1584 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



carbo Bohart and Menke. B. C. to Calif., east to N. W. T., Mont., Colo, and N. Mex. Ecology: 

 Nests gregariously in sand with one cell per nest. Prey: Cyphoderris monstrosa Uhl., 

 nymphs. Predator: Philanthus zebratus nitens (Bks.). 



Sphex morio Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 321. 6. Preocc. 



Palmodes carbo Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 144. N. name. 



Biology: Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 483-484 (nest, prey). 

 dimidiatus (DeGeer). U. S. except northwest; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila). Ecology: Nests in 



sand, the burrow short and oblique, the cell stored with one prey specimen. Prey: 



Atlanticus pachymerus (Burm.), A. sp., Dissosteira Carolina (L.), Pediodectes sp., 



probably stevensonii (Thorn.). 

 Sphex dimidiatus DeGeer, 1773. Mem. pour servir a I'Hist. des Ins. 3: 577, pi. 30, fig. 5. S . 

 Sphex violaceipenyiis Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 349. 

 Sphex rufiventris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 211. 9. 

 Sphex abdominalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 211. S. Preocc. 

 Chlorion (Palmodes) rufiventris var. opuntiae Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 



557. 9. 

 Sphex (Palmodes) daggyi Murray, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 974. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 81: 141, figs. 12-14 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2, Sci. Ser. 1: 

 174-175, pi. 2, fig. 1 (nest, prey). —Williams, 1913. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 227 (prey). 

 — Krombein, 1953 (1952). Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 281-282 (nest, prey, life cycle). 

 — Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 150-151 (nest, prey, life cycle, cocoon). 

 hesperus Bohart and Menke. Calif, to B. C, Nev., Utah, Wyo., Colo. Ecology: Nests in sandy 

 loam, one cell per nest. Prey: Anabrus simplex Hald., nymph. 

 Palmodes hesperus Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 184, fig. 6. 6, 9. 



Biology: Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 185 (prey). —Evans, 1970. Mus. 

 Compar. Zool, Bui. 140: 484 (nest, prey). 

 insuiaris Bohart and Menke. Calif. (Channel Is.). 



Palmodes insuiaris Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 63: 186. cJ, 9. 

 laeviventris (Cresson). A Great Basin species, Mont., Wyo. and Colo, west to Wash, and 

 eastern Calif. Ecology: Makes a 1-celled nest and stores 2-4 crickets in it. Parasite: 

 Sphenometopa tergata (Coq.); Stizoides unicinctus (Say). Prey: Anabnis simplex Hald., 

 Pediodectes sp., probably stevensonii (Thos.). 

 Sphex laeviventris Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 463. 9, (?. 



Biology: Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 227 (prey). — LaRivers, 1945. Amer. 

 Midland Nat. 33: 743-763 (nest, prey, parasites). 

 lissus Bohart and Menke. Southern CaHf., Ariz., Tex. 



Palmodes lissus Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 63: 187, figs. 5, 12. cJ, 9. 

 pacificus Bohart and Menke. Coastal Calif. 



Palmodes pacificus Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 63: 188, figs. 8, 9, 14. 

 cJ, 9. 

 praestans (Kohl). Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., west. Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila). Prey: 

 Capnobates fuliginosus Thom. 

 Sphex (Palmodes) praestans Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 323. 9. 



Biology: Caudell, 1919. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 21: 40 (prey). 

 stygicus Bohart and Menke. Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., a Great Basin species. 



Palmodes stygicus Bohart and Menke, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 191, figs. 1, 11, 16. 



6, 9. 



Genus PRIONYX Vander Linden 



Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 4: 362. 



Type-species: Ammophila kirbii Vander Linden. Monotypic 

 Priononyx Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 28. 



Type-species: Sphex thomae Fabricius. Monotypic. 



