1548 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus AGENIOIDEUS Subgenus AGENIOIDEUS Ashmead 



Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 85. 



Type-species: Pornpiius humilis Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 Aporoideus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 86. 



Type-species: Pompilus sericeus Vander Linden. Orig. desig. 

 humilis (Cresson). Transit, to L. Austr. Zones, N. B. and B. C. to Fla. and Calif., south to 

 Panama. Ecology: Nests in sandy places, and around cliffs, walls, and buildings in 

 pre-existing crevices. Parasite: Bombyliidae sp.; Mutillidae sp. Prey: Acacesia hamata 

 (Hentz), Araneus comutus McC, A. sp., Neosconella pegnia (Walck.), Conepeira excelsa 

 (Bks.). 

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



Taxonomy: Kurd, 1947. Pan-Pacific Ent. 23: 133. cJ. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 15 (prey). —Kurd, 1947. Pan-Pacific Ent. 

 23: 132 (nest, parasites). — Krombein, 1953. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 48: 113-115 (prey, 

 nest). — Eberhard, 1971 (1970). Psyche 77: 243-247 (prey hunting). 



Genus AGENIOIDEUS Subgenus GYMNOCHARES Banks 



Gymnochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 107, 108. 



Type-species: Psammochares birkmanni Banks. Desig. by Pate, 1946. 

 birkmanni (Banks). Transcont. in L. Austr. Zone, entering U. Austr. in West. N. J., Kans., 

 Wyo., and Oreg. southward in Mexico to Oaxaca. Prey: Herpyllns vasifer (Walck.). 

 Psammochares birkmanni Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 116. 6. 

 Gymnochares texana Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 94: 170. 9. 



Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 369 (prey). 



Genus SERICOPOMPILUS Howard 



Sericopompilus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. XI, fig. 17. 



Type-species: Pompilus cinctipes Cresson. Monotypic (,= Ceropales apicalis Say). 

 angustatus (Cresson). L. and U. Austr. Zones of the Great Plains area; Tex. and N. Mex. to 

 Wyo., S. Dak., and Mich.; in Mexico south to Jalisco and Guanajuato in Central Plateau. 



Pompilus angustatus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 452. 9. 



Psammochares fulvoapicalis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 117. 9. 



Sericopompilus fumosus Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 5. 6. 

 apicalis (Say). Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to Nebr., Mich., and Conn. Ecology: 

 Nests in sand and soft earth. Parasite: Miltogrammini sp. Prey: Phidippus audax Hentz, 

 P. aiidax var. bryantae Kast., P. whitmanii Peckh., P. put^iami Peckh., P. sp., 

 Paraphidippus chi-ysis Walck., Thiodina sylvana (Hentz); Thomisus sp., Xysticus ferox 

 (Hentz), X.funestiis Keys., Philodromus washita Bks.; Aysha gracilis (Hentz); 

 Lycosidae sp.; Oxyopes scalaris Hentz; Eriophora ravilla (Koch), Acanthepeira stellata 

 (Walck.), Eustala anastera (Walck.), Neoscona arabesca (Walck.), N. sp. 



Ceropales apicalis Say, 1835. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 366. 6 ■ 



Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 434. 9. Preocc. 



Pompilus sordidus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 160. 9. N. name. 



Pompilus cinctipes Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 102. 6. N. name. 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 140-144 (prey, 

 nest). —Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 55: 116-117 (prey, parasite). —Krombein, 

 1955. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 57: 149 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, 

 Jour. 28:17-18 (prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 60: 101 (prey). —Krombein, 

 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 61: 193 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Misc. Pub. 3: 89-91 (prey, nest, parasite, life history). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 66 (prey). 

 neotropicalis (Cameron). L. Austr. Zone, Calif., Ariz., Kans., Ark., Tex., Ala., Ga., Fla., and N. 

 C, south to Costa Rica. 

 Pompilus neotropicalis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 203. 9. 



