1594 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



pruinosa Cresson. Western U. S. Ecology: Nests in sand, the burrow mostly vertical, the cell 

 progressively provisioned with several caterpillars. Parasite: Pseudoxenos higubns 

 (Pierce). Prey: Geometridae spp.; Noctuidae spp.; Phycitinae sp. 

 Amvwphila pruinosa Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 455. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 149, fig. 35 (larva). 

 Biology: Linsley, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 156 (sleeping aggregation). —Powell, 1964. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 251-253, 256 (nest, prey). 



regina Menke. Calif., Oreg. 



Ammopkila regina Menke, 1964. Acta Hym. 2: 25, fig. 15. 6, 9. 



shoshone Menke. Wyo., Utah. 



Ammophila shoshone Menke, 1967. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 123: 5, fig. 5. 6, 9. 



stangei Menke. Calif., Nev. 



Ammophila stangei Menke, 1964. Acta Hym. 2: 15, fig. 6. tj, 9. 



strenua Cresson. Western Canada and U. S.; Mexico. 



Avnnophila strenua Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 459. 9. 



Sphex dubius Fernald, 1934. No. Amer. and W. Indies Sphex, p. 139. Preocc. 



Ammophila denningi Murray, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 975. N. name. 

 unita Menke. Colo., Wyo., Utah, Nev., Ariz., a Great Basin sp. 



Ammophila unita Menke, 1966. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 79: 35. 6, 9. 

 urnaria Dahlbom. Eastern U. S. Ecology: Nests in fairly fu-m soil, the burrow vertical or 

 oblique, the cell provisioned with 1-6 caterpillars. Parasite: Pseudoxenos lugubris 

 (Pierce). Prey: Scoliopteryx libatrix L., Autographa sp., Panopoda sp., ? Polia adjuncta 

 BdvL; Ennominae spp., Geometridae spp. The earlier records of urnaria listed under 

 Biology may refer to one or more species of Ammophila. 



Ammophila uniaria Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 14. 



Ammophila inepta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 209. 9,8. 



Sphex arvensis floridensis Fernald, 1933. Ent. News 44: 236. Nom. nud. 



Sphex floridensis Fernald, 1934. No. Amer. and W. Indies Sphex, p. 126. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 81: 146, figs. 47-49 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 6-28, pi. 3, figs. 



5-8, pi. 8, figs. 1-5 (nest, use of "tool", prey, life cycle). —Peckham and Peckham, 1905. 



Wasps, Social and Solitary, pp. 18-39, 46-50 (nest, use of "tool", prey, life cycle). —Parker, 



1915. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 17: 75-76, fig. 8 (nest, prey, life cycle). —Fernald, 1933. Ent. 



News 44: 236-238 (prey transport, nest). — Frisch, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 345-350 



(nest closure). —Evans, 1959. Amer. Midland Nat. 62: 462-464 (nest, prey). 

 varipes Cresson. Central U. S.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Ammophila varipes Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 457. 9,6. 



Ammophila comanche Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 19, pi. 1, fig. 14. 

 wrightii (Cresson). Western U. S. Ecology: Digs vertical burrow in soil after capturing prey. 

 Prey: Geometridae sp. 



Coloptera wrightii Cresson, 1865. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 378. 9. 



Biology: Hicks, 1934. Psyche 41: 150-157, 2 figs, (nesting behavior, prey). 

 zanthoptera Cameron. Ariz.; Mexico to Guatemala. 



Ammophila zanthoptera Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 8. 9 . 

 Ammophila trichiosoma Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 11. d. 

 Ammophila xanthoptera Cameron, 1900. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. xi. Emend. 



Unplaced Taxon of Ammophilinae 



Ammophila arvensis Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 384. 9,6. Amer. Sept. 

 Preocc. by Dahlbom. 



