1658 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 73-76 (nest, 

 prey transport). —Parker, 1915. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 17: 74-75 (nest, prey transport, 

 parasites). -Pate, 1930. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 25: 41 (prey). —Williams, 1936. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 1-3, fig. 1 (nest, prey transport, predator). — Krombein, 1936. Ent. 

 News 47: 95 (prey transport). — Strandtmann, 1945. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 38: 313 (nest, 

 prey transport, parasite). —Krombein, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 67 (prey). 

 — Krombein, 1956. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 51: 44 (prey transport). —Evans, 1970. Mus. 

 Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 493 (nest, prey transport, parasites, predator). — Peckham, 

 Kurczewski and Peckham, 1973. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 66: 651-652, figs. 2, 9 (nest, prey 

 transport, parasites). 



ventralis Fox. Pacific Coast, Wash., south to Mexico (Baja California). 

 Oxybelus ventralis Fox, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 4: 107. 9. 

 Oxybelus vianni Rohwer, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 117. 9. 



xerophilus Bohart and Schlinger. Calif., Ariz. 



Oxybelus xerophilum Bohart and Schlinger, 1956. Pan-Pacific Ent. 32: 154. 6. 



Subfamily CRABRONINAE 



This large subfamily includes species which nest in the ground, in pre-existing cavities in 

 wood, twigs, stems, and in the soft pith of various plants or shrubs. 



Revision: Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 129-226 (N. Amer. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1944. Amer. Midland Nat. 31: 329-384 (gen. of world). — Leclercq, 1954. 

 Monog. Hym. Crabron., 371 pp., 40 figs., 84 maps (phylogeny, zoogeography, key to world 

 gen., catalog of world spp.). 



Genus ANACRABRO Packard 



Anacrabro Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 67. 



Type-species: Anacrabro ocellatus Packard. Monotypic 

 ocellatus boerhaviae Cockerell. N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, 

 Colima ?). 

 Ayiacrabro boerhaviae Cockerell, 1895. Canad. Ent. 27: 308. 6. 

 ocellatus ocellatus Packard. S. Canada and U. S. east of Rockies, except Fla. Ecology: Nests 

 in sand, makes 1-9 or more cells per nest, stores 4-7 prey per cell. Parasite: 

 Miltogrammini sp.?, Diptera sp. Prey: Lygus oblineatus (Say), L. lineolaris (Beau v.), 

 Plagiognathns politus Uhl.; only adults are stored. Predator: Acanthomyops claviger 

 (Rog.), Monomorium sp. 

 Ayiacrabro ocellatus Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 68. 9. 

 Thyreopus nigoso-punctatus Provancher, 1883. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 664. 9. A 



secondary homonym in Crabro. 

 Crabro rugulosopunctatus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 624. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 102, figs. 75-84 (larva). 



Biology: Barth, 1909 (1908). Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 6: 147-153, 10 figs, (nest, prey, parasite, 

 predator). —Kurczewski and Peckham, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 1419-1424, 7 figs, 

 (nest, prey transport, egg, parasite, predator). 

 ocellatus robertsoni Rohwer. Fla. 



Anacrabro robertsoni Rohwer, 1920. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 22: 58. 9. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1948. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 43: 20-21 (status of N. Amer. spp.). 

 —Leclercq, 1973. Acta Zool. Lilloana 30: 38-41 (key to New World spp., and revision of 

 Neotropical spp.). 



Genus ENCOPOGNATHUS Ashmead 



The name Encopognathus was first employed by Kohl, 1896 (K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 

 11: 485, 486). However, it may not be validated from that date, for Kohl proposed it as a name 

 for a species group ("Artengruppe") of the subgenus Lindenius. The earliest use of the name in 



