Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1699 



Type-species: Gorytes moneduloides Packard. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Pate, 1935. Ent. News 46: 249-250. 

 moneduloides (Packard). U. S. soutii into Mexico. Ecology: Nests in vertical sand banks. Prey: 

 Rhynchoniitra microrhina (Wlkr.) nymphs and adult; Scolops sidcipes (Say) adults, S. 

 sp.? nymph. 

 Gorytes moneduloides Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 431. 6. 

 Gorytes Belfragei Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 224. 9. 

 Tanyoprymnus longitarsis Cameron, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 31: 376. 6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 61: 195 (nest, prey transport). —Evans, 1966. 

 Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, p. 80 (prey). 



Genus ARIGORYTES Rohwer 



Arigorytes Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 41: 469. 

 Type-species: Gorytes Coquillettii Fox. Orig. desig. 



This is a small genus occurring only in the deserts of western North America. Nothing is 

 known of the biology. 



Revision: Pate, 1947. Canad. Ent. 79: 51-56. 



Taxonomy: Bohart, 1971. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc 83: 447 (key to N. Amer. spp.). 

 coachellae Bohart. Calif., Ariz., Nev., Colo.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Arigorytes coachellae Bohart, 1971. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 83: 445. 6,9. 

 coquillettii (Fox). Calif. 



Gorytes Coquillettii Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc 47: 531. 9. 

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



Gorytes insolitus Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 532. d. 



Hoplisoides clavatus Baker, 1907. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 165. 6. 

 ruficrus Bohart. Calif, at 5000-7000 ft. in central Sierra Mts. 



Arigorytes ruficrus Bohart, 1971. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc 83: 446. 6, 9. 

 smohalla Pate. Idaho, Wash., Calif. 



Arigorytes smohalla Pate, 1947. Canad. Ent. 79: 54. 9, S. 



Genus XEROGORYTES Bohart 



Xerogorytes Bohart, 1976. hi Bohart and Menke, Sphecid wasps of the world, p. 517. 

 Type-species: Arigorytes a7iaetis Pate. Orig. desig. 



This is a monotypic genus occurring only in the southwestern United States. The biology is 

 unknown. 



anaetis (Pate). Ariz., southwest. N. Mex. 



Arigorytes anaetis Pate, 1947. Canad. Ent. 79: 55. 9. 



Genus HOPLISOIDES Gribodo 



Hoplisoides Gribodo, 1884. Ent. Soc. Ital, Bol. 16: 276. 



Type-species: Hoplisoides intricans Gribodo. Monotypic. 

 Icuma Cameron, 1905. Entomologist 38: 21. 



Type-species: Icuma sericea Cameron. Monotypic. 



This large genus occurs in all of the major zoogeographic regions except the Australian. The 

 species prefer to nest in sandy soil and make relatively short burrows ending in one or several 

 cells. The recorded prey are all Homoptera belonging to the Membracidae, Cicadellidae or Ful- 

 goridae; each species prefers prey of a single family usually. 



carinatus Bohart. Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Hoplisoides carinatus Bohart, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 70: 287. 6, 9. 

 cazieri Bohart. South. Ariz. 



Hoplisoides cazieri Bohart, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 70: 288. 6,9. 



