1656 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



parvus Cresson. U. S. west of 100° W., Nebr., and Utah to south. CaHf. and north. Mexico. 



Oxybelus parvus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 476. "9" = 6. 



Oxybelus intermedius Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 160. 9. 



Oxybelus coloradensis Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 160. 6. 



Notoglossa incisura Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 430. 6. 

 pitanta Pate. Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Mex. 



Oxybelus pitaiita Pate, 1943. Pan-Pacific Ent. 19: 123. 6. 



rancocas Pate. N. J. 



Oxybelus rancocas Pate. 1943. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 38: 91. S. 



rejectus Baker. Colo. 



Oxybelus rejectus Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 59. S. 

 robertsonii Baker. Northwest. U. S., Nebr. to Oreg., south to Nev. and Calif. 



Oxybelus robertsonii Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 156. 6. 



Oxybelus varicoloratus Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 157. 9. 



Oxybelus hirsutus Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 157. 9. 



Oxybelus apicatus Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 409. 6. 



Oxybelus glenensis Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 410. 9. 

 sericeus Robertson. Mass. to Fla. west to S. Dak., Utah, Oreg. and Calif.; Mexico (Baja 



CaHfornia, Nayarit). Ecology: Makes 1-4 cells in moist sand, stores 10-20 flies per cell. 

 Parasite: Senotainia litoralis Allen. Prey: Ephydra riparia Fall.; Chaetopsis aenea 

 (Wied.), C.fulvifrons (Macq.). 



Oxybelus sericeus Robertson, 1889. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 16: 81. 9. 



Oxybelus delicatus Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 322. 6. 



Oxybelus sericeus crocatus Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 78. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 112, figs. 105-106 (larva). 



Biology: Pate, 1930. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 25: 41 (prey). —Krombein, 1955, Brooklyn Ent. 

 Soc, Bui. 50: 74 (nest, mating, prey). — Bohart and Marsh, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 

 115-118 (nest, prey carriage, mating, life cycle, parasite). 

 similis Cresson. U. S. west of Rocky Mts. 



Oxybelus similis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 4: 476. 9. 

 Notoglossa striatifrons Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 429. 6. 

 sparideus Cockerell. Southwest. U. S., Ariz, to Tex., Okla., south to Mexico (Veracruz). 



Ecology: Nests in damp sand, makes 2-3 cells per nest, stores 3-6 prey per cell. Parasite: 

 Sarcophagidae spp. from maggots emerging from female prey. Prey: Ceracia dentata 

 Coq., Chaetonodexodes sp., Pseudoperichaeta erecta (Coq.), Spathiyneigenia hylotomae 

 (Coq.), Winthemia rufopicta (Big.), Lespesia flavifrons Ben.; Helicobia rapax (Wlkr.), 

 Oxysarcodexia ventricosa (Wulp), Ravinia derelicta (Wlkr.), Seyiotainia sp., Sarcophaga 

 davidso7ii Coq.; Psilocephala haemorrhoidalis (Macq.). 

 Oxybelus sparideus Cockerell, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 292. 6. 



Biology: Bohart, Lin and Holland, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 818-820 (nest, prey 

 transport, egg, life cycle, cocoon, parasitism by prey). 

 subcornutus Cockerell. U. S. from Ariz, to East Coast, N. Y. and Mich, south to Mexico 



(Chihuahua). Ecology: Nests in sand, makes 1-6 cells per nest, stores 2-8 prey per cell. 



Parasite: Macronychia aurata (Coq.), Senotainia trilineata (Wulp). Prey: Allograpta 



obliqua (Say), Carposcalis obscura (Say), Melangyna sp., Neocnemodon coxalis (Curr.); 



all prey were males. 

 Oxybelus subcornutus Cockerell, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 293. 9. 

 Oxybelus punctatus Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 60. S. 

 Oxybelus striatus Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 60. 6. 

 Oxybelus cockerellii Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 61. 6. 

 Oxybelus denverensis Rohwer, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 118. 9. 



Biology: Pate, 1945. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 40: 165 (prey). — Peckham, Kurczewski and 

 Peckham, 1973. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 66: 656-658, figs. 14, 16, 17 (nest, prey transport, 

 parasites). 



