1586 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Evans, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 51: 184, figs. 2-3 (nest, prey). 

 foxi Bohart and Menke. Tex., Nev., Utah; northern Mexico. 



Sphex (Priononyx) femigineus Fox, 1892. Ent. News 3: 170. 9. Preocc. 

 Prionyxfoxi Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 152. N. name. 

 parkeri Bohart and Menke. U. S. south to Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Ecology: Nests in a variety 

 of soils, the burrow varying from oblique to nearly vertical, the cell provisioned with 

 one prey specimen. Parasite: Senotainia rubriventris Macq. Prey: Melanopliis scudderi 

 Uhl, M.femurrubrum propinquus Scud., M. sp., probably fern nrrubrum (DeG.), 

 Trimerotropis citrina Scud., Scirtetica marmorata picta (Scud.), ChoHophaga australior 

 R. and H. 

 Prionyx parkeri Bohart and Menke, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 30: 154, figs. 35, 54, 96, 

 102. 6, 9. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 23 (nest, prey; misdet. as bifoveolatum 

 Tasch.). —Evans, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 51: 183-184 (nest, prey, parasite; misdet. as 

 pubidorsus Costa). — Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 156, fig. 4 (sleeping 

 aggregation; misdet. as p2ibidorsuni). — Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 

 18-19 (nest, prey). 

 subatratus Bohart. Oreg. and Idaho south and east to Calif., Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., western 



Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua). 

 Priononyx subatrata Bohart, 1958. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 53: 90. S, 9. 

 thomae (Fabricius). Southeastern and western states, south to Argentina. Ecology: Nests in a 



variety of soils, the burrow varying from L-shaped to curved to oblique; nest with a 



single cell and provisioned with one prey specimen. Parasite: Stizoides unicinctus (Say). 



Prey: Amphitomus sp., Aulocara sp., Orphulella p. pelidna Burm., Arphia xanthoptera 



Burm., Dissosteira Carolina L., Eyicoptolophus subgracilis texensis Br., Paraidemona 



sp., probably fratercula Heb. 

 Sphex thomae Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 346. 6. 

 Pepsis crucis Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 209. 9 . 

 Enodia pubidorsum Costa, 1862. Mus. Zool. Napoli, Ann. 1: 69. 6. 

 Priononyx thomae var. antillarum Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool., v. 2, Hym., p. 



43. 9. 

 Priononyx thomae var. mexicanus Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool., v. 2, Hym., p. 



43. 9, 6. 

 Sphex (Harpactopus) Edwardsi Cameron, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 230. 9, cJ. 

 Sphex platensis Brethes, 1908. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac de Hist. Nat., An. 17: 146. d, 9. 

 Sphex thomae var. altibia Strand, 1911. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 77, sup. 2: 152. 6. This is a 



questionable synonym. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 81: 142, figs. 21, 22 (larva). 



Biology: Hartman, 1905. Tex. Univ., Bui. 65, Sci. Ser. 6: 62-65 (nest, prey, life cycle). 

 —Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 227 (prey, sleeping aggregation). —Rau 

 and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 175-186, figs. 40-42 (nest, prey, parasite). —Evans, 

 1958. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 51: 181-183 (nest, prey transport, life cycle). 



Unplaced Taxon of Sphecinae 



Sphex instabilis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 263. 9. N. Amer. Possibly a senior 

 syn. of Isodontia exomata Fern. 



Subfamily AMMOPHILINAE 



The North American genera are all fossorial in nesting habits, but one extralimital genus is 

 known to nest in cavities in wood. 



Taxonomy: Menke, 1966. Canad. Ent. 98: 147-152, 12 figs, (key to genera). 



Genus PODALONIA Fernald 



Psammophila Dahlbom, 1842. Dispos. Method. Spec. Scand. Ins. Hym., pt. 1, pp. 2, 8. 

 Preocc. 



