Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1649 



Luc, A. trifasciata (Forsk.), Mangora gibberosa (Hentz), Araneidae spp.; Linyphia 

 clathrata Sund., L. sp.; Leucauge venusta (Walck.). 

 Trypoxylon nibro-cinctum Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 416. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. see. Trans. 83: 94, fig. 63 (larva). —Evans, 1959. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 161 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1895. Psyche 7: 303 (nest, prey, life cycle). — Peckham and 

 Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 77-84 (nest, prey, life cycle). 

 —Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, social and solitary, pp. 178-193, 2 figs, (nest, prey, 

 male behavior in nest). — Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 22 (nest, parasite). 



— Krombein, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 5 (nest, prey). — Krombein, 1967. 

 Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 187-193, text fig. 2a, figs. 126, 135-139 (nest, prey, life 

 cycle, cocoon, parasites). — Medler, 1967. Amer. Midland Nat. 78: 344-358 (nest, prey, 

 cocoon, parasites, life cycle). 



orizabense (Richards), n. comb. South. Ariz.; Mexico (Orizaba). 



Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) orizabense Richards, 1934. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 82: 

 273. 9, 6. 



tridentatum archboldi (Krombein). Fla. Ecology: Nests in borings in wood, stores 9-36 spiders 

 per cell. Parasite: Anthrax a. argyropygus Wied., Lepidophora lepidocera (Wied.) ?; 

 Pyemotes ventricosus (Newp.). Prey: Mimetiis sp.; Gea heptagon (Hentz), Drexelia 

 directa (Hentz), Enstala anastera (Walck.) Larinia directa (Hentz), Singa sp., Neoscona 

 arabesca (Walck.), N. sp., Conaranea floridensis Bks., C. sp., Araneidae spp.; Theridula 

 quadripunctata Keys., Theridion flavonotatum Beck., Chrysso clementinae (Petrunk.), 

 Theridiidae spp. 

 Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum archboldi Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 

 61: 150. 9,6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 61: 151-152 (nest, prey, cocoon). —Krombein, 

 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 200-202 (nest, prey, life cycle, cocoon, parasites). 

 tridentatum tridentatum (Packard). Conn, to Fla., west to B. C. and Calif. Ecology: Nests in 

 SanibucKs and white sage stems, borings in wood and old mud dauber nests. Parasite: 

 Trichrysis niucronata (Br.), T. deversor Boh., Ceratochrysis antyga Boh., Chrysis 

 pelliicidula Aar.; Sphaeropthahna uro (BL), S. amphion (Fox), S. abdominalis (BL); 

 Tetrastichus sp.; Arnobia floridensis (Tns.), A. spp. ?; Bombyliidae sp.; Pyemotes 

 ventricosus (Newp.). Prey: Latrodectus inactans (F.), Theridion 7nurariuni Em., T. 

 dilutum Levi, T. sp.; Mimetns hesperus Chamb.; Eustala rosae Chamb. and Ivie, E. sp., 

 Metepeira arizonica Chamb. and Ivie, M. sp., Neoscona verfebrata (McCook), N. sp., 

 Araneus sp., Acanthepeira stellata (Walck.), Cyclosa conica (Pall.), Araneidae spp. 

 Trypoxylon tridentatmn Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 417. 9. 

 Trypoxylon projectuni Fox, 1891. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 18: 141. 9, c5. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 83: 93, figs. 50-52 (larva). —Evans, 1959. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 161 (larva). 



Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, p. 134 (nest, life cycle). — Blackman and 

 Stage, 1924. N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse Univ., Tech. Pub. 17: 196-197 (nest). 



— Rau, 1934. Canad. Ent. 66: 259 (nest, parasite). —Hicks, 1934. Colo. Univ., Studies 21: 

 267 (nest, parasite). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 95 (nest, parasites). 

 —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 193-200, text fig. 2d, figs. 115-118 

 (nest, prey, life cycle, egg, cocoon, parasites). — Paetzel, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 26-30, 3 

 figs, (male behavior in nest, mating; misdet. as rubrocinctum). —Paetzel, 1973. Outdoor 

 World 6 (2): 42-45, 4 figs, (nest, prey, life cycle, male behavior in nest; misdet. as 

 rubrocinctum). 



Species Group Albitarse 



politum (Say). Mass. to Fla. west to Kans. and Tex. Ecology: Builds linear series of mud cells 

 in parallel rows resembling pipes of an organ, stores 3-18 prey per cell. Parasite: Vidia 

 sp.; Anthrax innatulus fur (0. S.), A. aterrimus (Big.); Amobia aurifrons (Tns.), A. 

 distorta (Allen), Helicobia rapax Wlkr., Senotaijiia sp.; Sphaeropthalma p. pensylvanica 



