Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1599 



Biology: Barth, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 251-257 (nest, prey). 



erythropoda Rohwer. Ont., Maine to Ga., Wis., Ind. Prey: Aphrophora quadrinotata Say. 

 Psen {Mimesa) erythopoda (!) Rohwer, 1910. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 12: 102. 9. 

 Psen (Mimesa) erythropoda Rohwer, 1910. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 12: 176. Emend. 



Biology: MaUoch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 15 (prey). 

 monticola (Packard). Ont, N. H. to Ga., W. Va., Mich., Ala. 



Mimesa monticola Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 407. S. 

 unifasciculatus MaUoch. N. Mex. (Beulah). Possibly the opposite sex of and a synonym of 

 montivagus D. T. 

 Psen (Psen) unifasciculatus Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 82 (26): 15. 6. 



Tribe PSENULINI 



Genus PLUTO Pate 



Psenia Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 44. Preocc. 



Type-species: Mimesa tibialis Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 Pluto Pate, 1937. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 9: 51. N. name. 



Biological notes are available for only one species which nests in large aggregations in sandy 

 soil and preys upon nymphal and adult leafhoppers. The presence of a foretarsal pecten in the 

 female suggests that members of the genus are all ground-nesting. 



aerofacies (Malloch). Tex.; Mexico. 



Psenia aerofacies Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc.S2 (26): 49. 9, S. 

 albifacies (Malloch). Iowa, Tex. Ecology: Nests gregariously in ilat clay-sand, each nest with 

 several cells and 5-12 prey per cell. Prey: Opsins stactogalus Fieb., nymphs and adults. 



Pse7iia albifacies Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 50. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 140-141, figs. 1-6 (larva). 



Biology: Evans, 1968. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 61: 1344 (nest, prey). 

 angulicornis (Malloch). Tex. 



Pse7iia angulicornis Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 58. 9, S. 

 arenivagus Krombein. N. C, Ga., Fla. 



Psenia angulicornis var. Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 48 (in key). 



Pluto arenivagus Krombein, 1950 (1949). Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 65: 268. 9,6. 

 brevipetiolatus (Rohwer). Calif. 



Psenulus (Neofoxia) brevipetiolatus Rohwer, 1910. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 12: 100. 9. 

 clavicornis (Malloch). Ariz.; Mexico. 



Pseiiia clavicornis Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 50. 6. 

 littoralis (Malloch). Md., Fla. 



Pse7iia littoralis Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 82 (26): 56. 9, (?. 

 longiventris (Malloch). Ariz., Calif. 



Psenia longiventris Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 52. 9, 6. 

 marginatus (Malloch). S. C, La. 



Pseyiia marginata Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 82 (26): 54. 9, d. 

 minutus (Malloch). Tex. (San Diego). 



Pse7iia minnta Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (26): 59. 9. 

 pallidistigma (Malloch). Ariz., Tex. 



Psenia pallidistigma Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 82 (26): 52. 9, cJ. 

 rufibasis (Malloch). Ga. 



Psenia rufibasis Malloch, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 82 (26): 53. 9, d. 

 sayi (Rohwer). Austr. Zone. 



Psenulus (Neofoxia) sayi Rohwer, 1910. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 12: 100. 9. 

 suffusus (Fox). N. Mex., Nev., Calif. 



Psen suffusus Fox, 1898. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 18. 9 (misdet. in part). 



