Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1657 



subulatus Robertson. Northeast. U. S., Colo, to Mass. north to Canada. Ecology: Nests in sand, 

 makes 1-8 cells per nest, stores 3-11 prey per cell; male wasp guards nest entrance. 

 Parasite: Phrosinella fi(li'icor7iis (Coq.), P. sp., Senotaiiiia trilineata (Wulp), Metopia 

 argyrocephala (Meig.), Macronychia sp. Prey: Psilocephala haemorrhoidalis (Macq.), P. 

 frontalis Cole, Tliereva candidata Lw., Fiircifera rufiventris (Lw.); preys only upon 

 males. 



Oxybelus mucronatns Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 436. 6, 9. Preocc. 



Oxybelus subulatus Robertson, 1889. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 16: 79. 3, 9. 



Oxybelus Packard! Dalla Torre, 1890. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 9: 203. Preocc. 



Oxybelus acutus Baker, 1896. Ent. News 7: 61. 9. 



Oxybelus albosignatus Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 407. 9. 



Oxybelus mottensis Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 323. 9. 



Biology: Peckham, Kurczewski and Peckham, 1973. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 66: 652-655, figs. 8, 



10, 11, 13 (male behavior, nest, prey transport, parasites). 

 taenigaster (Viereck). Cent. U. S., incl. Ariz., N. Mex., Nebr., south to Mexico (Oaxaca). 



Notoglossa taenigaster Viereck, 1906. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 32: 215. 9. 



Oxybelus fastigatus Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 433. 6, 9. 



Notoglossa albovmculata Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 320. 6. 

 timberlakei Bohart and Schlinger. Calif. 



Oxybelus timberlakei Bohart and Schlinger, 1956. Pan-Pacific Ent. 32: 150. 6, 9. 

 uniglumis (Linnaeus). Alaska, N. W. T., South. Canada and U. S. south in Mexico to Puebla; 

 Palaearctic, Europe to Mongolia. Ecology: Nests in sand, makes 1-5 cells per nest, 

 transports prey on sting, stores 2-13 prey per cell. Parasite: Senotainia rubriveiitris 

 (Macq.)?, Metopia argyrocephala (Meig.), Phrosinella fulvico^iiis (Coq.); these records 

 are all from U. S. Prey: Allognosta fuscitarsis (Say); Chrysopilus modestus Lw., 

 Syniphoroniyia atripes Big., S. montana Aid.; Anthrax albofasciatus Macq.; 

 Condylostylus patibulatus (Say); Metasyrphus veyiablesi (Curr.); Rivellia sp. in 

 melliginis group; Anthomyia procellaris Rond., Emmesomyia socia (Fall.), 

 Eustaloniyia vittij)es (Zett.), H ydrophoria conica (Wied.), H. iniplicata Huck., Hylemya 

 depressa Stein, H.fugax (Meig.), H. lasciva Zett., H. platnra Meig., H. cilicrura (Rond.), 

 Pegomyia affinis Stein; Saprornyza monticola Mel.; Fannia coracina (Lw.), F. 

 enatohensis Seago, F. pellucida (Stein), F. scalaris (F.), Helina duplicata (Meig.), 

 Musca domestica L., Myospila meditabunda (F.), Ophyra aenescens (Wied.), 0. 

 leucostoma (Wied.), Phaonia fusca (Stein), Spilogona sp.; Bufolucilia silvarum (Meig.), 

 Lucilia sp., Phaenicia sericata (Meig.), Pollenia rudis (F.); Blaesoxipha hunteri 

 (Hough), B. reversa (Aid.), Boettcheria cimbicis (Tns.), Helicobia rapax (Wlkr.), Metopia 

 argyrocephala (Meig.), Oxysarcodexia cingarus (Aid.), Phrosinella fulvicomis (Coq.), 

 Ravinia acerba (Wlkr.), R. Ihemninieri (Desv.), Senotainia trilineata (Wulp); Admontia 

 nasoni (Coq.), Alophora sp., Eulasiona comstocki Tns., Lixophaga sp.; Medina barbata 

 (Coq.), Voria aurifrons (Tns.); prey in U. S. consist principally of male Brachycera and 

 Cyclorrhapha, rarely females of latter group. Predator: Philanthus flavifrons Cr., P. 

 pule her D. T. 



Vespa uniglumis Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, v. 1, p. 573. 9. 



Vespa unigluvunis (!) Christ, 1791. Naturgesch. Class. Nomencl. Ins., p. 246. 



Nornada punctata Fabricius, 1793. Ent. Syst., v. 2, p. 346. 



Crabro trideiis Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. Syst., p. 270. 9. 



Vespa decim-maculafa Donovan, 1806. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins., v. 11, pi. 376, fig. 1. This is a 

 questionable synonym. 



Oxybelus pygviaeus Olivier, 1811. Encycl. Meth., Ins., v. 8, p. 597. 



Oxybelus quadrinotatus Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, app., p. 338. 



Oxybelus ivipatiens Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 390. 9. 



Oxybelus interruptus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 475. 9. 



Oxybelus fallax Gerstaecker, 1867. Ztschr. Gesam. Naturw. Halle 30: 91. 9. 



Oxybelus Brodiei Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 36. 9. 



Oxybelus quadrinotatus var. montanus Robertson, 1889. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 16: 78. 6, 

 9. 



Oxybelus hispanicus Giner, 1943. Inst. Espan. Ent., Trab., Fam. Sphecidae, p. 260. S, 9. 



