Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1551 



algidus algidus (Smith). Austrorip. and Carol. Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Mass., Mich., and N. 

 Dak. 

 Po7npilus algidus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 158. 9. 

 algidus coquilletti (Provancher). U. Sonor. Fauna, south. Calif, and N. Mex. to Utah and 

 north. Calif. 

 Pompilus coquilletti Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Fauna Ent. Canad., Hym., p. 261. 6. 

 Batazonus (,\) flavipennis Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 20. ?. 

 algidus marcidus (Smith). South. Tex. s. to Nicaragua. 

 Pompilus marcidus Smith, 1862. Jour. Ent. 1: 395. 9. 



Pompilus pygidialis Kohl, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, Verhandl. 36: 314, 334. 9. 

 algidus willistoni (Patton). S. Dak. and Colo, to N. Mex. and Ariz., s. in Mexico to Durango 

 and Baja California. 

 Pompilus willistoni Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Bui. 5: 352. 9. 

 flavopictus flavopictus (Smith). South. Tex to Surinam and Colombia. Other subspp. occur in 

 the Antilles and Brazil. 

 Pompilus flavopictus Smith, 1862. Jour. Ent. 1: 396. 9. 

 interruptus cressoni (Banks). North. Va. and east. Ohio to Mass. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: 

 Epeira trifolium Hentz, Argiope trifasciata (Forsk.). 

 Batazonus (!) interruptus var. cressoni Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 167. 9, 

 6. 



Biology: Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 253 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 



1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 12-13 (prey, nest). 

 interruptus interruptus (Say). Transcont. in L. and U. Austr. Zones, north to N. J., Ohio, 



Mich., S. Dak., Utah, and south. Calif. Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Miltogrammini 

 sp. Prey: Neoscona betijamina (Walck), N. vertebrata McCook, N. sp., Ararietis 

 cornutus CI, A. trifoliiim (Hentz), Argiope aurantia Luc, A. trifasciata (Forsk.), Epeira 

 foliata (Fourcr.), Acantliepeira stellata Walck.; Lycosidae sp. 



Ceropales internipta Say, 1835. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 365. S . 



Pompilus navus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 105. 9,6. 



Pompilus ichneumoniformis Patton, 1879. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bui. 5: 351. 9. Preocc. 



Pompilus ichneumonoides Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 295. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 438, figs. 26-30 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 152-153 (prey, 

 nest). — Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 269-272 (nest, prey, parasite). 

 — Strandtmann, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 45-46 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 

 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc 

 Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 93-94 (nest, prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 41: 13 (prey). 

 interruptus semiflavus Evans. Calif. (Central Valley). 



Poecilopompiius interruptus semiflavus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 224. 9, i. 



Genus TACHYPOMPILUS Ashmead 



Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 83 



Type-species: Tachypompilus abbotti Ashmead. Orig. desig. (=Spliex analis 

 Fabricius). 

 Arachnophroctonus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 83. Preocc. 



Type-species: Ceropales femiginea Say. Orig. desig. 

 Balanoderes Haupt, 1929. Berlin Zool. Mus., Mitt. 15: 119, 155. 



Type-species: Sphex analis Fabricius. Desig. by Haupt, 1929. 

 Afropompilus Arnold, 1936. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 18: 107. 



Type-species: Pompilus ignitus Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Zarachnophroctonus Pate, 1946. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 72: 130. N. name. 



Wasps of this genus occur around walls, stone piles, and buildings, where they nest in crevices, 

 supplying the nest with Lycosid and Pisaurid spiders; they also visit flowers. 



