1618 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus LIRIS Fabricius 



Genus LIRIS Subgenus LIRIS Fabricius 



Liris Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorfim, p. 227. 



Type-species: Sphex aurata Fabricius. Desig. by Patton, 1881. 

 Lirisis Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nature ou Tabl. Univers, Palermo, p. 124. Emend, or n. 

 name. 

 The typical subgenus does not occur in the New World. 



Genus LIRIS Subgenus LEPTOLARRA Cameron 



Notogonia Costa, 1867. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, Ann. 4: 83. Preocc. 



Type-species: Tachytes nigra Fabricius of Vander Linden. Monotypic. 

 Caenolarra Cameron, 1900. Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 5: 28. 



Type-species: Caenolarra appendiculata Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Leptolarra Cameron, 1900. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 5: 29. 



Type-species: Leptolarra reticulata Cameron. Desig. by Richards, 1935. 

 Spanolarra Cameron, 1900. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 5: 32. 



Type-species: Spanolai-ra rufitarsis Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Notogonius Howard(!), 1901. Insect Book, pi. 6, fig. 1. Lapsus. 

 Chrysolarra Cameron, 1901. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 8: 118. 



Type-species: Chrysolarra appendiculata Cameron. Desig. by Pate, 1937. 

 Notogonidea Rohwer, 1911. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 13: 234. N. name. 

 Dociliris Tsuneki, 1967. Etizenia 20: 26. 



Type-species: Larrada subtessellata Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Nigliris Tsuneki, 1967. Etizenia 20: 27. 



Type-species: Notogonia japonica Kohl. Orig. desig. 

 Liris subg. Colloliris Tsuneki, 1974. Polskie Pismo Ent. 44: 612. 



Type-species: Notogonidea negrosensis Williams. Orig. desig. 



The species of Leptolarra nest in soil, making one or several cells per nest at the end of a 

 rather short burrow. The usual prey are crickets, although one extralimital species has been re- 

 ported to use Gryllacrididae. Both nymphal and adult stages are used as prey, but in North 

 America the nymphs are used more frequently. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1954. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 80: 15-17 (key to U. S. spp.). 

 apicipennis (Cameron). South. Tex. to Panama. 



Notogonia apicipennis Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 58, pi. 4, figs. 16, 

 16a. 9, S. 

 argentata (Beauvois). South. Ont. west to Nev., south to Fla., Ariz, and south. Calif.; south in 

 Mexico to Chiapas, Venezuela ?; Cuba, Bahamas; adventive in Hawaii. Ecology: Nests in 

 sand or compacted soil, makes 1-3 cells per nest and provides 1-6 prey per cell. Prey: 

 Gryllus pennsylvanicus Burm., G. rubens (Scudd.)?, G. sp., Miogryllus verticalis (Serv.), 

 Acheta assimilis F., Nemobius fasciatus DeG., N. sp., Orocharis saltator Uhl.; most 

 prey records are of nymphs, but adults are used occasionally. 

 Larra Pensylvanica Beauvois, 1811. Ins. Afr., Amer., p. 118. 

 LaYra argentata Beauvois, 1811. Ins. Afr., Amer., p. 119. 9. 

 Tachytes murina Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 132. 9. N. syn. 

 Larrada Pemisylvanica Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 292. Emend. 

 Larra nuda Taschenberg, 1870. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Halle 34: 5. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1976. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 78: 333 (syn. of murina). 



Biology: Ashmead, 1894. Psyche 7: 63 (nest, prey). —Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. 

 Bui. 8: 189-192, fig. 118 (nest, prey hunting and transport). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp 

 studies afield, pp. 152-158, fig. 35 (nest, prey). —Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis. Trans. 24 

 (7): 26 (prey, nest). — Reinhard, 1929. Witchery of wasps, pp. 67-71 (nest, prey). 

 —Krombein and Evans, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 233 (prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 103 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc, 

 Jour. 44: 134 (prey). 



