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Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1593 



Ammophila picipes Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 11, pi. 2, fig. 4. S. 

 Ammophila volcanica Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 17. 9. 

 Ammophila chiriquensis Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 18. 9. 



Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 156, fig. 3 (sleeping aggregation). 

 pictipennis Walsh. Eastern U. S.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in sand, providing a single larva per 

 nest. Parasite: Pseudoxenos lugubris (Pierce); HUarella hilarella (Zett.). Prey: 

 Noctuidae spp., Leucania unipuncta (Haw.), Agrofis C -nigrum (L.), Prodenia 

 oniithogalli Guen., Heliothis zeae (Bod.); Pholisora catullus F. 

 Ammophila pictipennis Walsh, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 128, 164. 9, 6. 

 Ammophila anomala Taschenberg, 1869. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Halle 34: 434. 9, S. 

 Sphex yiigropilosus Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 465. 9. This is a questionable 

 synonym. 



Biology: Walsh and Riley, 1868. Amer. Ent. 1: 128 (nest, prey). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp 

 studies afield, pp. 207-237, figs. 45-49 (prey transport, nest, life cycle). — Rau, 1922. Acad. 

 Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 23 (prey). — Strandtmann, 1945. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 38: 

 310-311, fig. 7 (nest, prey; misdet. as placida Sm.). 



placida Smith. Western U. S.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in damp sand, the vertical burrow 



ending in a horizontal cell. Parasite: Opsidia sp. Prey: Zale lunata (Dru.), Noctuidae sp.; 

 Hesperiidae sp. 

 Ammophila placida Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 221. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 148, fig. 34 (larva). 



Biology: Hicks, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 193-198 (nest, prey, life cycle; misdet. as xanthoptera 



Cam.). —Hicks, 1934. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 33: 39-41 (prey capture). —Evans, 1959. 



Amer. Midland Nat. 62: 456-458 (nest, prey transport, life cycle, parasite). 

 polita Cresson. Western U. S. 



Ammophila polita Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 458. 9. 

 procera Dahlbom. Transcont. in U. S., south to Guatemala. Ecology: Nests in compact sand, the 

 burrow oblique to vertical, terminating in a cell containing one caterpillar. Parasite: 

 Seyiotainia vigilans Allen, Metopia lateralis Macq., Miltogrammini sp. Prey: Nadata 

 gibbosa (Abbot), Heterocampa manteo (Dbldy.), H. astarte Dbldy., Datana sp., Schizura 

 ipomoeae (Dbldy.), Symmerista sp.; Smerinthus cerisyi Kby., Sphingidae sp.; Noctuidae 

 sp. 



Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 15. 



Ammophila saeva Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 222. 9. 



Anmiophila gryphus Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 460. 6. 



Ammophila barbata Smith, 1873. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 260. 9. 



Ammophila ceres Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 8. 6. 



Ammophila championi Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 9. 9. 



Anmiophila striolata Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 10. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 81: 145, figs. 39-46 (larva). 



Biology: Pergande, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 256-258 (nest, prey). — Hartman, 1905. 

 Tex. Univ. Bui. 65, Sci. Ser. 6: 11-20, figs. 6, 8, 9, 13, 16-18, 22 (nest, prey). —Rau and Rau, 

 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 237-243, fig. 50 (nest, prey, sleeping aggregation). —Rau, 

 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 24 (nest). — Criddle, 1924. Canad. Field Nat. 38: 

 121-123 (nest, prey). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1924. Science 59: 486 (nest closure). —Rau, 

 1926. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 211 (prey). —Hicks, 1935. Pan-Pacific Ent. 11: 101-102 

 (nest closure). — Krombein, 1953 (1952). Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 283-286 (nest, prey, 

 parasite). — Bohart and Knowlton, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 55: 100-101 (nest, prey, 

 mating). —Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55: 118 (nest, prey, parasite). — Tilden, 

 1953. Pan-Pacific Ent. 29: 211-218 (nest, prey). —Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 

 57: 151-152 (cocoon). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 60: 104-105 (nest, prey, 

 parasite, life cycle). —Evans, 1959. Amer. Midland Nat. 62: 451-454 (nest, prey transport, 

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



