1630 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



tarsatus (Say). Transcont. in U. S., Canad., Transit., and Austr. Zones.; Mexico (Baja 



California, Jalisco). Ecology: Makes unicellular nest in a variety of vegetated, sandy 

 soils. Parasite: Diptera sp. Prey: Melanoplus spp., Trimerotropis sp. ?; only nymphs 

 have been reported as prey. 



Lan-a tarsata Say, 1823. Western Quart. Rptr. 2: 78. 9. 



Tachysphex dubius Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 515. S. Preocc. 



Tachijsphex dubiosus Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 679. N. name. 



Tachysphex hitei Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 221. 9. 



Tachysphex sangnmosus Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 414. 9. N. syn. (W. J. 

 Pulawski). 



Tachysphex zirmneri Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 415. 9. 



Biology: Riley, 1880. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ent. Comn. Rpt. 2: 270-271 (prey). — Peckham and 



Peckham, 1900. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 1: 89-90 (nest, prey transport). —Williams, 1914 



(1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 17: 203-206, fig. 117 (nest, prey hunt and transport). 



— Kurczewski, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 439 (nest). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. 



Zool., Bui. 140: 490 (prey transport, nest). — Alcock and Gamboa, 1975. Ariz. Acad. Sci., 



Jour. 10: 164 (nest, prey). 

 tenuipunctus Fox. West. Canada and U. S. in mountains south to Ariz., N. Mex. Ecology: 

 Makes unicellular nest in sandy rangeland, stores 1-2 prey. Parasite: Taxigramma 

 heteroneura (Meig.); Sphaeropthalnia orestes (Fox). Prey: Oedaleonotus enigma 

 (Scudd.), Atdocara elliotti (Thom.), Melanoplus sp.; only nymphs have been recorded as 

 prey. 



Tachysphex tenuipunctus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., Proc. 45: 525. 9. 



Tachysphex granulosus Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 413. 9. 



Biology: Newton, 1956. Jour. Econ. Ent. 49: 615-619 (nest, prey hunt and transport, life cycle, 

 egg, larva, cocoon, parasite). 

 texanus (Cresson). Transcont., north to N. Y., Mich., Mont., south to Fla., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; 

 Mexico (Jalisco). Prey: Oedipodinae sp. nymph. 

 Lan-ada texana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 214. 9, cJ. 

 Tachysphex sepulcralis Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 169. 9, 6. N. syn. 



(W. J. Pulawski). 

 Tachysphex maneei Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 19. 9. N. syn. (W. J. Pulawski). 



Biology: Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 206 (prey). 

 williamsi Bohart. Calif. (San Francisco Co.). 



Tachsphex ivilliamsi Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 38, figs. 10-12. 6,9. 



Species Group Terminatus 



alpestris Rohwer. N. W. T., Alta., B. C. to Calif., eastwards to Wye, Nebr., Colo, and N. Mex., 

 south to Costa Rica. 

 Tachysphex foxii var. alpestris Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 233. 9. 

 apicalis apicalis Fox, n. status (W. J. Pulawski). D. C, N. C, Ga., Fla. Ecology: Makes 



multicellular nests with up to 7 prey per cell in open sand, frequently in sand cliffs. 

 Prey: Melanoplus sp. possibly pner (Scudd.) nymph, Acrididae sp. 

 Tachysphex apicalis Fox, 1893. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 1: 53. 9, 6. 

 Tachysphex fumipennis Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc 45: 518. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 288-289, figs. 99-103 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 15 (nest, prey transport, egg). 

 -Kurczewski, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 436-453, figs. 2, 3, 5, 6b, 8, 9 (nest, male 

 behavior). —Kurczewski and Snyder, 1968. Conservationist 23 (2): 30-31, 6 figs, (nest, 

 prey). 

 apicalis fusus Fox, n. status (W. J. Pulawski). Transcont. except southeast. U. S., north to Md., 

 Ky., N. Dak., Wash., south to Central America; introduced into Hawaii. Ecology: Nests 

 in mortar between foundation rocks, in abandoned insect burrows in ground, in earthen 

 bank and sand cliffs, stores several prey per cell in multicellular nests. Prey: 



