1576 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Chlorium Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 193. Emend. 

 Revision: Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 54: 667-669, 9 figs. (N. Amer. spp.). 

 aerarium Patton. Entire U. S. Ecology: Nests in sand, probably constructing several cells per 

 nest. Prey: Gryllus rubens Scud., G. pennsylvanicus (Burm.), G. sp., Anurogryllus 

 muticus (De Geer). 

 Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879. Canad. Ent. 11: 133. 9. 

 Sphex (Chlorion) nearcticus Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 186. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 242-244, figs. 9-12 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1900. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 1: 85-87 (nest, prey, 

 parasite). —Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, Social and Solitary, pp. 256-261 (nest, 

 prey, parasite). — Krombein, 1953 (1952). Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 283 (prey). — Krombein, 

 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 60: 104 (nest). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 

 195 (prey). 

 cyaneum Dahlbom. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. 



Chlorion cyaneum Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 24. 



Sphex (Chlorion) occultus Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 187. 9,6. 



Genus PODIUM Fabricius 



Podium Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, pp. x, 183. 



Type-species: Podium rufipes Fabricius. Desig. by Latreille, 1810. 

 Talthybius Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nature ou Tabl. Univers, Palermo, p. 124. N. name. 

 Ammophilus Perty, 1833. Delect. Anim. Artie. Brasil, p. 141. 



Type-species: Ammophilus fumigatus Perty. Desig. by Pate, 1937. 

 Parapodium Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Halle 34: 423. 



Type-species: Parapodium bigtittatum Taschenberg. Monotypic. 



Most of the species are Neotropical. Biological information has been pubhshed on only a few 

 species, all of which prey upon cockroaches and nest in pre-existing cavities in wood, termite 

 mounds or mud-dauber nests. 



Revision: Kohl, 1902. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Abh. 1 (4): 1-101. 

 krombeini Bohart and Menke. Tex., southern Calif.; Mexico (Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca). 



Podinin kro7nbeini Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 106, figs. 4, 49, 60. 

 S, 9. 

 luctuosum Smith. N. Y. to Tex., Mo., Kans. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood or in dead tree 

 trunks; closing plug of rotten wood particles at inner end, the outer end plastered with 

 mud. Parasite: Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Neochrysis panamensis (Cam.)? Prey: 

 Parcoblatta uhleriaiia (Sauss.), adults. 

 Podium luctuosum Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 235. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 244-245, figs. 14, 15 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 118-119 (nest). —Krombein, 1967. 



Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 255-257, figs. 64, 65 (nest, prey, life history, parasites). 

 rufipes Fabricius. N. Y. to Fla., Iowa, Kans., Tex.; Mexico, Central and South America. 



Ecology: Nests in borings in wood and in abandoned mud-dauber nests; closing plug of a 

 variety of compacted debris or earth with an outer coating of resin. Parasite: 

 Histiostoma myrtnicarum Scheuch.; Lepidophora appendiculata (Macq.); Megaselia sp.; 

 Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Neochrysis panamensis (Cam.). Prey: Parcoblatta 

 peimsyivanica (DeG.), P. sp., Chorisoneura texe^isis Sauss. and Zehnt., Cariblatta iiitea 

 (Sauss. and Zehnt.), C. minima Heb., Latiblatella rehni Heb., Eurycotis floridana 

 (Wlkr.), adults and nymphs. Predator: Cymatodera undulata Say. 



Podium rufipes Fabricius, 1805. Systema Piezatorum, p. 183. 



Parapodium biguttatum Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Halle 34: 423. 6,9. 



Podium Carolina Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 556. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 81: 150, figs. 69-73 (larva). 



