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Crabro cephalotes Panzer, 1799. Faunae Ins. German., h. 6, pi. 62, fig. 16. Preocc. This is a 



questionable synonym. 

 Crabro striatiis Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 707. 9,6. 

 Crabro oniatus Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 709. 9. 

 Blepharipus striatulus Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 737. 6. 

 Ceratocolus striatiis Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 744. 6. Preocc. 

 Crabro Lindenms Shuckard, 1837. Essay on Indig. Fossor. Hym., p. 143. 9,6. 

 Crabro Sliuckardi Dahlbom, 1838. Exam. Crabron. Scand., p. 98. 9, 6. 

 Crabro interruptus Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 418. 9, J. N. name for 



Shnckardi. 

 Crabro Fargeii Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 410. N. name for Ceratocolns 



striatiis. 

 Crabro Lindensis Inchbald, 1859. Ent. Weekly Intelligencer 6: 199. Lapsus. 

 Crabro aciculatiis Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 108. 9,6. 

 Crabro (Soleniiis) riitlieniciis Morawitz, 1892. Soc. Ent. Rossica, Horae 26: 174. 9. 

 Crabro Lindenii Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 621. Lapsus for Ihidensis Inchb. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1945. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 40: 41-43 (synonymy), —van der Vecht, 1961. 

 Zool. Verhandl. Rijksmus. Natuurlijke Hist. Leiden, No. 48, pp. 70-71 (identity of 

 cephalotes OUv.). 



Biology: Hamm and Richards, 1926. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., pp. 306-307, 321-322 (nest, prey 

 in Europe; misdet. as quadricinctiis F.). 

 maculosus (Gmelin). Canada and U. S. in Transit. Zone east of 100th meridian. Parasite: 



Crabrovidia ectevinii Fain. Prey: Tubifera arbustorum (L.). 

 Crabro maculatus Fabricius, 1781. Spec. Ins., v. 1, p. 470. Secondary homonym in Vespa. 

 Vespa (Crabro) maculosa Gmelin, 1790. In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, v. 1, p. 2761. N. 



name. 

 Crabro singiilaris Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 417. 6. 

 Crabro frigidtis Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 419. 9. 

 Crabro quadrangiilayis Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 85. 9. 

 Crabro n-viaculatus Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 87. 6. 

 Crabro oblongus Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 88. 9. 

 Crabro trapezoidens Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 89. 6. 

 Crabro qiiadraiiguliis Cresson, 1928. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 5: 55. Lapsus. 



Biology: Krombein, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2: 1025 (prey). 



Genus ECTEMNIUS Subgenus HYPOCRABRO Ashmead 



Hypocrabro Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 168. 



Type-species: Crabro 10-tnaciilatns Say. Orig. desig. 

 Pseudocrabro Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 169. 



Type-species: Crabro clirysarginus of Lepeletier. Orig. desig. 

 Xestocrabro Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 169. 



Type-species: Crabro 6-macitlatus Say. Orig. desig. 

 Xylocrabro Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 169. 



Type-species: Crabro stirpicola Packard. Orig. desig. 

 Ecteviniiis subg. Apoctemnias Leclercq, 1950. Rev. Franc. d'Ent. 17: 200. 



Type-species: Ectemniiis (Apoctemnms) domingensis Leclercq. Orig. desig. 



Some of our species nest in the soft pith of living or dead stems or twigs and make a linear se- 

 ries of cells separated by partitions of pith particles. Other species nest in decaying trunks, 

 stumps or limbs. 



alpheus Pate. Calif., Wash., Utah. 



Ectemniiis (Hypocrabro) alpheus Pate, 1946. Notulae Nat. 171: 5. 9, 6. 

 arcuatus (Say). Transcont. in Transit, and Austr. Zones. Ecology: Nests in logs. Prey: Musca 

 domestica L. 



Crabro arcuatus Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 377. 9. 



Crabro Packardii Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 477. 9, 6. 



Crabro honestus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 485. "9" = 6. 



