Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1651 



Oxybeloides Radoszkowski, 1877. In Fedtschenko, Reise in Turkestan, Imp. Obschch. 

 Moskva Izv. 26 (1): 68. 



Type-species: Oxybeloides fasciatus Radoszkowski. Monotypic. 

 Oxybelomorpha Brauns, 1896. In Kohl, K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus, Ann. 11: 475. 



Type-species: Oxybelomorpha Kohlii Brauns. Monotypic. 

 Belomicrus subg. Notofis Arnold, 1927. Transvaal Mus., Ann. 12: 64. 



Type-species: Beloinicrus (Notofis) bicomutus Arnold. Monotypic. 

 Belomicrus subg. Pseudoxybelus Gussakovskij, 1933. Akad. Nauk S. S. S. R., Zool. Inst., 

 Trudy 1: 286. 



Type-species: Belomicrus (Pseudoxybelus) persa Gussakovskij. Monotypic. 



Scanty information is available on the biology of five species, two of which have been reported 

 to construct multicellular nests with up to 4 cells per nest. Three North American species prey 

 upon nymphal or adult mirid bugs; one North American and one European species prey upon 

 adult melyrid beetles. 



Revision: Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 11-96, 209-257, 55 figs. (N. Amer. spp.) 

 apache Pate. N. Mex., Ariz. 



Belomicrus apache Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 15. 9. 



bridwelli Pate. Va., Tenn., Fla. 



Belomicrus bridwelli Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 93. 6, 9. 



cahuilla Pate. Calif. 



Belomicrus cohuilla Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 39. 6. 



cladothricis (Cockerell). Tex. to Calif., Nev., Idaho; Mexico (Baja California). 



Oxybeius cladothricis Cockerell, 1895. Canad. Ent. 27: 309. 6,9. 



Belomicrus cladothricis prosopidis Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 72. 6, 9. 



Belo7nicrus minidoka Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 79. 6. 

 coloratus Baker. Idaho, Nev., Calif. Prey: Miridae sp. nymphs. 



Belo7nicrus colorata Baker, 1909. Pomona Col., Jour. Ent. 1: 29. 9. 



Biology: Bohart and Menke, 1976. Sphecid wasps of world, p. 363 (prey). 



cookii Baker. Calif. 



Belo7nicrus Cookii Baker, 1909. Pomona Col, Jour. Ent. 1: 29. 6, 9. 



cucamonga Pate. Wash., Calif. 



Belomicrus cucamonga Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 76. 9. 



eriogoni Pate. Calif., Oreg., Nev., Utah. 



Belomicrus cladothricis eriogoni Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 70. 6, 9. 

 forbesii (Robertson). Colo, and Wyo. north to Man. and west to B. C. and Calif. Ecology: Nests 

 in compact, sandy-clay soil sometimes mixed with gravel, makes 4-8 cells per nest, 

 stores 5-13 prey per cell. Parasite: Senotaiiiia trilineata (Wulp). Prey: Orectoderes 

 obliquus Uhl. nymphs and a few adults, Miridae sp. nymphs. Predator: Philanthus 

 pulcher D. T. 

 Oxybeius Forbesii Robertson, 1889. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 16: 85. i. 

 Oxybeius (Oxybeloides) columbianus Kohl, 1892. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 7: 208. 6, 



9. 

 Belomicrus larimerensis Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 417. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 123-124, figs. 6-9 (larva). 

 Biology: Evans, 1969. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 42: 122-123, fig. 5 (nest, prey transport). 

 franciscus Pate. Calif. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Trichochrous antennatus Mots, adults. 

 Belomicrus franciscus Pate, 1931. Ent. News 42: 77. 6, 9. 

 Belomicrus quemaya Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 47. cJ. 



Biology: Williams, 1936. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 3-6 (nest, prey). 



istam Pate. Calif. 



Belomicrus istam Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 81. 6, 9. 



jurumpa Pate. Calif. 



Belomicrus jurumpa Pate, 1940. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 66: 53. 6, 9. 



