1552 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



ferrugineus annexus (Banks). Tex.; northeast. Mexico ? Ecology: Nests in loose dry soil 

 beneath house. Prey: Lycosa rabida (Walck.), L. antelucana Mont. 

 Arachnophroctonus ferrugineus var. annexus Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 



168. 9. 



Biology: Strandtmann, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 46-48, fig. 1 (nest, prey). —Evans and 

 Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 87 (prey). 

 ferrugineus ferrugineus (Say). L. and U. Austr. Zones, east. Tex. and Fla. to N. J., Ohio, 

 Minn., and Colo. Ecology: Nests in crevices in walls. Prey: Lycosa helluo Walck., L. 

 Osceola Wall., L. rabida Walck., L. spp.; Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, D. sp. 

 Ceropales fei-ruginea Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 334. S. 



Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 78-83 (prey, nest). — Rau, 1922. Acad. 

 Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 12 (prey). —Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 260 (prey). 

 — Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 87 (prey). — Kurczewski and 

 Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 13 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 67 (prey). 

 ferrugineus nigrescens (Banks). North. Va. and west. N. Y. to N. H. 



Arachyiophroctonus ferrugineus var. nigrescens Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 



169. 9, 6. 



ferrugineus torridus (Smith). South, parts of Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., and Calif.; Mexico s. to 

 Chiapas. 

 Ponipiius torridus Smith, 1862. Jour. Ent. 1: 396. 9. 

 Arachnophroctonus ferrugineus var. unicolor Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 



168. 9 . Preocc. 

 Tachypompilus femigineiis Yavapai Evans, 1950. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 75: 263. N. 

 name. 

 unicolor cerinus Evans. South. Calif., Utah, N. Mex. and Tex. s. to Costa Rica. 



Tachypompilus unicolor cerinus Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 235, map 41. 9, 

 6. 

 unicolor unicolor (Banks). L. and U. Sonor. Faunas, Calif, and Utah, Wyo., Idaho, and B. C. 

 Arachnophroctonus unicolor Banks, 1919. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 63: 239, 240. 9. 

 Arachnophroctonus latifrons Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 229. 9, d. 



Genus ANOPLIUS Dufour 



Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus LOPHOPOMPILUS Radoszkowski 



Lophopompilus Radoszkowski, 1887. Soc. Ent. Rossica, Horae 21: 42. 



Type-species: Pompilus grandis Eversmann. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902 {=Sphex 

 samariensis Pallas). 

 Pompilogaster Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. V, fig. 19. 



Type-species: Pompilus aethiops Cresson. Monotypic. 

 Pom pilogastra Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 81. 



Type-species: Pompilus aethiops Cresson. Orig. desig. 



Wide-ranging, strong-flying species which prey chiefly on Lycosidae and nest in tunnels in 

 sand or soft earth. They are frequent visitors to flowers and occasionally come to light at night. 



Revision: Regan, 1923. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 16: 177-194. 

 aethiops (Cresson). N. S. to B. C. s. to Ga., Tex., Calif, in Transition to L. Austral Zones; 



Mexico (higher altitudes), Guatemala. Ecology: Occurs in fields, meadows, and prairies; 

 commonly visits flowers; nests in pre-existing crevices in soft soil. Prey: Lycosa 

 frondicola Em., L. helluo Walck., L. gulosa Walck., L. carolinensis Walck., L. santrita 

 Chamb. and Ivie, Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz). 

 Pompilus aethiops Cresson, 1865. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 4: 451. S (9 misdet.). 

 Psammochares ilione Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 249. 9. 

 Lophopompilus azotus Banks, 1929. Psyche 36: 326. 9 . 



