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Tacky sphex posterns Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., Proc. 45: 510. 9. 

 Tachyspkex spinosus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 511. 9. 

 Tachysphex spissatus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 515. 6. 

 Lai-ra rnfipes Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 129. 9. 

 Tachyspkex propinquus Viereck, 1904. Ent. News 15: 85. 9. N. syn. (W. J. Pulawski). 



Biology: Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Studies 8: 202-203, fig. 112 (nest, prey hunt 

 and transport). — Krombein, 1967. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 2, pp. 392-393 (prey). 

 — Alcock and Gamboa, 1975. Ariz. Acad. Sci., Jour. 10: 164 (nest, prey). 



Species Group Brullh 



alayoi Pulawski. Fla. (Dania in Broward Co.); West Indies, Cuba to Virgin Islands. Prey: 

 Blattidae sp. nymph. 

 Tachyspkex alayoi Pulawski, 1974. Polskie Pismo Ent. 44: 84, figs. 121-128. 9,6. 



Biology: Pulawski, 1974. Polskie Pismo Ent. 44: 87 (prey). 

 belfragei (Cresson). D. C. to Fla. west to Iowa, Nebr., Tex. Prey: Conocepkahis sp. nymphs'. 

 Larrada belfragei Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 215. 9. 

 Tachytes minimus Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 248. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 2, p. 392 (prey). 

 maurus Rohwer. Tex. to Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Tachyspkex maurus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 575. 9, c^. 

 mundus Fox. Transcontinental, north to south. Canada, south to Mexico (Chiapas). 



Larra rufitarsis Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 50, pi. 4, fig. 11. 6. 



Preocc. N. syn. (W. J. Pulawski). 

 Tachyspkex aequalis Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 517. 6. N. syn. (W. 



J. Pulawski). 

 Tackyspkex exsectus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 526. 9 (6 misdet.). 



N. syn. (W. J. Pulawski). 

 Tachyspkex mundus Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 531. 9,3. 

 Tachyspkex johnsoni Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 573. 9. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 

 Tackyspkex opwanus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 574. 6. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 

 Tackyspkex robustior Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 164. 6. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 

 Tackyspkex crenuloides Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 168. 9. N. syn. (W. 



J. Pulawski). 

 Tackyspkex waskingtoni Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 172. 9. N. syn. (W. J. 



Pulawski). 



Species Group Julliani 



cockerellae Rohwer. Calif., Nev., Ariz.; Mexico south to Colombia. 



Tackyspkex cockerellae Rohwer 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 47: 518. 6. 

 coquilletti Rohwer. Kans., Okla., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California, 

 Durango, Zacatecas). Prey: Litoneutria minor (Scudd.), L. sp., nymph. 



Tachysphex coquilletti Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl Mus., Proc. 40: 572. 9,6. 



Tachyspkex dentatus Williams, 1914 (1913). Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 8: 169. 9. 



Biology: Kurczewski, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 317 (prey). —Krombein, 1967. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 2, p. 393 (prey). —Alcock and Gamboa, 1975. Ariz. Acad. Sci., 

 Jour. 10: 164-165 (nest, orientation flight, prey). 



Genus PROSOPIGASTRA Costa 



Prosopigastra Costa, 1867. Mus. Zool. Napoli Ann. 4: 88. 



Type-species: Prosopigastra puiictatissima Costa. Monotypic 

 Homogambrns Kohl, 1889. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 4: 191. 



Type-species: Tackyspkex globiceps Morawitz. Monotypic. 

 Hologambrus Morice, 1897. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 309. Lapsus or emend. 



