Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1633 



Three Old World species make multicellular nests in soil, and two of them utilize pre-existing 

 burrows of other insects. Prey consists of Hemiptera and Homoptera belonging to the families 

 Lygaeidae, Tropiduchidae or Pentatomidae. 



nearctica Bohart. Calif., Ariz. 



Prosopigastra nearctica Bohart, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 122, 6 figs. S, 9. 



Subfamily MISCOPHINAE 



Two inadequate revisions are listed under the heading Subfamily Larrinae. 



Genus LYRODA Say 



Lyrops subg. Lyroda Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 372. 



Type-species: Lyrops (Lyroda) sitbita Say. Desig. by Patten, 1881. 

 Morphota Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 293. 



Type-species: Morphota fasciata Smith. Desig. by Pate, 1937. 

 Odontolarra Cameron, 1900. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 5: 35. 



Type-species: Odontolarra riifiventris Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Lyrodon Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. 6, fig. 5. Lapsus. Preocc. 



These wasps are ground-nesting and may utilize pre-existing burrows or cavities. One North 

 American species preys upon crickets (Gryllidae) and several extralimital species use grouse 

 locusts (Tetrigidae). 



subita (Say). Transcont. in south Canada and U. S. Ecology: Nests in pre-existing burrows or 

 cavities, makes up to 2 cells per nest and stores up to 9 prey per cell. Parasite: Metopia 

 argyrocephala (Meig.). Prey: Nemobius carolhms Scudd., N.fasciatus (DeG.), N. spp.; 

 nymphs. 



Lyrops (Lyroda) subita Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 372. 9. 



Larrada arcuata Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 293. 9. 



Lyroda cockerelli Rohwer, 1909. Ent. News 20: 369. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 281-282, figs. 78-84 (larva). 



Biology: Patton, 1892. Ent. News 3: 90 (prey transport). — Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. 

 Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 169-171 (nest, prey transport, life cycle). —Peckham and 

 Peckham, 1905. Wasps, Social and Solitary, pp. 253-256 (nest, prey transport, life cycle). 



— Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 96: 282 (nest, prey transport, parasite). 



— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 44: 132 (prey). 



triloba (Say). Canada, D. C, 111., Ind., Kans., La., Tex. 



Lyrops (Lyroda) triloba Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 372. 9. 

 Lyrops (Lyroda) caliptera Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 373. Lapsus. 



Genus PLENOCULUS Fox 



Ple7ioculHS Fox, 1893. Psyche 6: 554. 



Type-species: Plenociilus davisi Fox. Monotypic. 

 Ptygosphex Gussakovskij, 1928. Inst. Zool. Appl. Phytopath., Leningrad, Bui. 4: 18. 

 Misspelled Ptigosphex in generic heading. 



Type-species: Ptygosphex mnrgabensis Gussakovskij. Orig. desig. 

 Pavlovskia Gussakovskij, 1935. Trav. Fil. Acad. Sci. URSS, Tadjikistan 5: 424. 



Type-species: Pavlovskia tadzliika Gussakovskij. Orig. desig. 



These wasps nest in sand and construct 1- or multicelled nests. In North America several taxa 

 prey upon Hemiptera or Homoptera but one species uses pyralidid caterpillars as prey. 



Revision: Williams, 1960. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 31: 1-49, 90 figs. (N. Amer. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1899. Psyche 8: 337-338 (key to some N. Amer. spp.). 



boharti Williams. Southern Calif. 



Plenoculus boharti Williams, 1960. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 31: 28, figs. 40, 61, 83, 84. 9, 



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