Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1661 



californicus Court and Bohart. Calif. 



Lindenius californicus Court and Bohart, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 161, figs. 1, 8, 11. 6, 

 9. 

 columbianus (Kohl). South. Canada, U. S. Ecology: Nests in dense aggregations in firmly 



packed clay-sand, occasionally in pre-existing burrows and in sand cliffs, may make up 

 to 10 cells per nest, stores 8-76 prey per cell. Parasite: Pliwsi^iella fiilviconiis (Coq.), 

 Senotainia sp. ?; PItalacrotophora halictorum Mel. and Brues ?; Mynnosa unicolor Say? 

 Prey: Dasyhelea grisea (Coq.), D. spp., Forcipomyia brevipennis (Macq.), Jetikinshelea 

 magnipennis (Joh.); Chironomus spp., Cricotopus sp., Orthocladius spp., Pamtendipes 

 subaeqiialis (Mall.), Pentaneitra sp., Procladiiis spp., Psectrocladius sp., Tanytarsus sp.; 

 Bradysia sp.; Swammerdamella obtusa Cook, S. sagittata Cook, Scatopse fuscipes Meig.; 

 Anarete johnsoni (Felt), A. pritcliardi Kim, A. spp., Asteromyia carbonifera (0. S.), 

 Clinodiplosis sp., Dasineura sp., Mayetiola sp., Neolasioptera spp., Ozirhincus millefolii 

 (Wachtl), Porricondyla sp., Procystiphora sp.; Drapetis sepfeiitrionalis Mel., D. sp., 

 Platypalpiis trivialis Lw., P. sp., Rhamphomyia sp.; Chamaernyia juncorum (Fall.), 

 Leucopis sp.; Madiza pat-va (Adams), Leptometopa halteralis (Coq.), L. latipes (Meig.), 

 Paraniyia nitens (Lw.); Pliilygria debilis Lw., Hydrellia sp.; Conioscinella 

 ynelancholica (Beck.), C. minor (Adams), C. triorbiculafa (Sabr.), Diplotoxa versicolor 

 (Lw.), Hippelates bishoppi Sabr., H. sp. near bishoppi Sabr., Meromyza sp., Olcella 

 cinerea (Lw.), 0. parva (Adams), 0. qitadrivittata Sabr., 0. trigramma (Lw.), Oscinella 

 carbonaria (Lw.), O.frit (L.), 0. litteiceps Sabr., 0. so7-or (Macq.), 0. nyubrosa (Lw.), 0. 

 sp., Siphonella nigripalpis (Mall.); Agromyza sp., Cerodontha dorsalis (Lw.), C. sp., 

 Liriomyza sp., Ophiomyia sp., Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundb.), Pseudonapomyza 

 lacteipennis (Mall.); Diptera spp.; Orius insidiosus (Say), 0. fristicolor (White); 

 Chlamydatus associatus (Uhl), Miridae spp.; Lygaeidae sp.; Aphis sp., Capitopkorus 

 elaeagni (Del Guer.), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Schizaphis sp.; Hemiptera spp.; 

 Agathis spp., Apanteles limentidis Riley, A. xylinus (Say), A. spp., Aphidius obscitripes 

 Ashm., A. spp., Bracon sp., Cheto7iits sp., Dacnusa sp., Diaeretiella spp., Elasnwso7na 

 sp., Euphoriana uniforynis Gah., Lysaphidus sp., Lysiphlebus spp., Microplitis sp., 

 Orgilus gelechiae (Ashm.), 0. sp., Praon spp., Trioxys spp.; Adelognathus flavopictus 

 Davis; Polynema sp.; Aprostocetus sp., Clirysocliaris sp., Diaulinopsis callicliroyua 

 Cwfd., Eiideriis siibopacus (Gah.), Euderus sp., Hemiptarsenus americanus (Gir.), 

 Hyssopus novus Gir., Necremnus sp., Notanisoynorpha aiyisliei Cwfd., Pnigalio sp., 

 Syynpiesis biyiiaculatipennis (Gir.), Tetrasticliits brncliophagi Gah., T. clilaynytis Ashm., 

 T.funiipeymis (Gir.), 7". iyicertus (Ratz.), T. semiloyigifasciatus (Gir.), T. tesserus Burks, 

 r. spp., Entedontini sp.; Copidosoyna sp., Anagyrini sp., Bothriothoracini sp.; Eupelmella 

 vesicularis (Retz.), Eupebnus allyyiii (French), £/. sp.; Pseudoynetagea schwarzii 

 (Ashm.), Eucharitidae sp.; Eiridoyitonierus isosonatis (Riley), Pseitdotorymus lazulellus 

 (Ashm.); Asaphes liicens (Prov.), Ecrizotes sp., Erixestus wiyinemanyia Cwfd., 

 Habrocytus sp., Halticoptera patellanyia (Dalm.), H. sp., Heteroscheyna sp., Hoynoporus 

 chalcidiphagus (Walsh and Riley), H.febriculosus (Gir.), Mesopolobiis sp., Pachynenroyi 

 allograptae Ashm., P. siphonopliorae (Ashm.), P. sp., Parecrizotes y)iarylayidensis Gir., 

 Ptero7)ialus pitparii))! (L.), P. uayiessae Harr., Systasis sp., Tridyniiis sp., Pirenini sp., 

 Pteromalini sp., Tridymini sp.; Briichophagus sp., Eudecatoyna sp., Eurytoyna sp., 

 Harniolita sp.. Systole sp., Spilochalcis albifrons (Walsh); Chalcidoidea sp.; Lygocerus 

 sp.; Lasiiis sp.; Spiloniena pusilla (Say); prey preferences vary at different localities 

 depending upon ecological factors; Chironomidae are preferred prey in nesting sites 

 near water; in other areas Pteromalidae, Scatopsidae, Chloropidae, Eulophidae, 

 Ceratopogonidae, Milichiidae, Cecidomyiidae, Eucharitidae and Anthocoridae are 

 important as prey. Predator: Pliilantlius pulcher D. T., P. pacificiis Cr. 



Crabro (Lindenius) coluynbianus Kohl, 1892. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 7: 203. 9. 



Crabro errans Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 184. 9, S. 



Crabro piyiguis Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 186 9. 



Awmoplanus salicis Cockerell, 1897. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 402. 9. 



Biology: Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool. 140: 491 (nest, prey, predators). —Miller and 

 Kurczewski, 1974 (1973). Ins. Sociaux 20: 368-378, 1 fig. (male-female intraspecific 

 interactions, nest, prey, parasites ?). —Miller and Kurczewski, 1975. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 



