Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1647 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 92, figs. 44-46 (larva). —Evans, 1959. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 160 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 210-214, text fig. 2c, fig. 52 (nest, 

 prey, life cycle, egg, cocoon, parasites). 

 saussurei (Rohwer), n. comb. South. Ariz, south to Guanacaste Prov., Costa Rica. Ecology: 

 Nests in old Sceliphron cells. 

 Trypoxylon Mexicanum Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool, v. 2, Hym., p. 78, pi. 4, fig. 



45. 9, 6. Preocc. 

 Trypoxylon saussurei Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 478. N. name. 



Biology: Rau, 1943. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 649 (nest). 

 spinosum (Cameron). Tex. to Panama. Ecology: Nests in holes in masonry, crevices along tree 

 trunk and in bamboo stems; stores 11-20 spiders per cell. Parasite: Sarcophagidae sp. 

 Prey: Aysha decepta Bks., A. gracilis (Hentz), Anyphaena sp.; Gea ergaster (Walck.), 

 Neoscona sp.; Mimetus notius Chamb.; Peucetia viridans (Hentz); Hentzia pahnai-um 

 (Hentz), Metaphidippus sp., Paraphidippus marginatus (Walck.); Misumenops oblongus 

 (Keys.); Uloborus gloinosus Walck.; both adults and immatures are stored. 

 Trypoxylon spi7iosum Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 46. 9, S. 

 Trypoxylon cinereo-hirtmn Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 44. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 93, fig. 49 (larva). 

 Biology: Lin, 1969. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 27: 125-128 (nest, prey hunt, life cycle, egg, cocoon). 

 texense (Saussure). Ga., Fla., Ala. to 111. west to N. Mex., Colo., S. Dak. Ecology: Nests in 

 abandoned mud-dauber cells, old burrows of other arthropods in sand banks, and 

 crevices in wooden or stone wall; stores 9-15 spiders per cell. Parasite: Anthrax 

 limatulus artemisia Marst. Prey: Oxyopes salticus Hentz, Peucetia viridis (Walck.); 

 Neoscona arabesca (Walck.), Gea ergaster (Walck.), Argiope trifasciata (Forsk.), A. sp., 

 Eustala cepina (Walck), Metepeira sp., Araneus comutus Clerck; Tetragnatha 

 pallescens Camb., T. versicolor Walck.; Misumenops delphinus (Walck.), M. oblongus 

 (Keys.), Tibellus duttoni (Hentz), Xysticus sp., Philodromus sp., Misumena sp.; 

 Zygoballus nervosus Peckh., Habronattus brunneus (Peckh.), Hentzia ambigua (Walck.), 

 Marpissa pikei (Peckh.), Metaphidippus galathea (Walck.), Paraphidippus marginatus 

 (Walck.), Phidippus audax Hentz, P. rimator (Walck.); Pardosa distincta (Blackw.); 

 Mimetus sp.; Theridion intritum Bish. and Cros., T. murarium Em.; Rucinia sp.; 

 Dendryphantes sp.; stores both immatures and adults, and about equal numbers of 

 errant and snare-building species. 



Typoxylon texense Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool. 2, Hym., p. 77. 9 . 



Trypoxylon sulcus La Munyon, 1877. Nebr. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Proc, March 8. 



Trypoxylon aureolum Rohwer, 1909. Ent. News 20: 381. 9, d. 



Trypoxylon relativum Rohwer, 1909. Ent. News 20: 382. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 159 (larva). 



Biology: Hartman, 1905. Tex. Acad. Sci., Trans. 7: 71-73, pi. 4, fig. 23 (nest, prey). 

 -Hungerford and Williams, 1912. Ent. News 23: 248, fig. 5 (nest, prey). -Rau, 1928. 

 Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 25: 441 (nest). —Rau, 1940. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 33: 592 

 (nest). —Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 159 (nest). — Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 

 46: 243-245 (nest, prey, egg). —Lin, 1969. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 27: 128-129 (nest, prey). 

 xantianum (Saussure), n. comb. South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Trypoxylon xantianum Saussure, 1867. Reise d. Novara, Zool, v. 2, Hym., p. 78. 6, 9. 



Species Group Punctulatum 



lactitarse (Saussure). Ont. and Mass. to Fla., west to Wis., Tex. and Ariz., south to Argentina. 

 Ecology: Nests in borings of other insects in dead wood and structural timber, in trap 

 nests, in old mud dauber nests, and in old burrows of mining bees. Parasite: Amobia 

 aurifrons (Tns.), A. distorta (Allen), Seiiotainia sp. in trilineata (Wulp) complex; 

 Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied., A. aterrimus (Big.); Megaselia sp.; Tyrophagus sp.; 

 Melittobia chalybii Ashm.; Trichrysis carinata (Say); Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica 



