Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1679 



Crabro villosifrons Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 84. 9. 



Crabro (subgenus?) nokomis Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 251. 9. 



Solenius (Hypocrabw) nokonis (!) Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mas., Proc. 53: 242. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1946. Notulae Nat. 171: 9-10 (synonymy). 



Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 94, 96 (nest, prey). 

 besseyae (Rohwer). Calif., Colo., Utah, N. Mex. 



Crabro (XylocrabroO besseyae Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 419. 9. 

 centralis (Cameron). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico south to Colombia and Trinidad. 



Crabro centralis Cameron, 1891. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 146. 9. 

 continuus continuus (Fabricius). Canada and U. S., transcont. in Canad., Transit, and U. 

 Austr. Zones; Palaearctic Region. Ecology: Nests in borings in tree root or rotten 

 branch. Parasite: Macronychia aurata (Coq.). Prey: Archytas aterrivius (Desv.), 

 Whitlieniia sp., Tachinidae sp.; Sarcopliaga sp., Sarcophagidae sp.; Pollenia riidis (F.), 

 Phoenicia ? sp., Calliphoridae sp.; Muscidae sp.; in Europe muscoid Diptera are also the 

 preferred prey but Syrphidae are used occasionally. Another subsp. occurs in the 

 Canary Islands. 



Crabro contiyiuus Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 312. 



Crabro 6-macidatus Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 341. 9. 

 Preocc. 



Solenius piinctatus Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 720. S. 



Ceratocolus pnyictatiis Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 749. 9,6. 

 Preocc. 



Crabro fuscitarsis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841. Faunae Ins. German., h. 181, pi. 7. 9. 



Crabro inipressus Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 401. N. name for Ceratocolus 

 pu7ictatits Lep. and Br. 



Crabro sulphureipes Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 415. 6. 



Crabro {E ctennmis) fiiscitarsus Schenck, 1857. Nassau. Ver. f. Naturk., Jahrb. 12: 70. 

 Lapsus. 



Crabro vagatiis Smith, 1869. Entomologist 4: 208. 9. 



Crabro granulatus Walker, 1871. List Hym. Egypt, p. 26. <3 . 



Crabro rngoso-pioictatus Taschenberg, 1875. Ztschr. f. Naturw. 45: 385. 6 . 



Crabro validus De Stefani, 1884. Nat. Sicil., v. 3, p. 218. 6. 



Crabro vagans Fokker, 1887. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 30: xx. Lapsus. 



Xylocrabro slossoiiae Ashmead, 1902. Ent. News 13: 5. 6. Nom. nud. 



Crabro sayi Cockerell, 1910. Entomologist 43: 61. N. name for Crabro sexinacidatus Say. 



Crabro bisexmaciilatus Viereck, 1910 (1909). In Smith, N. J. State Mus. Ann. Rpt. 1909, p. 

 681. N. name for Crabro sexynaculatns Say. 



Crabro hispanicits Kohl, 1915. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, Ann. 29: 81. 9. 



Solenius (Hypocrabro) giffardi Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 242. 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1946. Notulae Nat. 171: 10 (synonymy). —Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Trans. 90: 295, fig. 114 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps Social and Solitary, pp. 97-101, 1 fig. (nest, 

 prey). — Reinhard, 1929. The Witchery of Wasps, pp. 228-231, 4 figs, (nest, prey, parasite). 

 — Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 65 (prey). — Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. 

 Soc, Bui. 58: 120 (nest, prey, cocoon, life cycle). There is also an extensive European 

 literature. 

 decemmaculatus decemmaculatus (Say). U. and L. Austr. Zones east of Rocky Mts.; Mexico. 

 Crabro lO-niaculatus Say, 1823. West. Quart. Rptr., v. 2, p. 78. 

 Crabro clirysargyrus Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 711. 9. 

 Crabro clirysarginus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 114. Lapsus. 

 Crabro chrysargurus Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 386. Lapsus. 

 Crabro collinns Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 420. 6. 

 Crabro aurifrons Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 420. 9. 

 Crabro (Hoplocrabro) novanus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 564. 9, i. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1946. Notulae Nat. 171: 8 (synonymy). 



