1580 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Sphex singularis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 261. 6. 



Sphex chlomrgyrica Costa, 1862. Mus. Zool. Napoli, Ann. 1: 66. 



Sphex micans Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Halle 34: 419. 9. Preocc. 



Sphex dubitaia Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 213. 9. 



Sphex spiniger Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 428. 6. 



Biology: Dow, 1932. Psyche 39: 8-9 (nest, prey). — Krombein and Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 56: 233-234 (nest, prey, life cycle). 

 flavovestitus flavovestitus Smith. Va. to Fla., west to Tex.; Mexico (Durango). Parasite: 



Pseudoxenos sviithii (Heyd.). Another subspecies occurs in Mexico. 

 Sphex flavovestita Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 253. cJ. 

 Sphex flavipes Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 263. 9. Preocc. 

 Chlorion {Proterosphex) flavitarsis Fernald, 1906. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 31: 379. 9, 6. N. 



name. 

 habenus Say. Md. to Fla., west to Ark. and Tex.; Mexico (Sinaloa). Parasite: Pseudoxenos 



sniithii (Heyd.). Prey: Tettigoniidae sp., nymph. 

 Sphex habena Say, 1832. New Sp. N. Amer. Ins. chiefly of Louisiana, p. 14. 9. 

 Sphex lauta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 212. 9. 

 Sphex lauta var. iliustris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 210. 9. 

 Sphex princeps Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 398. 9 . 

 Sphex chrysophorus Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 300. 9. 

 Sphex lanciger Kohl, 1895. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 10: 55. 6. 



Biology: Strandtmann, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 51-52 (nest, prey). 

 ichneumoneus (Linnaeus). Southern Canada, U. S., south to Brazil and Peru. Ecology: Nests 

 in hard-packed soil or sand, the burrow vertical or nearly so, each nest with 2-7 cells, 

 each cell provisioned with several prey specimens. Parasite: Pseudoxenos smithii 

 (Heyd.); Metopia argyrocephala (Meig.), M. campestris (Fall.), Senotainia trilineata 

 (Wulp); Nysson plagiatus Cr. Prey: Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harr.), N. sp., Acanthodis 

 SP)( Atlanticus dorsalis (Burm.), Conocephalus attenuatus (Scud.), C.fasciatus (DeG.), 

 C. brevipennis (Scud.), C. triops (L.), C. sp., Neduba sp., Scudderia texensis (Sauss.), S. 

 pistillata (Brunn.), Orchelmium vulgare Harr., 0. calcaratum R. and H., 0. delicatum 

 Brun., Amblycorypha oblongifolia (DeG.); Oecanthus n. nigricomis (Wlkr.); 

 Brachybaenus sp., Gryllacris sp. This handsome wasp is commonly called "The Great 

 Golden Digger". 



Apis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 578. 



Noinada surinamensis Retzius, 1783. Genera et Species Insectorum, p. 62. N. name. 



Sphex auriflua Perty, 1834. Delect. Anim. Articul. Brasil., p. 142. A questionable synonym. 



Sphex aurocapillus Templeton, 1841. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 3: 51. A questionable 

 synonym. 



Sphex Croesus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 351. 9. 



Sphex dimidiatus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 352. 6. Preocc. 



Sphex suynptuosa Costa, 1862. Mus. Zool. Napoli, Ann. 1: 66. S. K questionable synonym. 



Sphex ichneumoneus var. ignotus Strand, 1916. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 81: 99. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 81: 139, figs. 1-8 (larva). 



Biology: Packard, 1869. Guide Study Ins., pp. 167-168 (nest, prey). — Peckham and Peckham, 

 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2, Sci. Ser. 1: 33-41, pi. 2, fig. 4, pi. 11, fig. 1, pi. 12, 

 figs. 1-2 (nest, prey). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 193-198, fig. 43 (nest, 

 prey). — Reinhard, 1929. Witchery of wasps, pp. 141-164, 2 pis. (prey). —Abbott, 1931. 

 Iowa Acad. Sci., Proc 38: 255-258 (nesting behavior). — Frisch, 1937. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 18: 1043-1062 (nesting aggregation, prey, life cycle, parasite). —Fernald, 1945. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 38: 458-460 (nesting aggregation, prey). — Ristich, 1953. Canad. Ent. 85: 

 374-386, 1 pi., 4 text figs, (nest, prey, parasites). 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99, no. 14: 50, pi. 22, figs. K-N, Q, 

 R (male genitalia). 

 jamaicensis (Drury). Fla.; West Indies. 



Vespa Jamaicensis Drury, 1770. Illus. Nat. Hist, v. 1, p. 104. 



Sphex Jamaica Christ, 1791. Naturgesch. Class. Nomencl. Ins., p. 292. Emend. 



