1682 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Crabro (Xestocrabro) dryniocallidis Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 255. 6. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1946. Notulae Nat. 171: 14 (synonymy). 

 dives (Lepeletier and Brulle). Transcont. in Canad. and Transit. Zones of Canada and U. S.; 



also Palaearctic. Ecology: Nests in log in U. S., in Europe in decayed or rotten logs, and 

 soft pith of canes and stems. Prey: Syrphidae and Tachinidae in Europe. Predator: 

 Pkilanthus pulcher D. T. 



Soleiiius dives Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 716. 9,6. 



Solenius ocionotatus Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 719. 6. 



Solenius alatulus Dahlbom, 1838. Exam. Crabron. Scand., p. 85. 9, 6 . 



Crabro pictipes Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841. Faunae Ins. German., h. 181: pi. 5. 



Solenius octavonotatus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., p. 125. Emend. 



Crabro auratus Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 398. N. name for dives. 



Crabro montanus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 484. 9. Preocc. 



Crabro cristatus Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 101. 6. 



Crabro cubiceps Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 105. 9. 



Crabro (Xestocrabro) heradei Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 253. S. 



Crabro montivagans Strand, 1917. Archiv f. Naturgesch. 82: 98. N. name for 7)io7ita7iiis. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1945. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 40: 38-40 (synonymy). —Pate, 1946. Notulae 

 Nat. 171: 14 (synonymy). 



Biology: Earth, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 251 (nest). —Richards, 1944. Roy. Ent. Soc. 

 London, Proc, ser. A, 9: 134 (nest, prey in Europe). —Pate, 1945. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 

 40: 40 (refs. to European lit.). 

 proletarius (Mickel). Colo., N. Dak. 



Crabro parvulus Packard, 1866. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc 6: 108. 9. Preocc 



Crabro (Xestocrabro) proletarius Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 426. 3 . 



Genus LESTICA Billbcrg 



So far as known all species in this genus prey upon adult Lepidoptera, usually Microlepidop- 

 tera or small Noctuidae, but butterflies may be used occasionally. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1947. Notulae Nat. 185: 13 (key to subg.). 



Genus LESTICA Subgenus LESTICA Billberg 



Lestica Billberg, 1820. Enum. Ins., p. 107. 



Type-species: Crabro subterraneus Fabricius. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Hypothyreus Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 171. 



Type-species: Crabro subterraneus Fabricius. Orig. desig. 



The typical subgenus does not occur in North America. Members of this subgenus are 

 ground-nesting species. 



Genus LESTICA Subgenus SOLENIUS Lepeletier and Brulle 



Solenius Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 713. 



Type-species: Solenius interrnptus Lepeletier and Brulle. Desig. by Internatl. 

 Comn. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 1015, 1974. 



Members of this subgenus nest in decaying wood or in soft pith of plant stems. 



Taxonomy: Court and Menke, 1968. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 24: 357-358 (petition to set aside 

 type-species designation of Sphex vagus Westwood, 1839, and to designate Solenius 

 interruptus Lep. and Br. as type-species). 

 cinctella (Fox). Nev., Calif., Oreg. 



Crabro cinctellus Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 136. 9. 



Taxonomy: Leclercq, 1951, Soc. Ent. Belg., Bui. et Ann. 87: 171. 6. 



