Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1701 



prey). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 494 (nest, prey, parasites). — Bohart 



and Menke, 1976. Sphecid wasps of world, p. 520 (parasite). 

 placidus birkmanni Baker. Southwestern U. S. 



Hoplisoides Birkmanni Baker, 1907. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 166. 9. 



Hoplisoides pminosus Baker, 1907. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 166. 9. 

 placidus nebulosus (Packard). Eastern U. S. Ecology: Nests in sand, makes 1-3 cells per nest, 

 stores 4-20 prey per cell. Parasite: Seiiotaiyiia trilineata (Wulp)?; Dasymutilla v. vesta 

 (Cr.)?; Nyssov opuleiitus Gerst.?, A^. tuberculatus Handl., N. daeckei Vier. Prey: 

 Microcentrus spp., Palonica virida Ball, P. sp., Ceresa palmeri Van D.?, Ceresini spp., 

 Campylenchia latipes Say, Enchenopa binotata Say, Entylia concisa Wlkr., E. sinuata 

 F., Publilia concava Say, Spissistilus festiyius Say, Telamona decorata Ball, Tylopelta 

 brevis Van D., Vanduzea arcuata (Say), V. triguttata Burm.; both adults and nymphs 

 are used. 



Gorytes nebulosus Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 424. 9. 



Gorytes antiatus Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 272. "9" = 

 S. 



Gorytes viicrocephalus Handlirsch, 1888. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. KL, Sitzber. 97: 

 405. i. 



Gorytes Pergandei Handlirsch, 1888. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl., Sitzber. 97: 407. 6. 



Philanthus Harringtonii Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 278. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 82: 45, figs. 43, 44 (larva). 



Biology: Pate, 1946. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 41: 99 (prey). — Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. 



Biol. 10: 286-287 (nest, prey carriage, parasites ?). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., 



Proc. 61: 196 (prey, nest). —Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, 



pp. 34-46, figs. 28-33, 35 (nest, prey, life cycle, cocoon, parasites). —Bohart and Menke, 



1976. Sphecid wasps of world, p. 520 (nest, prey). 

 placidus placidus (Smith). Fla. 



Gorytes placidus Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 368. 9,6. 



Gorytes rufipes Smith, 1856. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 369. 9. 

 projectus Bohart. Calif. (San Joaquin Valley). 



Hoplisoides projectus Bohart, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 70: 290. 6,9. 

 punctifrons (Cameron). Western U. S.; Mexico (Sinaloa). 



Gorytes punctifrons Cameron, 1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 74, pi. 5, figs. 13, 13a. 

 9. 



Gorytes gulielmi Viereck, 1907. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 408. 9. 

 semipunctatus (Taschenberg). Southern U. S.; Argentina. Probably adventive in U. S. 



Hoplisus semipunctatus Taschenberg, 1875. Ztschr. Gesell. Naturwiss. Berlin 45: 367. 9. 

 spilopterus (Handlirsch). Western U. S. Ecology: Nests in damp sand. Prey: Stictocephala 



wickhami Van D., Spissistylus festitms (Say), Campylenchia latipes (Say); preys upon 

 adults and nymphs. 



Gorytes spilopterus HandHrsch, 1888. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. KL, Sitzber. 97: 414. 9. 



Gorytes ntaculatus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 140. 9. 



Gorytes (Hoplisoides) pogonodes Bradley, 1920. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 46: 114. 6. 



Biology: Pate, 1946. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 41: 99 (prey). —Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology 

 and evolution of sand wasps, pp. 55-56 (nest, prey). 

 splendidulus (Bradley). Western U. S. 



Gorytes (Hoplisoides) splendidula Bradley, 1920. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 46: 113. 9, 6. 

 tricolor (Cresson). Widely distributed in U. S.; Mexico (Sinaloa). Ecology: Nests in 



aggregations in sand, makes 2-4 cells per nest, stores 7-19 prey per cell. Parasite: 

 Nysson bellus Cr.? Prey: Parabolocrafus brunneus Ball, adult females and a few 

 nymphs. 

 Gorytes tricolor Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 380. "9" = 6. 

 Gorytes (Hoplisus) helianthi Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 40: 569 9. 

 Hoplisus rufocaudatus Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 401. 6. 



