Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1609 



ampliceps Krombein. W. Va. (Lost River St. Pk.). Ecology: Presumably nests in old beetle 

 borings in logs. 

 Spilomena ampliceps Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 178, figs. 1-3. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 60, figs. 3, 3a. 9, cJ. 

 barberi Krombein. Mass., N. Y. and Ont. south to Ga. and Tenn., Iowa, Kans., Colo., N. Mex., 

 Ariz., Utah, Calif. Ecology: Nests in abandoned anobiid borings in wood. Prey: 

 Sericothrips sp. larva, Frankliniella or Thrips sp. larva, Thripidae sp. larva. 

 Spilomena barberi Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 12. 6, 9. 

 foxii Cockerel!. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif., Wash.; Mexico (Baja California, Puebla). 



Spilomena foxii Cockerell, 1897. Entomologist 30: 136. 9. 

 pusilla (Say). Conn, to N. C, west to Iowa, Kans. and Tenn. Ecology: Nests in abandoned 

 anobiid burrows in structural timber and in logs. Prey: Sericothrips sp. larva in 

 variabilis (Beach) section, Thripidae spp. larvae and adult. 

 Stigmus pusilhis Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 378. 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 178-179, figs. 4-6. 9, d. —Krombein, 

 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 53, 61, figs. 2, 2a, 5. 9,6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 181 (nest). —Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 58: 155 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 53 (nest, 

 prey). 



Genus XYSMA Pate 



Xysma Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 63: 94. 



Type-species: Ammoplanus ceanothae Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 Telexysma Leclercq, 1959. Pare Natl. Upemba, I. Mission G. Witte, fasc. 53 (2), p. 2. 



Type-species: Telexysma africana Leclercq. Orig. desig. 



The North American ceanothae nests in abandoned anobiid borings in structural timber and 

 preys upon immature Thysanoptera. Nothing is known of the biology of the only other Xysma, 

 the South African africana. 



ceanothae (Viereck). Pa., Md., D. C, Va., Ga. Ecology: Nests in abandoned anobiid borings in 

 structural timber. Prey: Thripinae spp. larvae. 

 Ammoplanus ceanothae Viereck, 1904. Psyche 11: 72. 9 (9 in part, 6, misdet.). 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 25. 6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1958. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 25 (nest, prey). 



Tribe AMMOPLANINI 



Genus PULVERRO Pate 



Pulverro Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 63: 107. 



Type-species: Pulverro mescalero Pate. Orig. desig. 



This genus has been recorded only from the Nearctic Region. One species has been recorded 

 as nesting in soil and preying upon Thysanoptera, mostly adults but a few immatures. 



Revision: Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 63: 107-119, figs. 4, 6, 7, 9-12, 16, 20. 

 californicus Eighme. Calif, in North Coast Ranges. 



Pulverro califomica Eighme, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 49. i, 9. 



chumashano Pate. West. Calif. 



Pulverro chumashano Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 63: 118. cj. 

 Pulverro costano Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 63: 116. 9. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1939. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 64: 417, fig. 24 (female chumashano). 

 columbianus (Kohl). Colo., Utah, Idaho, Oreg., B. C. 



Ammoplanus (?) columbianus Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 61. "9" = S. 

 Ammoplanus eriogoni Rohwer, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 101. 6. 

 Pulverro Colorado Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 63: 115. 9. 



