Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1603 



Revision: Rohwer, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 11: 97-102 (N. Amer. spp.). 

 concolor Say. Transcont. in Transit. Zone. Ecology: Nests in beetle borings in stump. Parasite: 



Omaius janus (Hald.), 0. sp.; Penthous mediator pleiimlis (Cr.); Phalacrotophora 



longifrons (Brues). Prey: Loyigistigma caryae (Harr.). 

 Pemphredon concolor Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 339. 

 Pemphredon Morio Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 486. 9. Preocc. 

 Pemphredon concolor Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 78. 9. Preocc. 

 Pemphredon Cressonii Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 359. N. name. 

 Pemphredon Provancheri Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 359. N. name. 

 Pemphredon shawii Rohwer, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 100. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1958. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 84: 128-129, figs. 49-55 (larva). 



Biology: Reinhard, 1929. Nature Mag. 13: 154-157, 7 figs, (nest, prey, cocoon, life cycle, 

 parasites). —Reinhard, 1929. The Witchery of Wasps, pp. 192-214, 3 pis. (nest, prey, 

 cocoon, life cycle, parasites). 

 confertim Fox. Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Nests in oak gall and in borings in stems. 



Parasite: Anthrax irroratus Say; Senotainia trilineata (Wulp); Omaius jayius (Hald.), 0. 

 purpuratus (Prov.); Perithous mediator neomexicanus (Vier.). 

 Pemphredon confertim Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 311. i. 

 Pemphredon errans Rohwer, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 99. 9, 6. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 94 (nest, parasites). 

 foxii Rohwer. Pa., N. J. 



Peynphredon foxii Rohwer, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 101. 9. 

 montanus Dahlbom. Transit. Zone east of Rocky Mts., B. C, N. W. T.; Europe. 



Pemphredon lugubris var. b. Zetterstedt, 1838. Ins. Lapponica, p. 441. 



Pemphredon montanus Dahlbom, 1844. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 262. 9, cJ. 



Pemphredon angularis Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 310. 9, i. 



nearcticus Kohl. Nev., Colo. 



Pemphredon (Cemonus) nearcticus Kohl, 1890. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus., Ann. 5: 55. 9, cJ. 

 Pemphredon cockerelli Rohwer, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 103. "9" = S. 



rileyi Fox. Calif. (Placer Co.). 



Pemphredon Rileyi Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 310. 9 (9 in part, cj misdet.). 



tinctipennis Cameron. Ariz. 



Pemphredon tinctipennis Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 234. 9. 

 virginianus Rohwer. N. Y., Pa., Va., W. Va., Wis. Ecology: Nests in rotten stump of tuliptree. 

 Prey: Cinara sp. 



Pemphredon virginiana Rohwer, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 101. 9, d. 



Genus PEMPHREDON Subgenus CEMONUS Panzer 



Cemonus Jurine, 1801. Intell. Blatt. Litt. Ztg. Erlangen, v. 1, p. 164. Name suppressed by 



Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 135, 1939. 

 Cemonus Panzer, 1806. Krit. Rev. Insektenf. Deutschlands, v. 2, p. 186. 



Type-species: Sphex unicolor Panzer. Monotypic 

 Cemonus Jurine, 1807. Nouv. Meth. Class., Hym. Dipt., p. 213. Preocc. 

 Type-species: Sphex unicolor Panzer. Desig. by Shuckard, 1837. 

 Dineums Westwood, 1837. Mag. Nat. Hist. (n. s.) 1: 173. 



Type-species: Pemphredon unicolor of Latreille. Orig. desig. 

 Cenomus Gimmerthal, 1836. Soc Imp. Nat. Moscou 9: 436. Emend, or lapsus. 

 Diphlebus Westwood, 1840. Introd. Mod. Classif. Ins. 2, Gen. Synop., p. 81. 



Type-species: Pelopoeus unicolor Fabricius of Panzer. Orig. desig. 

 Chevrieria Kohl, 1883. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 6: 658. Preocc. 



Type-species: Pelopoeus unicolor Fabricius of Panzer. Orig. desig. 

 bipartior Fox. N. Y. to Va., W. Va., Mo., Tex., N. W. T. Ecology: Nests in borings in twigs of 

 sumac and elder. Parasite: Omaius purpuratus (Prov.) ?; Perithous mediator pleuralis 

 (Cr.) ? Prey: Eriosoma lariigerum (Hausm.), Rhopalosiphum rhois Mon., Aphididae sp. 

 Pemphredon bipartior Fox, 1892. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 313. 9. 



