Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1675 



cribrellifer (Packard). N. H. to Fla., Ont., Mich., Ind. Prey: Ommatiits tibialis Say, Tolwerus 

 novaescotiae (Macq.). 

 Thyreopus cribrellifer Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 358. 6. 

 Thyreopus simiatus Provancher, 1883. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 664. 9. Preocc. 

 Crabro Provancheri Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 168. N. name. 



Biology: Krombein, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 1017 (prey). — Kurczewski and 

 Acciavatti, 1968. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 76: 198 (prey). 

 juniatae Krombein. Pa., Va., W. Va. Prey: Hylemya ciiicriira (Rond.). 



Crabro (Crabro) juniatae Krombein, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 469. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 181 (prey). 

 largior Fox. U. S., transcont. in Transit. Zone. 



Crabro largior Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 161. 9,6. 

 latipes Smith. Transcont. in Alaska, Canada, U. S. in Transit, and Canad. Zones. Ecology: 

 Nests in sand, makes 8 or more cells per nest, stores 6-10 flies per cell. Prey: 

 Platycheirus peltatiis (Meig.); Syniphoromyia pliiralis Curr.; Doliclwpus adultus Van 

 D., D. nigricornia Meig., D. nodipeniiis Van D., D. remus Van D., D. socius Lw., 

 Gyvinopternun spectabilis Lw., Rhapliium aniiatuvi Curr., R. crassipes (Meig.); Miisca 

 domestica L., M. autumnalis DeG., Fannia maniceta (Meig.), Muscina assimilis (Fall.), 

 Phaonia bysia (Wlkr.); Lucilia illustris (Meig.); Aplomyiopsis sp., Icteriophyto tibialis 

 (Curr.), Oswaldia assimilis (Tns.); Hydroplioria conica (Wied.), Hylemya setigera (Joh.), 

 H. stratifrons Huck., Pegoviya affinis Stein, P. lipsia (Wlkr.); preferred prey are 

 calyptrate Cyclorrhapha, but Orthorrhapha are also used. Predator: Philanthus zebratus 

 nitens (Bks.). 



Crabro gryphus Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., p. 68. 

 Nom. nud. 



Crabro latipes Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 396. 6. 



Crabro vicinus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 479. 9. 



Thyreopus coloradensis Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 6: 356. 6. 



Thyreopus elongatus Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 293. i. 



Crabro canadensis Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 585. N. name. 



Crabro (Anothyreus) viciniformis Viereck, 1907. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 381. 9. 



Crabro pratus Carter, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57: 133. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 1017 (prey). —Krombein, 1955. 

 Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 17 (prey). —Kurczewski and Acciavatti, 1968. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 

 Jour. 76: 199 (prey). —Kurczewski, Burdick and Gaumer, 1969. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 77: 

 152-170, figs. 1, 3-8 (nest, prey transport, egg). 

 monticola (Packard). Alaska, Canada, Maine to Ga. Ecology: Nests in sand or gravel road, 

 makes 11 to 15 or more cells per nest, stores 3-5 flies per cell. Prey: Tabanus 

 lasiophthalmns Macq., T. microcephahis 0. S., Stonemyia tranquilla (0. S.), Chrysops 

 celer 0. S., C. venus Phil.; Thereva sp.; preferred prey are tabanid males. 

 Thyreopus monticola Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 367. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 163, figs. 43-46 (larva). 



Biology: Evans, 1960. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 68: 127-129, fig. 1 (nest, prey transport, cocoon). 

 -Pechuman, 1963. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 71: 218-219 (nest, prey). 



pallidus Fox. Mont., Oreg. 



Crabro pallidus Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 163. 9,6. 

 pleuralis Fox. Nebr., Colo., Wyo., Alta., B. C, Wash., Oreg. Predator: Philanthus zebratus 

 nitens (Bks.). 



Crabro pleuralis Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 162. 9,6. 



tenuis Fox. Mich, to Colo, and Wash., Alta. 



Crabro tenuis Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 166. 9, 6. 



villosus Fox. Calif. (Los Angeles Co.). 



Crabro villosus Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 158. 9. 



