Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1693 



cockerelli (Ashmead). N. Mex. (Mesilla). Ecology: Makes up to 2 cells per nest in fine-grained 

 sand in dunes, stores 8-10 prey per cell. Prey: Exitiaiius exitiosus (Uhl), Circtdifer 

 tenellns (Baker), Norvellina sp.; stores mostly adults. 

 Harpactus cockerelli Ashmead, 1899. Ent. News 10: 10. 9. 



Biology: Evans, 1976. Ent. News 87: 33-37, 4 figs, (nest, prey). 



Genus GORYTES Latreille 



Gorytes Latreille, 1804. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., v. 24, Tabl. Meth., p. 180. 



Type-species: Mellinus quinqiiechictus Fabricius. Monotypic. 

 Arpactus Panzer, 1805. Faunae Ins. German., heft 98, No. 17. 



Type-species: Mellinus quadrifasciatus Fabricius. Monotypic. 

 Arpactus Panzer, 1806. Krit. Rev. Insektenf. Deutschlands, p. 164. Preocc. 



Type-species: Mellinus quadrifasciatus Fabricius. Desig. by Pate, 1937. 

 Euzonia Stephens, 1829. System. Cat. Brit. Ins., p. 363. 



Type-species: Mellinus quinquecinctus Fabricius. Desig. by Pate, 1937. 

 Hoplisus Lepeletier, 1832. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 1: 61. 



Type-species: Hoplisus quinquecinctus of Lepeletier. Desig. by Westwood, 1839. 

 Euspongus Lepeletier, 1832. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 1: 66. 



Type-species: Euspongus laticinctus Lepeletier. Desig. by Westwood, 1839. 



This genus occurs in the Holarctic and Ethiopian Regions. Prey records include CicadelHdae, 

 Fulgoridae, Cercopidae and Membracidae. The multicellular nests may contain up to four cells, 

 and 4-19 prey may be stored per cell. 



albosignatus Fox. N. Dak., S. Dak., Nebr., Colo., Mont., Idaho. 



Gorytes albosignatus Fox, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 152. 9,6. 

 angustus (Provancher). Nev., Calif., Wash., B. C. 



Hoplisus aiigustus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 141. "9" = 6. 



Hoplisus angustatus{\) Ashmead, 1899. Canad. Ent. 31: 328. 

 atricornis Packard. Transcont. in Transit, and U. Austr. Zones. Prey: Aphrophora parallela 

 (Say); Cyrtolobus tuberosus (Fairm.); adults. 



Ody7ierus(l) atricornis Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., p. 

 68. Nom. nud. 



Gorytes atricornis Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 428. 9,6. 



Gorytes rugosus Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 427. 6. 



Gorytes decorus Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, 45: 535. 9,6. 



Hoplisus elegantulus Smith, 1908. Nebr. Univ. Studies 8: 346. 6. 



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



and evolution of sand wasps, p. 67 (prey). 

 atrifrons Fox. Colo., Nev., Calif. 



Gorytes atrifrons Fox, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 151. 9,6. 

 canaliculatus Packard. Transcont. in Transit, and U. Austr. and Sonor. Zones. Ecology: Nests 

 both in sand and compacted soil, makes 1-4 cells per nest, stores 6-26 prey per cell. 

 Parasite: Metopia argyrocephala (Meig.), Senotainia trilineata (Wulp)?, Phrosinella 

 fulviconiis (Coq.)?, P. funiosa Allen?; Tiniulla leona (Bl.)?; Nysson fidelis Cr., A^. 

 daeckei Vier., A'^. lateralis Pack. Prey: Idiocerus apache Ball and Prkr., /. ci^ictus 

 DeLong and Caldw., /. lachrynialis Fitch, /. pallidus Fitch, /. perplexus Gill, and Baker, 

 /. populi suturalis Fitch, /. snowi Gill, and Baker, /. stigviaticalis Lewis, /, spp., 

 Macropsis viridis (Fitch), M. sp., Norvellina helenae Ball, 07icopsis sp., Orientus ishidae 

 Mats., Paraphlepsius sp., Stragania alabaniensis Baker; Haplaxius picfifrons Stal; 

 nymphs and adults. 



Gorytes canaliculatus Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 6: 428. 9. 



Gorytes ge7ninus Handlirsch, 1888. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl., Sitzber. 97: 478. 9, 

 6. 



Gorytes asperatus Fox, 1896 (1895). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, 45: 534. 9, d. 



Hoplisus corrugis Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ. Studies 17: 319. 6. 



Gorytes (Hoplisus) carrugisO) Maidl and Klima, 1939. Hym. Cat., Pars 8, Sphecidae, v. 1, p. 

 101. 



