Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1553 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 217 (ecology, prey). —Evans and 

 Yo.shimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 70 (prey transport, nest). — Kurczewski 

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

 and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 370 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and 

 Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey). 

 atrox (Dahlbom). L. and U. Austr. Zones, N. Mex. and Fla. to S. Dak., Ont., and Mass. Ecology: 

 Occurs in fields, meadows and open woods; nests in sand or soft soil. Prey: Lycosa 

 rabida Walck., Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, D. urinator Hentz. 

 Pompilus atrox Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 63. 9. 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1900. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 1: 87 (prey). —Evans, 1951. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 224 (ecology, prey). — Krombein, 1955. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 

 57: 150 (prey). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 61: 194 (prey). 

 bengtssoni (Regan). Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to S. Dak., Mich., and Mass. 



Lophopompilus bengtssoni Regan, 1923. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 16: 185, 186. 9, S. 

 Carolina (Banks). Alleghanian Fauna, south. Que. to north. Ga. Ecology: Occurs in open 



woodlands, and on flowers of Daucns carota; nests in mammal burrows or in bare soil. 

 Prey: Wadotes hybridus (Em.), W. sp.; A7naurobius bennetti (Blackw.). 

 Lophopompilus Carolina Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 14: 20. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442, fig. 50 (larva). 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 222 (ecology, prey). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 53 (prey transport). —Krombein, 1961. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 56: 63 

 (prey transport). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 70-71 (prey 

 transport, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey). 

 cleora (Banks). P. E. I. to B. C, south to N. C, Ind., Tex., Ariz., mostly in U. and L. Austral 

 Zones; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Jalisco, Puebla). Ecology: Nests in sand; rarely 

 visits flowers. Parasite: Senoiainia litoralis Allen. Prey: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), 

 Lycosa helluo Walck., Trochosa avara Keys., T. sp. 

 Psammochares cleora Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 105. 9. 



Biology: Krombein, 1952. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 78: 93 (prey). —Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc 

 Wash., Proc. 55: 116 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 

 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 55: 116 (prey). —Evans and 

 Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 69-70 (prey transport, nest, parasite). 

 —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 13-14 (prey). —Kurczewski 

 and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 371 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 

 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey). 



Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus NOTIOCHARES Banks 



Notiochares Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 107, 108. 



Type-species: Potnpilus pliiladelphicus Lepeletier. Monotypic (.=Sphex amethystina 

 Fabricius). 

 amethystinus amthystinus (Fabricius). Southern Fla., Ariz., Calif south to Panama. Prey: 

 Lycosa sp. Another subsp. occurs in South America. 

 Sphex amethystina Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System., Emend, et Aucta, v. 2, p. 210. 9. 

 Pompilus anceps Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 4: 130. 6 ■ Preocc 

 Pompilus cubensis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 93. N. name. 

 Pompilus propinquus Fox, 1891. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 18: 339. 9. Preocc. 

 Pompilus dux Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 286. N. name. 

 Pompilus amethystinoides Strand, 1911. Arch, f Naturges., v. 77, bd. 1, sup. 2, p. 147. N. 



name for amethystinus Tasch., believed to differ from amethystinus F. 

 Psammochares philadelphicus \&r. floridensis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 

 106. 9. 

 lepidus atramentarius (Dahlbom). Southern New England, Ohio and Nebr. to Fla. and Tex. in 

 Austroriparian and Carolinian Faunas; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango). Ecology: Nests in 

 sand and firm soil; visits many flowers. Prey: Lycosa rabida (Walck.), L. avida Walck., 



