacensis Bradley, 1944. Notulae Nat. 145: 10. N. name. 



Biology: Evans, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 32: 76 (prey transport). 



